April 23-26 | ANZAC weekend
Programme:
To make up for the Whanganui Permaculture Hui being postponed we are running a ‘pop-up’ gathering from 3pm Fri 23 April to 3pm Mon 26. This is a chance to relax, talk, eat, learn from and debate with old and new permaculture buddies. There will be ‘open space’ workshops, quick-fire ‘tips and tricks’ sessions. We have some speakers and a couple of nearby sites to visit, plus some fun and recreation. Bring your ideas, autumn surplus and pitch-in to make this a great gathering.
Our certified organic property in Otaki can easily host 50 folk with a hall, toilets/showers, car and camper-van parking, lots of tent space, and catering capabilities. Oh and a lot of pears!
Cost: from $20 for dinner plus speaker up to $100 for three days, with food and camping included. Aiming for it to be a non-profit / non-loss event. Any accidental profit will go to future permaculture events. Contact us if you have a lot of produce you can bring and we can discuss refunding part of your registration.
Register: https://tohu.nz/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=1
Hosts and venue: Jenny-Kaye Potaka and Pete Davis have a long history in permaculture, organics and green living. Trinity Farm, Otaki is a 4 ha in-transition organic (OFNZ) farm, 2 km from SH1. Easy access via public transport and hitching. The property has an old pear orchard that is being revived, nascent food forest, a heritage rose nursery, and some long established heritage rose gardens.
Helping out: This will be hands-on collaborative event. While we will be putting a lot of effort in to make this happen we will need others to chip in to make it work well, particularly with catering. If anyone wants to come for a few days before and/or stay for a few days after and have practical skills/energy they can contribute then you will be welcomed, fed and housed (and hugged). We could also do with help setting up some extra toilets/showers, a fire pit, and general site prep.
Folk who are contributors to the information sharing at this Permaculture pop-up Hui so far, include:
Thomas Beauchamp - Natural Build Otaki - http://www.naturalbuild.nz/
Builder, sculptor, designer and performing artist - passionate about sustainable buildings.
Joanna Pearsall and Bryan Innes - Permaculture teachers, EcoShow and the Garden Tool Store co-directors, scyther - https://www.gardentools.nz/about-us
Matt Brenin - Eco-Building Services, Compost toilet Design and Build, Water and Waste Water Consultancy - https://greenearth.net.nz/green-earth-home and https://www.emergencycomposttoilets.co.nz
Fay Te Kira - earthship builder - https://www.facebook.com/EarthshipOtaki
Adam Shand - facilitator, technologist and gardener - https://adam.nz/about
Phil Stevens - permaculture teacher
Totaranui Orchard
Notes: This is not an official PINZ get-together nor a course. Space will be limited and we hope most folk will attend the full weekend.