2024
For workshops at the farm we will also offer nursery plants for sale.
May 11
Volunteer day at the farm, 10am-1pm.
Confirm with Toensmeier [at] gmail.com
May 18
Trees with edible leaves
With Eric Toensmeier
9am to 3pm
At our new demonstration farm, 47 Pequot Rd, Southampton MA 01073
Trees with edible leaves provide outstanding nutrition, long harvest season, climate resilience, and carbon drawdown. They are easily grown. This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to this remarkable group of plants featured in Eric’s recent publication Trees with Edible Leaves. Cold-hardy species will be profiled, and participants will engage in a small group exercise featuring many promising cold-hardy native species not included in Trees with Edible Leaves. The workshop will include a tasting of multiple species. We will close with a hands-on planting.
$120, or $100 if before May 1. A few scholarships available for BIPOC people, contact us.
Click here to register on eventbrite.
June 8
Volunteer day at the farm, 10am-1pm.
Confirm with Toensmeier [at] gmail.com
June 21-23
Advanced edible forest gardens
With Eric Toensmeier
Friday 6pm through Sunday 3pm, in person.
47 Pequot Rd, Southampton MA, USA.
This workshop is for people already familiar with edible forest gardens and ready to take their work to the next level. Topics will include the how-to of ecosystem mimicry, establishment and management, and design. The workshop will include small-team design work, a hands-on planting, field trip to Paradise Lot (a 20-year-old forest garden under new management), and a planting. For gardeners, designers, and educators who have at least an introductory background in forest gardening or food forestry.
The workshop will provide some but not all meals, and no housing.
$250, or $200 if before June 9. A few scholarships available for BIPOC people, contact us.
Click here to register on eventbrite.
September 6
Agroforestry workshop
With Eric Toensmeier and Meghan Giroux
Vermont, USA, hosted by Interlace Commons.
Details TBD.
September 7
Volunteer day at the farm, 10am-1pm.
Confirm with Toensmeier [at] gmail.com
September 21
Introduction to Agroforestry
With Eric Toensmeier and Ginny Patsun
9am-3pm
Agroforestry systems combine trees and shrubs with other crops and/or livestock. While common in the tropics and historically active here, agroforestry is a new idea to most of us in the eastern US and Canada today. Agroforestry provides impressive benefits including climate change mitigation and adaptation, soil health, and water quality. We’ll provide an overview of cold-climate systems including alley cropping (tree row strips in annual or perennial crop fields), silvopasture (trees in grazing land), forest farming or commercial multistory agroforestry (shade crops under trees), forested riparian buffers (along water bodies), pollinator hedgerows, and windbreaks. The class will include a tour of the 2-year-old alley cropping system at the farm.
Includes lunch.
$120, or $100 if before Sept 1. A few scholarships available for BIPOC people, contact us.
Click here to register on eventbrite.
October 4-6
Perennial Staple Crops
With Eric Toensmeier, Piyush Labhsetwar, the team at Yellowbud Nursery, Jono Neiger, and Jennifer Milikowski
Perennial staple crops are trees and other perennial plants that produce starch, protein, and/or fats. They have great carbon sequestration abilities and can feed humans and livestock. We’ll visit plantings of perennial grains, nut trees, and a newly established alley cropping agroforestry system featuring diverse perennial staple crops. Special guests and hands-on demos will make for a unique experience. The workshop will provide some but not all meals, and no housing.
$250, or $200 if before September 7. A few scholarships available for BIPOC people, contact us. Click here to register on eventbrite.
October 19
Volunteer day at the farm, 10am-1pm.
Confirm with Toensmeier [at] gmail.com
November 16 or 17
Climate projections and permaculture design
With Bonita Ford
Online, hosted by Permaculture Association of the Northeast, details TBD.
Sustainable and equitable approaches to climate mitigation and adaptation can greatly reduce harmful impacts on people and ecosystems – in other words, the same amount of warming will create less damage if people work together to respond intelligently. Permaculture can play a critical role, as many of its practitioners are already well-versed in some of the key land-based strategies and techniques that will be desperately needed.
The webinar will aid permaculture practitioners and other land use planners to better design for resilience. It expands education on future climate scenario modeling and provides an overview of: climate change impacts on people and the planet; regional projections and how to find them; key land-based adaption strategies; and climate emotion support tools.
2025
February 21-23, TDB
Vegetales Perennes
Huatusco, Veracruz, Mexico at Las Cañadas
Un curso en la tema de vegetales perennes, incluso árboles con hojas comestibles y las vegetales perennes nativos de México.