2 day Permaculture Design Course for Small Farming Holders

--- tags: pri, kurgi --- # 2 day Permaculture Design Course for Small Farming Holders ## Introductory Education Sessions ### Earth Repair for Abundance and Resiliency > The tendrils of resilience are rooted in living soil and abundant water > [name=Warren Brush] #### Permaculture Design Surveying and digital property mapping ![](https://pri.irish/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/J8DjNZL1.jpg) With surveying we can ensure accurate site setting out of property, from swales and drains, dams and ponds. You can learn everything you need to realize earthworks on your site – and discover the many benefits doing so brings to the soil, plants, animals, and you! Discover how to analyze, plan, create and plant your earthworks to make healthy ecosystems and preserve precious water. Using all the latest modelling and processing software we can deliver, teaching our surveys in digital formats that are specific to our clients requirement. ![](https://i.imgur.com/bzR2Jfn.png) #### Consider how water earthworks can provide cultivation opportunities! ![](https://i.imgur.com/LaZyRAp.jpg) - Analyze the suitability of earthworks for your site - Understand the importance of topsoil preservation when excavating - Recognize the function of and when they might be appropriate on a site - Learn about constructing a earthwork holding water bodies and the importance of water and nutrient cycle. #### Practical experience ##### Keyline design, contour line, positioning axis, swales, pond, drainage... ![](https://i.imgur.com/wnQTbv5.jpg) - How we are affected in everyday life when we guard mother earth. - Understanding the cycle of life to help design a return surplus. ##### Growing soil and establishing a landscape and vegetation Using water to equalize fertility, and applying liquid feed is the most effective way to replace or maintain fertility. This session is about liquid feed, bio-fertilizer and the anaerobic digesting process. #### Water is Life Water is one of the most powerful living elements. A practical exercise of how we see, feel and work with water in a landscape, leading to an understanding of the dynamic of life in relation to the water cycle. #### Community Topics Community topics covered include trees soil, water and a practical permaculture implementation exercise. #### Trees are our Elders ![](https://i.imgur.com/Od0yDNK.png) Celebration of the *Tree of Life* and how it affects our *Ancient Culture*. Trees and how trees affect life on our planet. ## Guest Speakers ### Bill Liao *WeForest global forestation* - Climate change in Action - Presentation for *Global Reforestation Project * ### Eugene Curran *Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Topic* - Native woodland, agroforestry, Biodiversity and plantation for farming holder - Funding, Planing, Implementation, Maintenance - The function of forests ## Planting Trees, Believe in the Future *Presentation by István Márkuly* Introduction for different functions of the forest plan - native woodland - Biodiversity, bee forest - forest-garden - orchard - agroforestry - coppice & timber production ### Planting trees in memory of Bill Mollison. *Technical & Practical by István Márkuly* - Demonstration about caring/planting trees. - Observing the landscape, earthwork and tree-planting - Work whit the land (Group exercise) > Trees eat us all in the end, so plant one for me when I’m gone, and if you hear that I’ve died you can tell them they’ve lied, I’m just shading out somebody’s lawn. > [name=Charlie Mgee (Bill Mollison)] --- ## About the Curse **This course gives you a comprehensive guide to the various forms of earthworks that can be excavated on a permaculture site to help capture, store and channel water that comes onto your property.** We are a team of experienced and trusted land surveyors working in the civil engineering and land surveying as Property Services/Permaculture Designer and Teachers. - Learn about the benefits a pond can bring to a permaculture site - From swales and dams to drains and ponds, you can learn everything you need to construct earthworks on your site – and discover the many benefits doing so brings to the soil, plants, animals, and you! - Discover how to analyze, plan, create and plant your earthworks to make healthy ecosystems and preserve precious water. - Learn how to plant a swale to create a long-lasting ecosystem - Consider how water earthworks can provide cultivation opportunities - Analyze the suitability of earthworks for your site - Understand the importance of topsoil preservation when excavating - Recognize the function of dams and when they might be appropriate on a site - Learn about constructing a pond, swales and the importance of trees --- ## Timetable ### *Permaculture Design Course for Small Farming Holders* weekend program |Session I *9:00-10:30*|Session II *11:00-12:30*|Session III *13:30-15:00*|Session IV *15:30-17:00* :-:|-|-|-|- **Day of Soil** *Saturday* Feb 9th|**[Permaculture Design Surveying and digital property mapping](#Permaculture-Design-Surveying-and-digital-property-mapping)**|**[How water earthworks can provide cultivation opportunities](#Consider-how-water-earthworks-can-provide-cultivation-opportunities)**|**[Practical experience](#Practical-experience)**|**[Water is Life](#Water-is-Life)** **Day of Trees** *Sunday* Feb 10th|**[István Márkuly](#Trees-are-our-Elders)** *Trees are our Elders*|**[Bill Liao](#Bill-Liao)** *Presentation for Global Reforestation Project*|**[Eugene Curran](#Eugene-Curran)** *Native woodlands, agroforestry and biodiverse plantation for farming holder*|**[Planting trees in memory of Bill Mollison](#Planting-trees-in-memory-of-Bill-Mollison)**