Overview of the permagarden method

The overall goal of a permagarden is to provide gardeners with a viable, practical, and sustainable method to increase their food and nutrition security.

By implementing the permagarden method, gardeners can increase their household food production by cultivating small land areas for food services. It is a sustainable method using local materials and building the environmental health of the garden. Additionally, with proper water management, this method works in the rainy and dry seasons.

The permagarden method is a combination of permaculture and bio-intensive agriculture.

‘Permaculture’, a combination of the words ‘permanent’ and ‘agriculture’, focuses on designing the garden to include permanent, soil-based structures. In essence, permaculture helps gardeners to understand natural influences that affect the homestead and results in a better garden location and design that optimises the use of available resources.

‘Bio-intensive agriculture’ refers to the efficient system of planting, deep healthy soil structure, diet design, composting, and management of annual crops in beds found within protective and productive berm beds.

The permagarden method teaches how to design and integrate multiple agricultural practices to increase production and create a more resilient garden.

This permanent garden is a small-scale, high-yield, nutrition-focused instrument of food security that anyone can create close to home.

Key concepts of a sustainable home garden:

Utilise local resources.

Create an efficient garden design.

Improve soil health.

Increase water management.

Plant for maximum benefit.

Conduct proactive crop health and protection.

The Permagarden 3-Day Training aims to gather gardeners who want to improve their gardens and increase the production of nutritious foods. The aim of the training is to enable gardeners to adopt key principles and create a permagarden.

Training overview

Permagarden 3-Day Training

Primary target audience
The participants are gardeners who will implement the permagarden method.

Participants should have:

· strong interest in learning how to improve food

· security commitment to having and improving their garden

Aim and objectives

The aim of the training is to enable gardeners to adopt key principles and create a permagarden.

At the end of the 3-day training in permagarden, participants will be able to:

· describe key components of the permagarden method

· demonstrate practical knowledge to use and implement key messages of the permagarden method apply the permagarden method.

Methodology

Classroom discussion will be conducted at EdibleScapes Gardens.

The program facilitators will lead the gardeners through the permagarden method by creating a garden bed.

Take away

· Shared learning and experience from the practical implementation of permagarden.

· Understanding of how to create and maintain a permagarden.

Location

The training takes place at the EdibleScapes Gardens.

The location is preferred to be outside, at gardens beds that can be used for discussion and practice.

Time

3 days.

Tuesday 1 Thursday 3, & Saturday 5 November

From 8:30 to 3 pm.

Permagarden: 3 Days Intensive Training