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Commenced:
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01/01/2002 |
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Submitted:
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08/02/2011 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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1059 Roberts Creek Rd, Roberts Creek, BC, CA |
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Website:
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www.heartgardens.com |
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Climate zone:
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Cool Temperate |
A permaculture education site focusing on plants with a history of use by British Columbia Coastal First Peoples. http://gaiacraft.com/heart-gardens-campus/
Heart Gardens, a community permaculture demonstration site and living classroom intended to teach people about native plants, bioregional ecology, and ethnobotany as well as organic gardening, permaculture and sustainable development. The staple food and medicine plants of the First Peoples are a huge part of achieving any kind of food security or ecological conservation ethic. They are also teacher plants for the peoples of the land, with much to communicate to us. The gardens intention is to help conserve these key plants while educating people about them and promoting their use. The Heart Gardens is the Branch Campus of the Sustainable Living Arts School and hosts a variety of classes, workshops, tours and courses for school children and adults alike including 14 month long Permaculture Design Courses.
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Permaculture Map
Here is a permaculture map for the Heart Gardens site. http://gaiacraft.com/heart-gardens-campus/
Frog's Eye View Photography Too
Macrophotos of biodynamic plants in the Heart Gardens.
Permaculture Media Development
A planted vignette on permaculture media design showing some of the educational support media developed at the Heart Gardens.
Frog's Eye View Photography
Macrophotos of Sacred Food-Medicine Plants of the Coastal First Peoples from what is now called the NorthWestCoast of North America