Gardening

PDC Permaculture Design Certificate Course

  Come join us for our next Permaculture Design Course at Crystal Waters Permaculture Ecovillage for two weeks of immersive and inspiring learning. All the key information is on the website and you can see a glimpse here with a photo taken during the PDC last August. More info is here  

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PDC at Crystal Waters in August from 11th to 25th

The scheduled March 2024 PDC (Permaculture Design Certificate Course) was postponed till August to make the most of time, resources and numbers of interested people, which included three people from overseas countries. The PDC last August was fantastic and enjoyed by all and this coming August PDC, from 11th to 25th August is promising to be a fantastic learning experience. …

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Women’s PDC (Permaculture Design Course) in October

After a very successful ‘Women’s PDC’, for women and presented by women, in November last year, Annaliese Hordern and the Ground Permaculture crew are putting on another Women’s PDC in October this year. The course last year was in honour of and celebrating that is was 40 years since the first ever PDC, which Robin was a participant in. To …

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Garden News and Thanks to Volunteers in our ‘Kutamullamee’ Garden

The weather here has not been very supportive of gardening lately. First a very hot dry period towards the end of 2023 where many plants and trees died, then this year has been so wet and humid up here in South East Queensland. The result has been an overgrowth of tenacious grasses and ‘weeds’ that threaten existing trees and take …

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Maleny Seed and Harvest Swap

There’s a magical and nourishing event that happens monthly in Maleny called the ‘Maleny Seed and Harvest Swap’. Robin was invited to be a guest speaker after the swap session during one gathering last year and has been going regularly since then to the swap. It’s the most awesome system. People bring anything they have surplus or to swap from …

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