Weekend one provides a thorough overview to beekeeping and can be attended as a standalone workshop if you can’t join the whole series Understanding different beekeeping styles Building beekeeping equipment Sourcing bees and installing an apiary Beekeeping in community ***Students who would like to start a hive at home will receive a 15% discount on nucs and hive equipment available
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to: Have knowledge of different hive styles and beekeeping equipment Engage in seasonal care of honeybees Promote honey production and understand harvesting techniques Identify pests and hazards to the hive and mitigate them using IPM Process beeswax to make candles, salves and countless other products Create a customized pollinator garden
Get to know characteristics and ideal growing conditions for different plants. Dig into soil microbiology and structure, the carbon cycle, and how water moves in soil. Learn about holistic pest management, beneficial insects, and supporting your local biome. Differentiate between growing habits of annuals, biennials, and perennials and how to plan your garden thoughtfully. Explore the many methods of propagation
Discover the supplies needed for making herbal preparations. Make herbal body oils, salves, lotions & poultices. Explore the basics of oxymel, tincture, and glycerine making. Learn about herbal first aid and the tools you need to make your own first aid kit that’s tailored to your lifestyle.
Explore digestion and nutrition basics to support overall health. Learn how herbs can support the digestion system. Discover herbal flavors and taste, and how they interact with the body. Learn about herbal monographs and materia medica. Make various herbal culinary items like herbal salts, vinegars, oils, pesto & herbally-infused ghee.
Gain understanding of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system and the benefits that a well regulated nervous system can provide. Learn about adaptogens, Qi tonics, and Nervines. Learn to identify plant families, their scientific names, and cultural history of plants. Understand the reproductive parts of plants, and how plants photosynthesize and communicate across landscapes. Explore the basics of plant constituents.
Explore herbs for building a healthy immune system. Learn all about immunmodulators and immunostimulants. Explore the wonderful world of medicinal mushrooms. Make herbal syrups and fire cider. Make herbal gummies and pastilles. Learn about herbal vinegars and botanical waters
Explore the basics of herbalism: the how, what and why we use herbs. Explore the language of plants, learn how to engage with plants and become familiar with botanical vocabulary. Study herbal actions, constitution basics, and herbal dosage. Gain proficiency in the art of tea making and blending. Learn about infusions, sun teas, decoctions, and more. Learn about ethical wildcrafting.
Stone fruits – tasting cherries & apricots, varietal selection; Summer orchard maintenance, summer pruning; Budding & propagation. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Permaculture Food Forests. Sign up for this single weekend below or check out the whole series here.
Avocados & Citrus – planting, growing, tasting, varietal selection, propagation; Berries – tasting, varietal selection; Spring orchard maintenance; Thinning, delayed dormant pruning, and corrections to winter pruning; Public food forests & community harvests. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Permaculture Food Forests. Sign up for this single weekend below or check out the whole series here.
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