Gardening for 1000 Years - An Evening with Food Forester Richard Walker

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Friday, April 18th, 2014
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

An Evening with Richard Walker, Javan K. Bernakevitch and Food Forestry - Gardening for a 1000 Years

"GARDENING FOR A 1000 YEARS " This keynote talk by Richard Walker one of the world's most esteemed cold climate food foresters and takes you on a journey into the very heart of what it means to grow a forest garden and the benefits on your health and life.

He will speak to the fact that our soil is our most valuable inheritance and just how through forest gardens we can give back to that as well as how to trap carbon and store water. How this model, a unique nature-based system of growing edible landscape meets our food, spiritual, emotional and economic needs both personally and on a community, social, and cultural level.

Before Richard's keynote, Javan K. Bernakevitch of Permaculture BC will be giving a short presentation on his recent work creating the Practical Permaculture Institute of Kenya with Michael Nickels of Seven Ravens Permaculture Farm. In a place where 3 meals a day can be a luxury Javan will explain how food forestry is providing income and livelihood to thousands of Kenyans.

Food forest gardening, on a global level, is becoming a game changer. Here in Victoria it can be game changer. We will look at flooding and mudslides and how food forests can mitigate manmade terrain change which precipitates disastrous flooding. Through forest gardens we can enhance pollination which is fundamental to food security .
Beauty, abundance and quality of life is what you harvest from a forest garden, and the very real sense of being "home "...the best place to be!

If you needed even more incentive to come and support the talk, proceeds of the nights talk will be going to Victoria's own food forest, Spring Ridge Commons.

When:

April 18th 2014

Doors open at 6:30pm

6:45pm Presentation on the Practical Permaculture Institute of Kenya by Javan K. Bernakevitch

7pm Richard Walker's Kenynote

Questions and Answers at 8:00pm

Doors Close at 8:30pm

Where:

Fernwood Community Centre

1240 Gladstone Avenue,
Victoria, BC V8T 1G6

Free parking is available on both sides of the street in front of the community centre. There is also free parking on Pembroke St on the side next to William Stevenson Park. There are a couple parking lots on Gladstone Avenue that are connected to Victoria High School. These may be free in the evening and could also be used.

Cost:

$10 + GST (and ticket fees) In Advance

$15 EXACT CHANGE at the DOOR