Classes

2017/2018 Growing Season

 

 

  Good Heart School of Self-Sufficiency™

Spring 2015 Classes 

An Introduction to Self-Sufficiency (Spring)                             

Sat 5 Sept

Want to get back to basics and start learning self-sufficiency? Don't know where to start?  This workshop is for you. Learn about what you can achieve doing self-sufficiency on a budget and what is best done in spring. Cost $50 Time:  10am-3pm.

Beginners Organic Vegetable Gardening             

Sat 26 Sept

Always wanted to grow veggies but not sure how.?  Join Gavin in the veggie patch on our farm where he will share with you his 45 years of gardening know-how on growing great veggies  Cost $35 , Time 1-4pm (ongoing Saturday classes once a month).

Wild Herb Walk and Medicine Making          

Sat 10 Oct

Walk around the farm with Community Herbalist Lisa McAndrew, where she will show you how to identify wild herbs and how they can help you heal. Make and take home a bottle of wild medicine from these plants. Cost $25 Time: 1-3pm (ongoing Saturday classes once per month).

Saving Our Food Plant Biodiversity      

Sat 7 Nov

Join Master Seed Saver Gavin Edwards as he explains the threats to our heritage and heirloom food plants, Find out about the work of our Food Plant Sanctuary™ and learn about how and why biodiversity is essential to sustainable food growing. Cost: $25, Time: 1-3pm. 

Self-Sufficiency: Learn as you go opportunities

Sept/Oct/Nov 2015

Ongoing instruction in self-sufficiency and organic growing are offered for people who would like to learn by doing as we run our smallholding. (Cost per day is $25 for 3 hours learning plus 2 hours labour. Please notify us of the dates that you would like to attend. We will teach you what we are doing on our farm at the time.

To RSVP please email ghfarmtas@gmail.com and state which workshops you would like  to attend or call Lisa or Gavin on (03) 6445 4469

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