Saturday 23 March 2019 | 9am – 12 noon | Endeavour Foundation 4 Warner Street, Manunda
Topics covered in this workshop:
- seed raising mixes
- how to plant seeds
- how to prick out and transplant seedlings
- potting up and planting out
- what seeds to plant for the tropics at this time of the year
- how to take cuttings from ground covers, shrubs, vines and make divisions
- introduction to tropical perennial vegetables.
Cost: $30 for Permaculture Cairns members, $35 for non members.
Permaculture Membership $20 singles and $30 families
You can pay on the day, it is easier that way.
All pots, plant materials for cuttings and Morning Tea are included.
YOUR MUST REGISTER BY EMAIL – info@permaculturecairns.org.au
Tutor – Carol Laing’s experience : Commercial vegetable grower for 6 years, Plant nursery owner/operator for 10 Years. Study:- Certificate in Horticulture 1983, a two weeks Permaculture Design Certificate Course 1992, Microbe Course and Chromatography Course with Mas Humas 2012, Elaine Ingham’s online Microscope Course’ 2013, Graeme Sait’s 4 day Nutri tech Solutions, Certificate in Nutrition Farming 2014, and while attending National Biological Farming Conference 2016 I attended David Hardwick’s Workshop on Soils. Other Soil workshops I have attended are with Terrain, Northern Resource Management and FNQ Biodynamics. I have an extensive library on many subjects, but mostly on how to grow food using the biology in the soil. I have a long-established Permaculture garden with lots of tropical perennial vegetable plants.