2016 – Gippsland Permaculture Convergence

Its with real excitement that NHG invite you to book now and attend the first from what we understand formal convergence of its kind of Permaculture in Gippsland. With your help and input we’ve been able to reach some really interesting people to help make this event a special one and a solid foundation of which to hold many more in the future based on the 3 Permaculture ethics – This event has focus on ‘share of surplus’ and reaching a greater audience and helping to grow this system of designing human habitats that have core values centred around regeneration of Community, Land and Food Systems.

Gippsland Food Production and Permaculture into the future.

We will explore a vision for Permaculture in Gippsland and look at what are the opportunities for all those who join us on the day. How we can best work together in collaboration, support each others enterprises and inform our friends and customers in a way that inspires new conversation around food and Permaculture ethics. How do we design new systems that integrate new thinking? how will our ideas become invasive species in our region; threatening to destroy our traditional culture of hopelessness. This talk may seem harmless, full of possibilities and practical advice for small farms, but it is actually spreading revolutionary seeds that jeopardise agribusiness and the alienation between people and nature. Romantic dreamers have been advocating rural livelihoods before, whilst struggling to make a living off the land. So, good people, if you are standing up for your rights as victims of your circumstances, stay away from this event, it might just change what you think and inspire change in others.

* Date – 1st May 2016 * Location – Glengarry Hall (Glengarry Victoria) * Time – 8.30am Registration (9am Sharp) Start. Cost – $45 General Public per person $25 Permaculture Alumni per person. (Those that have attended a Permaculture Course by Nick Huggins)

NOTE: No tickets will be sold at the door on the day. Pre-booked tickets only. Bookings close Monday 25th April at 12pm.

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MEALS… Morning Tea and afternoon tea will be provided in the ticket cost, also a wholesome lunch sourced from local growers. In the case of diets beyond carnivore and vegetarian it would be best that you supply your own meals.

Program:

Start 9am – 30min- Welcome by (MC – Nick Huggins ) to the Convergence
9.30am to 10.30am – 1hr – Keynote presentation (Confirmed) Adam Grubb on his book (The weed forages handbook. )
10.30am to 11am – 30min – Morning Tea and networking -Plant swap, Share surplus food.
11pm to 11.30am -30min – Permaculture & Schools – Proposed – (Melissa Pavey) Glengarry schools Permaculture journey. TBA
11.30am to 12.30pm 1hr – Presentation One – The Dirt On Soil – Michael Coffey
12.30pm to 1.30pm -1Hr – Lunch – Local sourced lunch from the gippsland area.
1.30pm to 2pm -30min- Presentation Two – Andrew Young – Bee Keeping Basics.
2.pm to 2.30pm – 30min – Presentation Three – VEG Design Process – Adam Grubb
2.30pm to 3pm – Afternoon Tea – Networking Plant swap, Share surplus food.
3pm to 3.30pm 30min – Presentation Four – Scott McFarlane on Alternate Technology  Conclusion of the day.
4pm to 5.30pm– BBQ and drinks at the hall as an extension of our networking for the day. All welcome.

Speakers: 

Event MC – Nick Huggins : Permaculture Designer and educator – www.nickhuggins.com.au

A skilled and passionate project management and education professional with over 16 years experience providing innovative and effective services for land owners in, Holistic Resource Management, Regenerative Agriculture (Regen Ag), Keyline Farming and Permaculture and were it all started in Horticulture.
Implementing and managing an environmentally (beyond) best practice, multi-stream business, including projects in Australia and internationally. Realising productive, economically viable businesses in Regenerative Agriculture, introducing processes spanning biological amendments and holistic grazing to drought proofing and in Permaculture Design, both as an educator, speaker, mentor and on private projects with a proven record of successful, comprehensive designs.

Keynote Speaker : Adam Grubb – Permaculture Designer & Educator – www.veryediblegardens.com 

Adam is a recovering computer geek and writer on global energy issues. In 2003 he was the founding editor of the energy news clearinghouse Energy Bulletin which became the globe’s most popular website about peak oil. He took a Permaculture Design Certificate in 2004 and his teachers and mentors have included luminaries such as David Holmgren, Bill Mollison, Darren Doherty, Geoff Lawton and Graeme George. He visited Kinsale, Ireland in 2005 and helped promote and develop the ideas that became the Transition Towns concept. He turned up to the first permablitz in 2006 in time for a beer and BBQ, but Dan lets him say he was a ‘co-founder’. He’s been a caretaker of permaculture co-founder David Holmgren and Su Dennett’s Melliodora property in Hepburn Springs and collaborated with David on his Future Scenarios work. As well as directing VEG he helps organise the global permablitz network, writes and does regular radio appearances, keeps bees, and lives in a beautiful garden in Brunswick. He is also a well-known expert on edible weeds and co-author with his wife Annie Raser-Rowland of The Weed Forager’s Handbook (Hyland House, 2012). Adam will have is book available for purchase on the day. More info below.

 

Michael Coffey – Permaculture Designers and Food Grower – The Dirt On Soil

Michael is a plantsman and food grower with many decades of experience and knowledge. He will be giving a candid talk on ‘The Dirt on Soil’. Getting down to some of the fundamentals of our soil and what we can do on our patch to grow this vital earth.

Andrew Young – Acacia Garden & Design – 

Andrew is a local food grower, garden designer and Permaculture advocate form the Wellington shire. Is a keen community gardner and bee keeper. His 30min talk will give you an insight into how to keep bees in the home garden. Basic down to earth information on what you need to get started into this sweet enterprise !

 The Weed Forager’s Handbook

Adam Grubb will have copies of his best selling book on hand for purchase on the day $20 per copy. (cash only on the day)

Plant and Food Swap

At the  convergence please bring along plants and food to swap or trade with others as a catalyst for a new form of currency between us in the new food network. From veggies to ferments, productive plants to meat birds. Also the  marvels of the mysterious and probiotic fizzy drink: kombucha. Kombucha experts are invited to bring their excess scobys or brews to share and novices are invited to come, learn and taste!

 

Our event supporters : 

Ellis Farmily at Applebox Farm

Gippsland Free Range Eggs

Nick Huggis & Aly Kranz – Nick Huggins Group

As a way NHG can share our surplus, we have offered to MC the event, donate the venue hire, host the event on www.nickhuggins.com.au , take payments on behalf of the convergence and help facilitate its progress. There will be no money in it for us, all bookings moneys are for catering and paying the costs of the day and I hope paying our keynote speaker some travel costs since he is coming out of the 3rd ethic and his mission to share the knowledge. Any remaining moneys will be donated to a permaculture group (if formed) or a not for profit community group or school garden program.

On April 9, 2016   /   Blog