Discovering Urban Permaculture at Barrett House

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It’s hands-on and brains-on this National Permaculture Day at the Barrett House sustainability demonstration centre with a permaculture house and garden clinic, swap party, planting out of the footpath garden and an introduction to permaculture... all to the soothing sound of a solar powered ambient sound system in a wheelie-bin. 

Our clever permaculture clinic crew. Landscape architect Steve Batley from Sydney Organic Gardens and architect Terry Bail from Archology, both of whom happen to be permaculture designers as well, will be here to answer your questions about your own garden design and what’s growing in it, as well as ideas on how to make your house more energy and water efficient and to advise you on renovation and garden rehabilitation, whether your garden is an urban lot or an apartment balcony.

Garden plantingFor those with an inclination to get their hands in the soil, we’ll be continuing the rehabilitation of the footpath garden from an unproductive and boring agapanthus monoculture into a food-producing polyculture, a forage garden from which passers-by can pluck a herb or two to add to the evening meal.

BARRETT HOUSEBarrett House is a sustainability education centre demonstrating water and energy efficient design ideas and low-impact materials that is used for the 3-Council Eco-footprint Project workshops and as a meeting place for local sustainability groups.

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Event Categories: AUSTRALIA and NSW/ACT.Event Tags: Education, Open Garden, and Vegetable Garden.