Garden Planning Workshop
Saturday, May 4. 1:00pm
Immanuel Episcopal Church (Stone Church)
Bellows Falls, VT
The workshop is free. Light refreshments and materials provided.
Space is limited so registration is required. To register, please contact Kari
Gypson at 802.282.8669 or at kgypson@yahoo.com.
The presenter, Anna Bowler will discuss energy zones, garden necessities such
as light and compost, and plant selection and guilds. Gardeners will have the
opportunity to design their garden map for the upcoming growing season with
Anna’s support during the workshop. While this workshop will not focus
exclusively on permaculture, Anna’s foundation and the methods discussed in
the workshop will be founded in permaculture so gardeners can begin to become
acclimated to the method. This workshop will be useful to new and seasoned
gardeners. In the regenerative nature of permaculture, she has found that by
working with the wild, reparations can be made to reverse some of the damage
done to our environment. Over the years she has studied permaculture design in
Costa Rica and Vermont. Working with the likes of Hope Roots Farm, Carbon
Harvest Energy, Brattleboro Permaculture Guild and Couch Brook Farm she has
expanded her plant knowledge. Currently she runs her own gardening business
and feels most at home in the outdoors.
The Food Security Collaborative is a project of Post Oil Solutions and is
active in the communities of Rockingham, Bellows Falls, Westminster, Saxtons
River, Cambridgeport, Grafton, and Athens. Its mission is to achieve greater
food security through the development of a garden-based local food system
resulting in enhanced civic pride, a stronger local economy, and a more
sustainable environment