Edible Forest Gardens at Pine Ridge

Sept 6-Sept 10, 2010

This forest workshop is offered in an indigenous setting on the Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation in South Dakota. Our workshop has a strong hands on component. We will be designing and planting a food forest on a sustainable homestead site on the reservation that will provide food for a Lakota family.

During the workshop, you will learn how to install a beautiful forest garden in your yard that mimics that natural ecologies of the forest and provides for human needs. Enjoy abundant, healthy, fresh food harvested from your yard almost year round (with root cellar and cold frames at Pine Ridge).  We can grow an abundance of food through observing natural systems and applying these patterns to our gardens.

You will camp out at the homestead site, experience living on the reservation, and have opportunities to interact with the Lakota community.

You will learn:

* How to prepare soil so that it increases in fertility
* How to choose plants for your forest garden
* How to keep plants healthy and productive organically and with minimal work
* How to design your garden so that it flourishes and maintains its health
* How to get a good yield in the first year and increase your yield into the future.

Cost is $520, which includes camping, meals, and a teeshirt from the Lakota community. This helps funds Lakota participation and two permaculture projects in the community.

Be sure to bring clothing for warm and cool weather as it is variable in Sept.

Instructors are:

Marisha Auerbach

herbnwisdom.com

Cory Brennan

permacultureguild.us