Open townhouse garden: small space urban food production
Start Date : May 5, 2013
End Date : May 5, 2013
Time : 9:30 am to3:00 pm
Phone : 02 9869 8256
Email : lucinda.coates@mq.edu.au
Location :
8/ 6-8 Donald Avenue, Epping NSW 2121
Description
A townhouse conversion to Permaculture demonstrating how a small suburban garden can become a more useful, edible landscape, whilst retaining an attractive character.
Three main challenges:
1) strata living,
2) lots of shade and
3) a smallish space.
Features: small urban space, rainwater tanks, worm farms, composting, ponds, wildlife haven, Zone 1, 2, sort of 3 and 5, kitchen garden, mandala garden, herb spiral, vertical spaces (for gardening), solar hot water, solar power, greywater system, information, self-guided tour & food forest.
Come and check out just what can be done in a fairly small space, using Permaculture guiding principles and clever tricks.
Organized by
Event Categories: AUSTRALIA and NSW/ACT.Event Tags: banana circle, Composting, Food Forest, Fruit Trees, Grey Water System, Herb Garden, Keyhole Gardens, mandala garden, organic pest control, PV Solar, seed raising, Small space gardening, soil, Sub Tropical Plants, Sustainable House, Vegetable Garden, Vertical Gardening, Water Saving, wildlife, and Worm Farm.
