Discovering Urban Permaculture at Barrett House this Sunday

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May 012012
 

CASES.org.au and ATA.org.au will be present at this;

It’s hands-on and brains-on this National Permaculture Day at the Barrett House sustainability demonstration centre with a permaculture house and garden clinic, swap party, planting out of the footpath garden and an introduction to permaculture… all to the soothing sound of a solar powered ambient sound system in a wheelie-bin. Our clever permaculture clinic crew.

Landscape architect Steve Batley from Sydney Organic Gardens and architect Terry Bail from Archology, both of whom happen to be permaculture designers as well, will be here to answer your questions about your own garden design and what’s growing in it, as well as ideas on how to make your house more energy and water efficient and to advise you on renovation and garden rehabilitation, whether your garden is an urban lot or an apartment balcony.

Swap party
Join us in redistributing those items you don’t use anymore. Bring up to 3 good quality items to swap, DVD’s, CD’s. books, homewares, toys and clothes.

Register your items between 10:30am and 11:00am. Swap begins at 11:00am.

Want to know more about ‘How to Swap’ watch http://recyclingweek.planetark.org/media/aussieswap.cfm

Garden planting
For those with an inclination to get their hands in the soil, we’ll be continuing the rehabilitation of the footpath garden from an unproductive and boring agapanthus monoculture into a food-producing polyculture, a forage garden from which passers-by can pluck a herb or two to add to the evening meal.

Permaculture Sydney East chats with us
Permaculture Sydney East/Transition Sydney’s Peter Driscoll will be there, too, to lead a discussion about what exactly this permaculture thing is.

BARRETT HOUSE
Barrett House is a sustainability education centre demonstrating water and energy efficient design ideas and low-impact materials that is used for the 3-Council Eco-footprint Project workshops and as a meeting place for local sustainability groups.

The next workshop coming up at Barrett House is Balcony Gardening—to book go to http://www.cityeastcc.com.au/course/bakg

Organized by

Organized by Fiona Campbell

3-Council Ecological Footprint Project ,
26 Barrett Place, Randwick, NSW 2031

Tel: 02 9315 7244
Website: http://reduceyourfootprint.com.au

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