Below
is an amazing collection of upcoming
permaculture and sustainability events in the central Virginia bioregion,
including great upcoming festivals. If you know anyone else that would like to
sign up for this newsletter, or if you have an announcement, email Christine at christinegyovai@gmail.com for the next update, which are sent
monthly.
View
this as a webpage: http://www.blueridgepermaculturenetwork.blogspot.com/
BRPN is seeking volunteers for our table at the Edible
Fest on Aug. 11 and the Heritage Harvest Fest on Sept. 15 (info below). We are
also seeking volunteers to help organize regional permaculture gatherings. Please contact Christine at: christinegyovai@gmail.com
if you’d like to sign up to help.
1.
Edible Food Fest in Orange, Virginia! We hope you will join us in downtown Orange
on Saturday, August 11 from 11 until 5PM.
Come see us at the BRPN table!
Everyone
knows the Earth to Table movement is gaining more and more steam around the
nation and the world. Here in Virginia, as in so many other places, this
growing trend became as a way of life, and remains so for countless people who
in many cases have spent generations engaged in the sustainable
lifestyle. As we began to talk about this event, we were struck by how
important a role our region plays and continues to play in both the Earth to
Table movement, and in its history.
2.
The
Heritage Harvest Festival
on Monticello’s West Lawn
Friday Sept. 14 - Saturday, September 15; 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Premium
workshops on Friday, including with several BRPN teachers.
Come see us
at the BRPN table on Saturday.
Celebrate
the harvest and the legacy of revolutionary gardener Thomas Jefferson at the 6th annual Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello.
Taste a bounty of heirloom fruits and vegetables and learn about organic
gardening and seed-saving during this fun, affordable, family-friendly festival
— unlike any other — held on the breathtaking West Lawn of Jefferson’s
Monticello.
3. DIY Institute: Green Building Series at ECO
City Farms, Port Towns, MD
Want
to build a new world and not afraid to get your hands dirty? Have you
ever wanted to implement your own green building project at home or in your
community but couldn't find practical hands-on experience? We are excited
to announce our new DIY Institute: Green Building Series, a program of hands-on
courses in sustainability skills and strategies for local self-reliance.
Please check out our course offerings and do spread the word to your
networks! Come learn new skills with us in a dynamic farm learning
environment with experienced instructors.
•
Intro to Permaculture : (Fri, August 17th)
•
Hoophouse Design/Build with PGCC : (Fri,
September 7th)
•
Greywater and Rainwater Capture : (Sat, September
15th)
•
Greenroofs for small structures : (Sat, September
29th)
•
Build an Earthen Oven : (Sat & Sun, October
20th & 21st)
4.
Home Water Bath Canning Workshop
Sunday
August 12
-- 10am -
2pm
Learn to preserve the summer's bounty!
Firsthand Farmer's Cooperative is excited to sponsor a Home Water Bath Canning
Workshop. This is a hands on introduction to the basics of water bath
canning. You will learn about supplies necessary, kitchen prep, food
processing and safety techniques. Together, we will put up tomatoes and honey
spiced peaches. Participants will leave with jars of their own canned
goods and the knowledge necessary to can at home! All supplies are included.
Spaces are limited! RSVP by August 8.
To register or for more information please
email Angel at firsthandfarmers@gmail.com.
Sunday August 12
10 am - 2pm
Sharondale
Farm (near Charlottesville)
$40
5.
Forest
Garden Training Day, August 18th; September 15th; October
13th
Description
How to grow a forest garden, the best thing you can do with your land. Learn how to harmonize your environment and your goals into a garden-ecosystem that is bountiful and sustainable. Whether you have square feet or acres, understanding forest garden design and philosophy will prepare you to grow the most satisfying and sustainable garden possible.
This forest gardening training includes forest garden tours, lectures, discussions, planting demonstrations, and take-home resources. Topics include:
- Working with forest ecology
- Forest garden design exercises
- Polycultures (plants together)
- Forest garden care and harvest
- Uses of forest garden plants
Course Fee and Place : Special startup price $100. Lunch is included.
Forest Garden Training Days run from 9am to 4pm. The Training Day is held in Bowie, MD
Description
How to grow a forest garden, the best thing you can do with your land. Learn how to harmonize your environment and your goals into a garden-ecosystem that is bountiful and sustainable. Whether you have square feet or acres, understanding forest garden design and philosophy will prepare you to grow the most satisfying and sustainable garden possible.
This forest gardening training includes forest garden tours, lectures, discussions, planting demonstrations, and take-home resources. Topics include:
- Working with forest ecology
- Forest garden design exercises
- Polycultures (plants together)
- Forest garden care and harvest
- Uses of forest garden plants
Course Fee and Place : Special startup price $100. Lunch is included.
Forest Garden Training Days run from 9am to 4pm. The Training Day is held in Bowie, MD
Forested, LLC
301-892-8000
3707 Enterprise Road
Bowie, Maryland 20721
6.
THIS IS YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S
KITCHEN:
August 2012 classes near Charlottesville, VA with Leni Sorensen
All classes have a 5 student minimum
August 2012 classes near Charlottesville, VA with Leni Sorensen
All classes have a 5 student minimum
- Putting By #1: HOT WATER
CANNING TOMATOES AND PEACHES: $65 per student
Wednesday, August 15, 9 am – 2 pm
Saturday, August 18, 9 am – 2 pm
Sunday, August 19, 9 am – 2 pm
Wednesday, August 15, 9 am – 2 pm
Saturday, August 18, 9 am – 2 pm
Sunday, August 19, 9 am – 2 pm
- Putting By#2 PRESSURE CANNING
CORN AND GREEN BEANS: $65 per student
NOTE: Class #1 or previous experience with the boiling water bath technique is necessary to take Class #2
August 25, 9 am – 2 pm
NOTE: Class #1 or previous experience with the boiling water bath technique is necessary to take Class #2
August 25, 9 am – 2 pm
- Yeast Breads: $65 per student
Wednesday, August 29, 9 am – 2 pm
Wednesday, August 29, 9 am – 2 pm
- Mexican TAMALES: $65 per
student
Sunday, August 26, 9 am – 2 pm
Sunday, August 26, 9 am – 2 pm
7.
Sacred
Plant Traditions
Six-Month
Day Foundations
This program is for those wishing to help their
friends and families maintain health, deepen their plant knowledge or begin the
training as a community herbalist. The curriculum is dynamic, contemplative and
provides a sense of community. We move through the seasons learning the
medicine of those changes and the foods and plants to help us transition.
We believe energetic herbalism to be most appropriate
for our culture today. It requires direct experience of nature: observing winds
that dry, waters that swell, heat that excites. We then learn how to apply
these principles/energetics to our health, foods and plant medicines. This is
Western Energetic Herbalism and includes understanding tissue states and
vitalism.
This program runs on Tuesdays from 9:00 am – 3pm. We
will begin September 4, 2012, not meet in January and complete classes March
19, 2013. For more information please see the website. An interview is
required. Applications
are being accepted for September 2012. For more info please visit website or call for an interview.
Getting
to Know the Spirit of the Plant at Sacred Plant Traditions
With
Internationally acclaimed Master Herbalist Matthew Wood RH (AHG)
October 5 – 7 near
Charlottesville, VA
In this class, taught by an herbalist of thirty
years experience, we will learn both practical herbalism and the wonders of
Nature revealed by herbalism.
Friday Night: The Shamanic Side of Herbal Medicine
Weekend: Energetics of Western Herbalism
Digestive
Wellness at Sacred Plant Traditions
Saturday, August 11 -- 10am - 2pm
Saturday, August 11 -- 10am - 2pm
All
traditional medicine cultures know that the first step to good health begins
with digestion. This introductory class will describe this vital system, ways
to maintain good digestive health and some common remedies used to help correct
imbalances.
Fee
for the class is $75. Deposit $30.
The
Art of Fermentation with Suzanna Stone at Sacred Plant Traditions
Sunday,
August 12 ~ 10am – 2:30pm
This is a perfect balance to the Digestive
Wellness class as fermented foods are a staple to good health. Learn to make
delicious lacto-fermented foods in this hands-on workshop.
Fee
for the class is $75. Deposit $30.
8.
Heartmoor Education Center opening this September
serving children age 11-14.
The
Humanities and Occupations projects at Heartmoor Farm are designed to meet the
unique needs of the emerging adolescent in an intimate social setting. The adolescents will engage in physical work
as well as academic study. Practical
problem solving will be experienced through collaboration. On our land we will foster self-confidence,
responsibility, and community engagement.
www.heartmoorfarm.org or call Rob or
Elizabeth at 434-589-2961
9.
Richmond,
VA home for sale.
Grow lots of food 10 minutes from downtown Richmond, near VCU/MCV.
Completely renovated, two-story, charming brick house, bright and open,
hardwood floors throughout. Large basement and unattached garage offer
lots of storage and workshop possibilities. Large corner lot with six foot
privacy fence and 20 x 40 fenced garden space with established organic beds,
walkways, perennial herbs and raspberries. Lot also includes a fig tree,
asian persimmon tree, wineberry patch, rosemary shrubs, passion-fruit
vines. Two rain barrels and compost bin convey. Perfect city set-up
for dogs and gardens. $164,950 Owner-804 855 8739, Agent - 804 405
4007
10.
“Incredible Edible” article may be of
interest:
This
article might be of interest to readers of the events newsletter..
11.
Here
is group in North Georgia who hosts occasional workshops on primitive skills,
medicine making, etc.
Also,
this event is coming up in Sept.
12.
Green
Building Institute, Jessup, MD
Permaculture
Class: September 17 and 18-25, 2012
Wayne
Weiseman is offering a Design Certification Class September 18-25, 2012 with an
Introduction to Permaculture Discussion on the evening of September 17, 2012.
Permaculture, very simply, is providing what humans
need by working with nature instead of against her. In the land and built
environment around you, you can provide your own food, collect water, produce
energy and improve the environment for the benefit of all creatures great and
small - including humans. Permaculture, from the words "permanent"
and "culture" teaches us how to observe and learn from nature and
natural processes in order to design the places in our lives - homes,
balconies, yards, schools, rooftops, offices, farms - whatever space or
building you have the power to change. The Permaculture Design Certificate is a
course that teaches the methodologies developed by Permaculture founder Bill
Mollison and covers the basics of: natural observation, soil, water, climate,
waste, food and shelter.
Green
Building Institute web site: www.greenbuildinginstitute.org
Green
Building Institute email: info@greenbuildinginstitute.org
Green
Building Institute phone: 443-733-1234
13.
To Central
Virginia Beekeepers – new potential beekeeping opportunity
There
has been a call for developing a series of programs for both new and
experienced beekeepers in our area, to be held within Nelson County, VA.
Please let me know if you would be interested in such a program.
Michael
Lachance, ANR Extension agent
434
263 4035
14.
Please come check
out the site: www.WeTheTrees.com
or read an
article about it on the front page of the Permaculture Research Institutes
website:
Just really
quickly a couple things I want you to know about this site:
1) it is open to crowdfunding
campaigns for almost anything related to environment or social change as
long as they are in line with the Ethics of Permaculture: Care for Earth, Care
for People and Fair Share
2) it can even be
used to crowdfund tuition for courses, so if you are involved in hosting
courses or going to be taking a course, please consider using the service and
sharing it with you possible participants. A great way to empower more
people to take high quality courses.
What can you do
to help WeTheTrees be a success?
We think an
important first step is just making sure more of the permaculture and
sustainability community knows about this tool. Please share it with your
contacts you think would be interested, and
Like us on
facebook! www.facebook.com/wethetrees
15.
Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
Professional Development Webinar Series
2012 Schedule
The City of
Charlottesville is pleased to host the following APBP webinars in 2012. All
webinars will be held at the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission’s
Water Street Center (407 E. Water Street) from 3:00 - 4:00 pm. Webinars
are open to all interested parties and individuals and are offered free of
charge. Most presentations offer credit for professional certification.
Information on the APBP Professional Development Webinar Series and a
description of each webinar are available at www.apbp.org.
•
August 15, 2012 -
Transforming Streets into Inviting Public Spaces
•
September 19,
2012 – Land Use Planning: Routine Inclusion of Bicycling and Walking in New
Developments
•
October 17, 2012
- FHWA Experimentation for Advancing Best Practices
•
November 14, 2012
- Maps that Guide, Encourage and Inform
•
December 19, 2012
– Wayfinding Options for Cyclists
For
additional information on the webinar, click here:
http://www.apbp.org/events/event_list.asp?show=&group=&start=4%2F11%2F2011&end=&view=&cid=4146
16.
Hi
there folks, my name is Ian McConkey. You may know of me from Edible
Landscaping. First off let me say it is great to be back in VA! We are
the only place in the world where it is just such thick, full, green, foliage...we
picked a good place to live i reckon! Cheers VA dwellers! Home sweet home. But
as i have been gone for the better part of half a year i am looking for some
work. Mostly anything, but i specialize in manual labor. Stemming off of Pops
Edible Landscaping I am great at picking the best plants from there and
planting them in the best place in your yard to yield a healthy crop of fruit
for you and yours. I am educated in some Permaculture ways, and familiar with
Horticultural ways growing up at our Plant Nursery. I am a hard worker and
charge a good price. Please get back to me if you have anything i can do some
productive damage too. I am available this coming August. Tell your friends!
Thanks very much!
Sincerely hard and legit worker! Ian McConkey gravelroadz@hotmail.com
17.
Brandon
Monroe has some beekeeping equipment for sale. You can contact him by
phone at
434-466-2221
or email mellomushroom19@yahoo.com
The
equipment is:
-deep,
medium and shallow supers
-deep,
medium and shallow frames
-inner
covers
-queen
excluders
-bottom
boards (some are screened)
-top covers
-1 pollen
trap
