2022 Workshop Schedule

Best Options for Home Renovation
July 3rd, 1 – 4. $50
This workshop covers the most cost effective choices to manage moisture and warmth in NZ homes. Topics include: glazing options; insulation levels; appropriate ventilation; subfloor moisture; drainage; best curtains and blinds; heating and cooling; moving warmth around a home.
Register: theecoschool@gmail.com
Hands-On with Poplar Poles & Tree Lucerne (Tagasaste)
July 10th, 1-4: pm. $35 (Includes afternoon tea)
Poplars and tagasaste are the fastest and cheapest ways to get sizeable trees established on your land.
Both are fast-growing, drought resistant and inexpensive to buy.
Both respond well to pruning and make great stock fodder.
This hands-on workshop includes planting poplar poles and propagating tree lucerne from seed. Price includes afternoon tea.
Managing stormwater around the home and on the land
July 17th, 1-4 pm.
This workshop focuses on affordability and practicality, offering multiple examples.
* The first session focuses on drainage around residential dwellings.
* The second session focuses on land drainage on difficult sites.
$20 for each session or both for $30.
Register: theecoschool@gmail.com
Brown Bag – Green Home
27th July, 12-1. FREE
Whanganui Learning Centre, 232 Wicksteed St.
BYO lunch and learn about the best options for home retrofit and renovation.
Funding provided by ACE Aotearoa
Pruning Fruit Trees
27th July, 1-2. FREE
Whanganui Learning Centre, 232 Wicksteed St.
Outdoor workshop pruning pip fruit and stone fruit.
Funding provided by ACE Aotearoa
Kaitiaki Farm Weekend
October 15-16
Saturday afternoon: Farm Tour of Gardens, Intensive Orchards, & Farm Buildings (Permaculture Zones 1-2). Includes integrating farm foul into fruit & veg production and what are the best tools to use for low-input/high performance systems.
Sunday morning: Farm Tour of Paddocks and Hillsides, Non-Intensive Orchards, Stream Restoration, Bush Restoration, and Browse Block (Permaculture Zones 3-5). Includes water management, preventing slips, managing gorse, integrating poplar and willow, managing goats and kunekune pigs.
Sunday afternoon: Eco Design/Build for Sleep Outs, Tiny Homes, Minor Dwellings. Includes passive solar design, ‘super-wall’, retrofit double-glazing, building code changes, wastewater compliance, compost toilets.
Choose any combination: $50 each or $130 for all. (Couples $240)
Meals and accommodation also available – please enquire.
Register: theecoschool@gmail.com
Permaculture Design Certificate Internship
11th October, 8 weeks.
Details here: http://www.theecoschool.net/workstudy-permaculture-design-certificate.html
Building Your Building Skills
November TBD
Permaculture Design Certificate
January, 2023, Dates TBD
Register: theecoschool@gmail.com