The Good Life! – Permaculture, Regenerative Gardening & Beauty in the City
Packed with hints and tips on how to grow nutrient dense food with the least amount of work harnessing nature to do the hard yards for you! This course includes a sumptuous homegrown, homemade morning tea. It is held offsite at Wadhamville Garden in St Heliers and runs on Saturdays.
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Sat 07 Mar
- $99.00 incl. GST
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Sat 02 May
- $99.00 incl. GST
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Sat 19 Sep
- $99.00 incl. GST
Please note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.
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Sat 10 Oct
- $99.00 incl. GST
Please note there is NO refund or transfer if you cancel less than 5 working days in advance of a class starting. Our refund policy can be read in full here.
Description
Join Amanda Warren for a packed event where she will take you through a range of principles and practices designed to create a garden of great beauty, whilst being practical with the least work too! What’s not to love! You will also partake of a sumptuous morning tea with herbal teas, homemade, homegrown cakes, breads, yoghurts, butter, pesto and of course, Amanda’s signature “Weeds Smoothie”. Learn how to go beyond organic to become the Kaitiaki guardian of your living space, regenerative nutrient dense growing, building living soil and working with garden residents, such as birds and bugs to balance the garden. Not forgetting our deep need for beauty, Amanda uses her Landscape design qualifications to bring you spaces that will make your heart sing!
Chickens, Guinea pigs, bees, fish all work together in Amanda’s quarter acre, each contributing to the wellbeing of each other.
Course outline
- Edible gardening - growing your own healthy, organic, nutrient dense, regenerative food
- Foraging – working with ‘weeds’ to make delicious and healthy recipes
- Herbal teas – free, more sustainable, healthier alternatives to everyday tea
- Planting & design for bees and other beneficial insects
- Attracting more birds and working with them to balance insects in the garden
- Waste-free practices for living and enjoying the feel good benefits
- Minimising work using the design principles of permaculture and the ‘Ruth Stout Gardening Without Work’ method
- Lots of waste-free recipes from your garden and sustainable food sources
This class is held at Amanda's garden - Wadhamville Garden, St Heliers.
Who should attend?
Anyone who wishes to learn more about growing food in a beautiful space, in partnership with nature, organically, sustainably, abundantly and with the least work.
What to bring
Snacks, water bottle, rain gear/sunblock/hat (according to the weather), pen, notebook. Morning tea is supplied. Amanda also invites participants to bring a packed lunch and stay behind after the course for an hour to picnic and continue exploring the garden, if they wish.
About the garden
Wadhamville Garden for Wellbeing is a regular participant in a number of garden festivals including The Eastern Bays Sustainable Garden Trail & The Auckland Garden Design Fest plus visits from garden clubs around the country. The garden is built over a south facing slope with lots of steep steps and some uneven ground. Wadhamville also has bees. There have been many design challenges which Amanda has used to create this beautiful, abundant garden.
About your tutor, Amanda
I am passionate about living and partnering with nature; growing my own food, preparing it waste free and the constant learning about plants, health and the amazing system of life. My garden is my super-happy place and I love to share it with others. I have been opening my garden for several years now and never cease to be amazed how transformative it can be for those who are new to living with a completely organic, regenerative garden. As a landscape designer and a permaculturist, my focus is on blending practical functionality with beauty, gifting sustenance for me, my friends and whānau and the myriad beings of nature.
- The expertise of Amanda, her enthusiasm and respect for nature and all living things
- Understanding how a permaculture garden works
- How to start my journey of permaculture
- How to work on my soil
- How to introduce chooks, bees and guinea pigs
- The course was informative and based on the needs and questions of the participants too. Amanda makes you feel you can do it too!
Testimonials
“So welcoming & hospitality great!’
“Just loved seeing how Amanda runs her garden”
“Thank you Amanda for a wonderful uplifting & spiritually reconnecting experience”
“What a beautiful ambience, the birds and insects and us as one”
“I cannot wait to get home and apply a few given tips”
