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=**Forest Gardening** with Gregoire Lamoureux=

=“How to Create a Forest Garden in your Backyard”=

A Forest Garden is not a garden in the forest; it is an integrated system of interplanted and mutually beneficial trees, shrubs, perennial & annual plants that produce an abundance of food, medicinal plants, fibres and more."


 * March 31, 2007 – (9:00am to 4:00pm)**

9am - 12:00 Introduction, what is a forest garden, plant species & guilds, etc. 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch 1:00 - 4:00pm Observation, how to design & implement a forest garden, hands-on

A class for all levels. The concepts learned can be adapted to a small urban backyard or to a larger rural acreage. The Forest Garden is carefully designed by using Permaculture principles. Gregoire will introduce us to an area of the land, and we will discuss how to adapt it to create a Forest Garden. We will learn how to make decisions on placement and purpose, and we will do some planting. Please dress appropriately for the weather, and bring gloves and hats.

Gregoire Lamoureux is a permaculture designer, consultant and teacher. He is the director of the [|Kootenay Permaculture Institute] and has worked with permaculture systems for over 16 years and taught many Permaculture courses in different parts of the country. His work experience includes market gardening, greenhouse production, orcharding, ecological land restoration using bio-engineering techniques, small-scale nursery management, landscaping, aquaculture and forestry work. He has written articles on Permaculture for some publications in Canada. And he has been a guest lecturer at many conferences including the BC Organic Agriculture Conference and the Guelph Organic Agriculture Conference.
 * Instructor:**

http://www.ediblelandscapes.ca/slas_program.html
 * To register or for more information:**

http://www3.telus.net/permaculture

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