We are happy to annouce to have Stefan Sobkowiak from Les Fermes Miracle in Canada with us in Spain for a 2 day intensive Permaculture Orchard workshop. Stefan is well know from his Movie" The Permaculture Orchard -beyond organic " and has over 20 years of experience in Permaculture and Orchard management.

Stefan Sobkowiak

Trained as a biologist and landscape architect, Stefan has taught fruit production, landscape plants and design, and natural history of vertebrates at Montreal’s McGill University. He owned a landscape design firm for 20 years, developping hundreds of projects for private, institutional and municipal clients. He’s been teaching permaculture in Quebec since 1995. Stefan is the owner of Miracle Farms since 1993.

Twenty years ago, Stefan Sobkowiak bought a commercial apple orchard with the intention of converting it to an organic orchard. He did just that, but eventually understood the limitations of the organic model originating from monoculture. He then decided to tear out most of the trees and replant in a way that would maximize biodiversity and yield while minimizing the amount of maintenance required. Inspired by permaculture principles, the orchard now counts over 100 cultivars of apples, plus several types of plums, pears, cherries, and countless other fruits and vegetables.

The course covers following topics:

Introduction to Forest Gardening
Introduction to Permaculture
Commercial Permaculture Orchard economics
Propagation essentials
Evaluate and establish a site
Site plantings
Observation Skills
Soil
Integrated pest management

and more!

This will be a special experience with one of the leading Permaculture Orchard Professionals and will show that Permaculure can create economically viable and ecological sound enterprises. Dont miss this chance!

www.permacultureorchard.com
http://miracle.farm/

Dates: 6-7 December 2015

Location: near Barcelona,Spain

Price: early bird 250 Euro and afterwards 300 Euro

Contact: permaculturainfo@gmail.com

Hosted by : Soil - Sun - Soul