Lead by Jennifer Baxter   Get your Opal ready for travel by train to city for a permi-centric peek at the secrets of the Royal Botanic Garden. Meet at Queen Elizabeth gate near the Opera House forecourt at 10.30 am on Sunday 9 April. Finish approximately 12.30 pm. We may spend time in Cadi Jam Ora/First Encounters learning about traditional... Continue reading »

Stressed? Life's pace is too fast?  We have the answer, come along this workshop, relax and unleash your creativity while building your very own miniature garden!  It is fun to make, very low maintenance and highly therapeutic. You will need to bring: a garden themed joke to read out to the group a container, a... Continue reading »

  For 21 years, Cecilia Macaulay has been introducing Australia Permaculture to corporate and community groups in Japan and Australia. Using ‘Permanent Agriculture’ as a metaphor, she shows how to use ‘design power’, rather than willpower, to ease ourselves into getting things done, caring for ourselves properly, and as a side effect, creating a cared-for... Continue reading »

Before the invention of modern medicine, physicians and lay people alike used plants for healing and maintaining good health. Learn how to prepare 5 traditional home remedies using aloe, comfrey, turmeric, garlic and ginger. The first 5 people to RSVP to this event will receive a plant sample to take away and make a home... Continue reading »

  Nevin and his family have been growing their own organic fruit and vegetables and living more sustainably on their 600m2 block in the suburb of St Clair for the past 35 years. These methods have been aided by Nevin’s completion of a Farm Technology Certificate at TAFE, Permaculture Design Course and Masters in OHS... Continue reading »

At the next meeting of the St George/Sutherland permaculture group on Tuesday 12 September 2017, a founding member of our club, Loki, will be talking about a practical, creative and productive addition to your home. Bored with colorbond?   Wasting the sides of your house?   It's time to get green and get vertical with edible walls... Continue reading »

Having moved to our new property of 30 acres on the Central Coast in December 2016, life has changed a lot for my family and I. Completing the PDC (Permaculture Design Course) in 2016 I created a design for my property based on my new-found knowledge but without the observation and experience of being on... Continue reading »

Continuing the theme for 2017 on practical ways we can implement Permaculture and Earth Care Ethics, How?: Familiarise and take stock of everything we grow (before we head to the supermarket). Learn about and think imaginatively of the multitude of ways of using everything we grow (herbs, fruit, vegetables, waste). Share and encourage / promote... Continue reading »