When we couldn’t meet face to face, we could still learn together. Since 2016 Abundant Borders has been teaching people how to grow food in a sustainable way and how to cook healthy, nutritious meals from the food they grow, or which can be sourced locally.
Usually the learning is based from a Community Garden but sometimes this isn’t possible. So we have brought the learning on line with the our own SUSTAINABLE GROWING COURSE.
SUSTAINABLE GROWING
Since 2016 Abundant Borders has been teaching people how to grow food in a sustainable way, based on the principles of permaculture.
The course has been delivered in the past by Graham Bell, founding member at Abundant Borders and one of the world’s leading permaculture teachers, and we are delighted that Graham, will be available to answer your permaculture questions. Graham will be joined by the Abundant Borders team and by Kat Dunlop, herself a renowned permaculture practitioner and someone who has also delivered this course.
The course has seven modules, delivered over successive weeks. On completion of all seven modules, we will send a certificate from Abundant Borders, to say that you have completed this course.
We have created the Virtual Community Garden on Facebook so that we can continue to share ideas and to learn together. You can post your questions to the Facebook group at any time and, in addition, we will have a live Q&A each Wednesday, between 10am and noon, so that we can answer questions in real time.
Module 1 OPEN | What is Permaculture? Introduction to the Three Pillars of Permaculture What is Forest Gardening? – Introduction, why layers create abundance |
Module 2 OPEN | Soil – What is Soil? How to maintain soil fertility Worms and Soil Ecosystem No-Dig Gardening – how and why Composting – The do’s and don’ts |
Module 3 OPEN | Plants Seeds, Sowing and Propagation How to choose the right plants |
Module 4 OPEN | Trees and bushes Making use of trees for food, shelter, fuel and compost Growing trees and bushes from seeds and cuttings. Pruning |
Module 5 OPEN | Food for Free Foraging |
Module 6 OPEN | Managing Resources to Create Abundance |
Module 7 OPEN | Harvesting Preserving Storing |