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Ecoburbia
The PCC stand had a good number of visitors at the Ecoburbia festival. Thank you to all the members who volunteered on the stand.
Permaculture Chat – April
How quickly the year is going!! Hard to imagine that it is already April and Easter has come and gone and quite a wet one it was. Well it must be said for wet weather that it makes a much easier job of weeding. I hope that you are all enjoying The PCC Information...
April activities: two events to pencil in
What is Deep Ecology? What has it and Permaculture got in common? Guest speaker John Seed will tell us all about it at our information evening night (Tuesday 21 April). Join us and bring a plate of yummy wholefood to share! The following Sunday, we'll get a...
Kiwi fruit picking and propagating
Come along to this unique hands-on workshop that will… Teach you how to grow & care for kiwi fruit vines Take home some free cuttings Harvest some fruits (if they’re ready of course!) Take with you Your sharpened secateurs/loppers Gloves Plastic bags to take...
Best Wild Plants
On Tuesday night, Diego Bonetto showed these 2 slides that summarise the best "weeds" in Australia. Thank you, Diego, for sharing this...
Permaculture Chat, Jan 2015
By Shirley James Hard to believe that it is almost February. It seems such a short while ago that we were at the AGM in November but here we are ready to start a brand new year of Information Nights and activities. The first Information Night is on 17th February...
Foraging wild food
Guest speaker: Diego Bonetto Building on the knowledge acquired while growing up on a farm in Italy, Diego introduces people to the ever-present food and medicine plants that surround us. To some plantain, dandelion, chickweed and sow-thistle are a nuisance,...
Permaculture Chat, Nov 2014
I don’t know how many of you went to Woytopia but it was a really worthwhile day. Lots of things were happening, talks, music , stalls and that includes ours which did attract quite a lot of interest and netted us some new members who were very welcome at the last...
Wicking Bed workshop
On Sunday 26 October a group that would have been about 15 members and supporters of PCC came together and worked like a well oiled machine for a few hours in the heat to construct 12 large wicking beds at THEDIG (Tuggerah Hall Experimentation , Demonstration and...