St Albert Food Forest Installation: Phase One

St Albert Food Forest Installation: Phase One

Starts:

Saturday, June 25
10:00 AM

Ends:

Saturday, June 25
4:00 PM


Come one, come all!

Definition of a Permablitz: Bringing people together to create a resilient society; meeting like-minded individuals strengthening our community; learning about Permaculture Principles and how this design system provides answers to many of the challenges that the world faces today and a pathway to growing our own food sustainably.Basically, you have a lot of fun, do something great, eat delicious food and learn a thing or two about Permaculture and food forest systems.

Saturday, June 25

10am-12:30pm

Lunch

1:30-4pm

Please Bring:

Water bottle, sunscreen

Good work shoes

Food~It would be wonderful to share food. If you are able to bring something for a potluck, that would be appreciated.

A rake, if you have one.

Come for either morning or afternoon time slot or both! If you aren't able to do physical labour, come and support us in other ways.

We'll break into groups and have team leaders, so we will receive some education and direction and then get dirty! :-)

This day is mostly about earth works. We are building swales, pathways, and a patio. We'll also dig tree and shrub holes and fill them with mulch for now.

We will have shovels supplied by Root for Trees (Thanks guys!)

Quoted Text by: Angelo Eliades

We're all familiar with the concept of forests — lush, abundant expanses of pristine wilderness, teeming with life, a richness of biodiversity and awe-inspiring to behold. Trees and plants intertwined, filling every possible space, the very well-spring of life itself!Forests exist fine on their own. There's no mowing, weeding, spraying, or digging required. No pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides or nasty chemicals. No work and no people either. They somehow do very well on their own.Now, imagine if everything in this lush, abundant, spectacular forest was edible!If you can imagine what this would look like, if you can picture this in your mind's eye, then you're not far from the mark of what a food forest is like in real life.By understanding how forests grow and sustain themselves without human intervention, we can learn from Nature, copy the systems and patterns to model our own forests — one filled with trees and plants that produce food we can eat. We can design and construct the most sustainable food production systems possible; perfected, refined and cared for by Mother Nature herself.

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Event Location

St. Albert Grain Elevator Park
4 Meadowview Lane
St. Albert, Alberta
T8N 2R9

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