National Permaculture Day 1st May 2010
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Schedule of Events

All activities are held on Saturday May 1 unless specified otherwise.
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NEW SOUTH WALES
Northern Sydney | South East Sydney | Western Sydney | Blue Mountains | Central Coast | Illawarra
Southern Highlands | Bega | Hunter

NORTHERN SYDNEY | Permaculture Sydney North
BEROWRA
1-4pm
OPEN HOME GARDEN 17 Lingellen St, Berowra Heights
Suburban home garden with raised vegetable gardens, food forest, ponds and chooks.
BEROWRA
6.30-9.30pm
FILM NIGHT & SPEAKER
"THE FUTURE OF FOOD"
Uniting Church Hall, 6 Alan Rd, Berowra Heights
EPPING
10am-noon
OPEN PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 8/6-8 Donald Ave, Epping
Small urban strata title town house with mandala vegetable garden, PV, solar hot water, water tanks, pond, grey water and bushland backdrop. Tours 10am, 10.30am, 11am and 11.30am.
FAIRLIGHT
10am-noon
OPEN PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 13 Thornton St, Fairlight
Small home with PV solar system, composting toilet and grey water, chooks, vegetables and herbs.
FAIRLIGHT
10am-noon
OPEN PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 32 Thornton St, Fairlight
Small semi-detached home garden with herbs and vegetables, water harvesting system, sustainable timber.
FAIRLIGHT
1-3pm
OPEN PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 36 Lauderdale Ave, Fairlight
Chooks, grey water system, composting toilet, food forest, herbs, veggies and PV solar. At 1pm there will be a honey spinning demonstration from an award winning apiarist.
HUNTERS HILL
10am-noon
OPEN PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 12 Farnell St, Hunters Hill
Urban home garden with vegetables, food forest, solar and water systems.
LANE COVE
10am-1pm
PERMABLITZ "GREENING THE VERGE" 5 Second Ave, Lane Cove
See a street verge transform before your eyes into a food forest.
MONA VALE
3.30-5pm
PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 8 Bassett St, Mona Vale
Solar panels, underfloor solar heating, water tanks and a house designed specifically to maximise light and ventilation.
NARRABEEN
10am-noon
PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 3/168 Ocean St, Narrabeen
See space saving features in a villa situation integrating living areas with growing areas, vertical gardening, drip irrigation, veggie garden, raising seedlings using capillary mats.
NARRAWEENA
2-4pm
PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 76 Consul Rd North (off Warringah Rd), Narraweena
Features 40 fruit trees some tropicals and some in ports, chooks, pond, veggies.
NORTH SYDNEY
2.30-4.30pm
OPEN HOME GARDEN 35 Bydown St, Neutral Bay
A small space garden packed with herbs, fruit, veggies, teas and medicinal plants. Worm farm, compost system and simple water saving methods.
PITTWATER
9.30-11.30am
PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 19 Bilkurra Ave, Bilgola Plateau
Banana circle, chooks, composting system, water tanks, recycled water, pond, herbs and veggies.
RYDE
noon-4pm
OPEN PERMACULTURE GARDEN
& ECO WORKSHOPS
Ryde College of TAFE, Parkes St, Ryde
behind Telopea Centre
Straw bale structures, food forest, chickens & mandala garden, activities for kids. Tours at noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm. Workshops: 12.30pm What is Permaculture? 1.30pm Seed Propagation 2.30pm No dig gardening 3.30pm Urban Permaculture.
TURRAMURRA
noon-3pm
OPEN HOME GARDEN 345 Bobbin Head Rd, North Turramurra
Quarter acre urban garden with swale system, vegetable garden, herb spiral, espaliered fruit trees, tea garden, banana circle, water tank and grey water system.
 
SOUTH EAST SYDNEY | Permaculture Sydney South
NEWTOWN
11am-1pm
PERMACULTURE COMMUNITY GARDEN Cnr Angel St & Harold St, Newtown
On Sunday May 2 Angel St Permaculture Garden will be open for visitors.
OATLEY
9am-noon
PERMABLITZ "GREENING THE NATURE STRIP" 42 Ada St, Oatley
See a grass nature strip transform into a food and native garden.
RANDWICK
10am-3.30pm
ECO-WORKSHOP 'APPLYING PERMACULTURE
THINKING - INSIDE AND OUT'
Barrett Sustainability House
6 Barrett Place, Randwick
Learn how to future-proof your home, garden and neighbourhood. 90 minute workshops at 10am, noon and 2pm.
 
WESTERN SYDNEY | Permaculture Sydney West
BLACKTOWN
9am-3pm
PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES WORKSHOP Grantham Heritage Park, Seven Hills Road Sth
Learn about Permaculture design. Bookings Blacktown City Council 9839 6131 (Blacktown residents only)
MACQUARIE FIELDS
10am-3pm
ECO-GARDENING WORKSHOPS Anglican Church Garden, 32 Edgar St, Macquarie Fields
10am-noon How to build a no-dig vegetable garden
1-3pm Keeping chickens in your backyard.
RICHMOND
10am-3pm
OPEN PERMACULTURE SITE Hawkesbury EarthCare Centre, cnr Campus Dr and Science Rd,
Building D13, UWS Hawkesbury Campus, Richmond
The EarthCare Centre was designed using permaculture principles. Hybrid building utilising strawbale, rammed earth, mudbrick. Solar PV & hot water systems, composting loo and treatment system. Large permaculture community garden.
ST CLAIR
10am-4pm
PERMACULTURE OPEN HOME GARDEN 9 Phar Lap Place, St Clair
Herb spiral, banana circle, chooks, vegetable garden, solar cookers, off-grid solar PV, micro wind turbine. Visit www.UnderTheChokoTree.com for more information.
TOONGABBIE
10am-3pm
PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN (Open Sunday May 2 only) 38 Favell St, Toongabbie
Suburban block with banana circle, no-dig keyhole gardens, fruit trees, "permie pets", composting, chooks, herb spiral and grey water diversion.
 
BLUE MOUNTAINS | Permaculture Blue Mountains
BLACKHEATH
10am-4pm
PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 1A Kanimbla St, Blackheath
Vegetables, espalier fruit trees, chooks, water tanks, grey water system, native plants.
HAZELBROOK
10am-4pm
OPEN PERMACULTURE PROPERTY 85 Windbounre Rd, Hazelbrook
'Daysprings' is a .6 hectare permaculture designed property, food forest, 150 fruit trees, chooks, native creek. Gold coin donation appreciated.
KATOOMBA
10am-noon
PERMACULTURE GARDENING WORKSHOP
'Pests & Diseases of Fruit & Nut Trees'
Blue Mountains Organic Community Garden,
Harold Hodgeson Park, Victoria St, Katoomba
Phone 47 825810 to book, cost $15.
 
ILLAWARRA
MT KEMBLA
10am-4pm
PERMACULTURE DEMONSTRATION SITE 280 Cordeaux Rd, Mt Kembla
1 acre productive suburban permaculture site, food forest, stacking, fruiting trees, rare plants, tropical, sub-tropical and temperate, geese & chickens, chicken mansion, potted worm farm, solar home heating.
 
SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS
MOSS VALE
11am-3.30pm
PERMACULTURE COMMUNITY GARDEN 16 Railway St, Moss Vale
Moss Vale Community Garden will have demonstrations and tours. Solar cooking, no-dig gardening, backyard chooks, water conservation, irrigation systems, solar water pumping, strawbale construction. Sausage sizzle!
 
BEGA
BROGO
10am-3pm
OPEN PERMACULTURE PROPERTY 397 Hawks Head Rd, Brogo
Brogo Permaculture Gardens is open for tours. Entrance fee $5. Passive solar mudbrick dwelling, PV, grey water reuse, netted orchard, composting toilet, edible trees & shrubs, integrated poultry systems, productive kitchen garden and much more. Tours 10am 12.30pm 2.30pm.
 
CENTRAL COAST | Permaculture Central Coast
BUFF POINT
10am-2pm
PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 242 Buff Point Ave, Buff Point
There will be guided tours of this permaculture garden.
GOSFORD SHOW
PERMACULTURE DISPLAY Gosford Show, Showground Rd, Gosford
Permaculture Central Coast will have a stall and display at the Gosford Show (Sat May 1 - Sun May 2). Come along and say Hello!
KARIONG
10am-2pm
ECO GARDEN TOURS Kariong Eco Garden, Dandaloo Rd, Kariong
Children can make a wormery to take home. Entry by gold coin donation, refreshments for sale. Tours on the hour.
 
HUNTER | Permaculture Hunter Region
ALLYNBROOK
10am-3pm
PERMACULTURE FARM 1099 Allynriver Road, Allynbrook
Visit Allyn River Permaculture, display farm, water harvesting dams & swales, orchard, food forest, chickens & guinnea fowl.
ANAMBAH
10am-noon
COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE 131 Anambah Rd, Anambah
R CSA on a Biodynamic mixed farm, farm tours covering 'the farm as an organism', Mandala market garden with earthworks and energy capture. Cost $10 (children free).
BOBS FARM
10am-2pm
PERMACULTURE PROPERTY 605 Marsh Rd, Bobs Farm
Come visit Tilligerry Permaculture Research & Education Farm.
BROADMEADOW
9am-noon
PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 7 Teralba Rd, Broadmeadow
Suburban garden, vegetables & fruit trees, chickens.
GATESHEAD11am-3.30pm
PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 22 Bean St, Gateshead
Open Garden, short Permaculture design talks on the hour, hand-outs.
MARYLAND
noon-3pm
PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 'Gaia House', 16 Tinobah Pl, Maryland
Suburban garden, vegetables & fruit trees, chickens, Solar PV & solar hot water.
MAYFIELD
10am-2pm
PERMACULTURE HOME GARDEN 38 Barton St, Mayfield
Small suburban garden, vegetables & fruit trees, chickens, Solar PV & solar hot water.

Updated 18 April 2010  

 
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