Composting 101-Basic composting skills workshop
Composting Workshop Oct. 14th, 2017 10:00am-noon 3050 West Road, Nanaimo, BC Wish you were composting more but not sure where to start? Come to our workshop and discover how easy it really is. Jamie Wallace will take you through the process, step by step. Learn how to...
Oregon State University-Online Permaculture design certificate instructor
OSU ONLINE PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE INSTRUCTOR I'm thrilled to have been selected as an instructor for the fall session of OSU’s Online Permaculture design certificate program. It will be a great opportunity to work with people like Andrew Millison, Javan K...
Upcoming workshop-“Grow your own Weapons” : A Permaculture Perspective to Primitive Archery
“Grow your own Weapons” : A Permaculture Perspective to Primitive Archery You have a thriving food forest, perennial trees and shrubs filling your landscape. Have you thought of another use for that wood besides mulch, fuel or mushroom growing? Join us for a two hour...
Upcoming Workshop…Perennial vegetables – Expand your gardens resiliency
Perennial vegetables-Expand your gardens resiliency Expand your gardens resiliency and your food security by planting perennial vegetables! Join Solara Goldwynn of Hatchet & Seed on March 18th, 2017 for an in-depth exploration of long lived, nutrient...
Oregon State University-Online Permaculture Design Certificate Instructor
OSU ONLINE PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE INSTRUCTOR We are thrilled to have been selected as an instructor for OSU’s Online Permaculture design certificate program. It will be a great opportunity to work with people like Andrew Millison, Javan K Bernakevitch, Neil...
Introduction to Permaculture
FREE ONE HOUR WORKSHOP Jamie Wallace will introduce you to the design strategies of permaculture. In sixty minutes we will take a glimpse into this unique design system that is beneficial to the environment, human habitat and can be applied to both large and small...
The Importance Of Food In The Garden
The cultivation of food can be traced back to South East Asia between 8-10,000 years ago. It is not entirely clear as to degree of cultivation that went into growing rice in this area. It is however clear that humans started to identify desirable wild plants which...
Seven Tips to Improve Your Landscape
Landscape tip #1 - Cultivate your soil not the plants. Sounds crazy but if you look after you soil wether it be in the garden or beneath you lawn, your plants will be much happier, healthier and look better. Synthetic fertilizers harm soil organisms, try applying...
Landscape design tips
We are all guilty of rushing out to our local nursery and making those impulse purchases. We then return home with our little treasures and then have the task of finding room for these new plants. Panic sets in, there is no room for additions, suddenly other plants...
Landscape Sustainability-Designing this into your landscape
More and more these days landscapes must be low maintenance, have a high aesthetic value and in recent times, be sustainable. The pace of life seems to be ramping up in this modern age, technology that was supposed to improve our lives appears to have made us work...