How to do basic pruning of grapes with seeds, both on trellises and on overhead structures.
We will also get instructions and demonstration on rod and spur pruning of seedless grapes.
This is a midweek workshop for people who are not able to attend the weekend workshop.
Morning tea available. Limited places. Donations appreciated.
If you bring your own secateurs please remember to take them back home.
How to do basic pruning of grapes with seeds, both on trellises and on overhead structures.
We will also get instruction and demonstration on rod and spur pruning of seedless grapes.
Morning tea available. Limited places. Donations appreciated.
If you bring your own secateurs please remember to take them back home.
2 people are attending grape pruning workshop
We will welcome you to our five connected gardens with hundreds of varieties of fruit, as well as herbs, veggies, ducks, chickens, and lots of ideas about urban sustainability.
The event will include:
Gates are open from 10:00 to 4:30 pm both days. The program will available closer to the date, on our Facebook page for Joe’s Connected Garden.
Children up to 17 yrs. old enter free (supervised)
Pls. remember gate proceeds will be given to charity.
Learn how to prepare and fill a wicking bed in a cut-down IBC (international bulk container)
This is a hands-on workshop which includes setting up the reservoir, drainage, wicking material, soil mix and plants. Multiple wicking beds may be linked together, depending on time.
This is an afternoon event and it may be a hot day. Please wear hat and sunscreen. Come prepared to cart soil and get dirty. Please bring gloves and mask.
Preparing the gardens for the Open Garden in March
Moving and spreading mulch, pruning trees and hedges, netting fruit and fixing nets. Other garden-related work as needed.
Please wear hat and sunscreen. Come prepared to get a bit dirty. Please bring gloves and mask.
Light lunch provided after 12:30pm, with lots of opportunity to ask general gardening questions.
Limited to 9 persons due to residential Covid restrictions, unless they change beforehand.
Learn how to lay and fix the brown in-line drippers suitable for fruit trees and deep-rooted flowers and veggies
Please wear hat and sunscreen. Come prepared to work on the ground and maybe a get a little muddy. Please bring gloves and mask.
Down to Earth Permaculture is a permaculture education business on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, Nharrangga country.
It was created by Wendy Rushbrook teacher/librarian with a passion for sustainable living from an early age. Down to Earth organizes courses and workshops and accommodation in its, sustainably designed house and permaculture garden.
A place where to relax, learn and enjoy the peace of Yorke peninsula nature.
Bookings now open for February 2021 course
A 2-day course held on 20th and 21st February 2021 in the beautiful seaside town of Stansbury, South Australia. It will give you an understanding of the theory and practical applications of permaculture. Delicious food included and affordable accommodation available nearby.
Held annually, usually in September.
You will be immersed in permaculture in practice along with a room full of interested and interesting women.
Day 1 will concentrate on permaculture principles as they apply to the environment around you – plants, animals and buildings.
Day 2 is about you as an individual – mind, body, and soul.
From the first few minutes of meeting Wendy, you will see her passion for all things permaculture. An avid student of all things sustainable with dirt under her finger nails.
Her academic experience includes:
Graduate Certificate in Permaculture Design (CQ University)
Permaculture Design Certificate (Kul Kul Farm, Bali)
Advanced Permaculture Design Course (Dan Palmer)
Living Smart Facilitator course (Ecoburbia WA)
Permaculture Design Certificate (Food Forest, Galwer, SA)
Bachelor of Teaching (Uni SA)
A teacher by profession, she loves to share. She also loves to connect. People to people, people to knowledge. Every meeting with Wendy will include a cup of tea, a question, a suggestion and swapping – you will not go away empty-handed.
