An exclusive event with Peter Proctor and Rachel Pomeroy
"Setting up and maintaining a productive biodynamic garden"
Michael Park school, 55 Amy Street, Ellerslie
Friday 18, Saturday 19 June
Movie night now added!
This weekend event: How to grow biodynamic food in your backyard: setting up a new garden from scratch, enlivening the soil and maintaining soil fertility.
Planning the Biodynamic year; applying preparations, making compost, crop rotation, seed sowing, caring for fruit trees, gardening with the stars.
Friday Evening Talk: 7.30 to 9 pm. Entry by koha – Auditorium open from 7 pm – Tea, Coffee available
Saturday practical day workshop: 9 am to 5 p.m. meeting at Kowhai kindergarten. Suggested donation of $50 per person or talk to us if you have some difficulties in contributing financially
Booking essential to secure a place in the workshop, but no booking required for the evening talk. Email preferred: enaid1@gmail.com , or Ph : 418 04 38.
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Movie night; "One Man, One Cow, One Planet"; introducing the effectiveness of Biodynamic practices, and how Peter Proctor used them to transform small scale farming in India. The film will be on Thursday, or Friday evening before the talk. Register your interest early, and contact us now for details.
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This event has been made possible with the support of the NZ Biodynamic association and the EcoMatters Environment Trust
Peter Proctor, is a past national field advisor for the New Zealand Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association. Since then, Peter has taught biodynamics in many countries, particularly, in India. His work and the transformative outcomes of applied Biodynamics is beautifully illustrated in the movie "One Man, One Cow, One Planet".
Rachel Pomeroy teaches astronomy and use of the planting calendar. She is experienced in making and using the biodynamic preparations
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