Past Permaculture
events 2003
in Austin, Texas USA
Friday, October 24-Nov 6, 2003
Permaculture Course with Scott Pittman, Pliny Fisk, George Swanson(kerrmaculture)
What and Where: A 72 hour Permaculture Design Course to be held
at the Quiet Valley Ranch, the grounds of the Kerrville Folk Festival
(KFF) in Kerrville, Texas in the heart of the Texas Hill Country.
Who : The organizers of the course, Ted Norris, Kirby Fry, Tom
Smith and Michael Ovsen, have asked whom they believe to be the
premier expert on Drylands Permaculture on the planet, Scott Pittman
- long associated with Drylands Permaculture in the SW United
States and with Bill Mollison's world travels, consultations,
and teachings - to be the primary teacher in the first course
in the Kerrmaculture Series. He will be joined by Pliny Fisk III
and George Swanson, two world reknown Green Builder designers,
innovators and teachers, and by several other well-known Permaculture
designers, instructors and consultants.
When : October 24th - November 6th / A Great Halloween Psychedelic
Music-fest on October 31st Evening
What Else : The course is intended, with the approval of the
two boards which run these large and historic festivals, to develop
a Masterplan for the area, including edible landscapes, green
building, and water catchment. It has as its ambition the intention
to elevate the presence and availability of Permaculture and to
develop an ongoing model and resource center of sustainability,
replete with a core group of certified Permaculturists who can
oversee the significant numbers of volunteer workers (Kerrverts)
who are eager to work on continuous as well as periodic projects
to implement the Masterplan and to learn more principles of sustainable
design and thought.
- The course offers a superior Permaculture Faculty and in its
inital course, attempts to be the most affordable certification
course available.
- Musicians are especially welcome.
- Housing for bedrolls or cots is included in the costs, as well
as meals which will include vegetarian options. Hotel arrangements
can be especially arranged in Kerrville 9 miles away. Kerrville
is on the Guadalupe River.
Cost : $900, $800 by October 1st. Pro rated partial attendence
and some partial scholarships will be considered
Contacts : Tom Smith 979-249-5414, Michael Ovsen 512-799-2629
Ted Norris 903-875-1957, Kirby Fry 512-663-9538
Saturday October 4, 2003 10:00 am - 2:00pm
Learn to build a Herb Spiral
Lisa Nutt will be leading a Herb Spiral Building workshop
at her home in South Austin at 2110 Bluebonnet off South Lamar
between Oltorf and Manchaca. If you are heading South on Lamar,
turn Right onto Bluebonnet and we are about two blocks down on
the left - a brick duplex. You'll know it by the big pile of dirt
and rocks in the yard! Snacks and drinks provided.
No previous experience required.... just bring your work gloves
and a smile! Everyone is welcome, so feel free to include your
friends and loved ones. This is a free event. Call Lisa if you
need better directions or more info: 462-9039 (h) or 322-6210
(w) For
more info on herb spirals, see: http://www.austinprogressivecalendar.com/selwyn/herbspiral.htm
September 19, 2003 at 10:30-11:30 AM
First Late Summer Mini-Herb Walk: Friday
Come see some of our old favorites -- the wild plants
that survive and thrive in this Texas heat. We will meet at the
west entrance of the new hike-n-bike trail of the Roy G. Guerrero
Colorado River Park. The following map shows you the location
of the park:http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/parkmaps/images/roy_g_guerrerro_colorado_river_park.jpg
It is located in Southeast Austin on the southeast corner of
Pleasant Valley Road and the Colorado River. If you are familiar
with that area, you will remember that the baseball fields are
there too. At the traffic light which marks the entrance to the
baseball field area, turn east into the park. Follow the driveway
around till it dead ends in a parking lot. This is the west entrance
to the hike-n-bike trail.
Cost: $10. Email ginger@texasmedicinals.com
to RSVP, to suggest another day for an herb walk, or if you have
questions. Ginger Webb, herbalist, Texas Medicinals. Organic Herbal
Teas, Native Plant Tinctures, Organic Herbs for Mamas and Babies,
1203 East 7th St., Austin TX 78702 tel: 512/476-8422.
www.texasmedicinals.com
Practicum Celebration Party
Get ready to party. Come to the celebration Friday, September
12, 2003 at Marjorie's (directions are below). We'll eat about
6:30 or 7:00 and congratulate those permies who are receiving
their design certificates. Bring a dish to share, a tent to spend
the night in, and musical instruments to share. Bring your family
and friends. This invitation is for all those who are interested
in Permaculture. So bring some food and get to know the larger
permie family! Bring utensils (plates, cups, knives and forks)
Marjorie's phone is 442 7037 which she will have forwarded out
to her mobile. You can also call Selwyn on his mobile phone at
431-8860.
September 5-13, 2003
An 8-day design Practicum is planned
for September 5-13, 2003 near Austin in the Texas Hill Country.
This class will also be led by Patricia Allison and her team of
Central Texas Permaculture teachers. Completion of both courses
earns the participant a design certificate. Cost: $500.00. Discounts
for early sign-up and payment.Contact Martha Stevens at (830)
864 4174 or email at martha@petestevens.com.
Aug 8 -10,2003
Tenth Annual Southeast Summer Permaculture Gathering, (Network
with permaculturists, organic growers, natural builders, and others.
Workshops, projects, bonfires, music, drumming and dancing, and
GREAT organic food!) 10th Annual Southeast Summer Permaculture
Gathering - Workshops, projects, bonfires, music, great food.
Thursday, Aug. 7 workshops: Council of All Beings/Cathy Holt;
Herbal Elixirs/Frank Cook; Flower Essences/Anya Syrkin - $60 each.
Held at Earthaven
Ecovillage in North Carolina - There will be a delegation
of Austin Permies going. For
more details click here. $100
Aug 11-12,2003
PC Teachers' Guild Convergence (A reunion of new and experienced
instructors, for mutual support and the proliferation of permaculture
education. Open to Design Course Graduates and permaculture teachers.
Contact B Brown-Adams for more info bbrownadams@fcps1.org
or (540) 937-5428.) $125-150 sliding scale. Held at Earthaven
Ecovillage in North Carolina - There will be a delegation
of Austin Permies going.
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
A permaculture study group started on May 28,2003 from 7-9pm.The
study group meets every 4th wednesday from 7-9pm. The group is
for permaculture graduates but is open to the public on an audit
basis only. This means that if someone new to permaculture would
like to attend the sessions, they should be observers only, holding
their participation until the end of the sessions when they are
caught up. This will ensure that the sessions can progress without
having to re-teach permaculture. That is what the fundamentals
course is for. We meet at Selwyn's house (5509 Delwood Drive 78723)
All permaculture graduates are encouraged to attend the study
group as we will get more in depth in permaculture studies and
have those deeper discussions we all were anxious to have during
the class when there wasn't time.
Feel free to bring snacks or drinks to share - there will be
no charge for these events - We will be following the playbook
as our guideline for our Syllabus.
Sunday 22 June 2003
Marjory is sponsoring a Cash Flow 101 game at her home on Sunday
June 22, 2003. From 4 pm - 6:30 pm. If you've never heard of Cash
Flow 101, it is a game designed by Robert Kiyosaki (author of
the Rich Dad series of books on wealth creation). The game is
designed to teach the principles that involved in becoming rich.
This does not necessarily mean having a lot of money.
She has capacity for approximately 25 players. Please email her
at marjory@glowka.com
if you are coming - I need to get an idea of how many folks are
interested. If you come, please bring a calculator. You are welcome
to stay afterwards for a pot-luck and a swim.
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
A permaculture study group started on May 28,2003 from 7-9pm.The
study group meets every 4th wednesday from 7-9pm. The group is
for permaculture graduates but is open to the public on an audit
basis only. This means that if someone new to permaculture would
like to attend the sessions, they should be observers only, holding
their participation until the end of the sessions when they are
caught up. This will ensure that the sessions can progress without
having to re-teach permaculture. That is what the fundamentals
course is for. We meet at Selwyn's house (5509 Delwood Drive 78723)
All permaculture graduates are encouraged to attend the study
group as we will get more in depth in permaculture studies and
have those deeper discussions we all were anxious to have during
the class when there wasn't time.
Feel free to bring snacks or drinks to share - there will be
no charge for these events - We will be following the playbook
as our guideline for our Syllabus.
Sunday 22 June 2003
Marjory Staehle Glowka is sponsoring a Cash Flow 101 game at my
home on Sunday June 22, 2003. From 4 pm - 6:30 pm. If you've never
heard of Cash Flow 101, it is a game designed by Robert Kiyosaki
(author of the Rich Dad series of books on wealth creation). The
game is designed to teach the principles that involved in becoming
rich. This does not necessarily mean having a lot of money.
She has capacity for approximately 25 players. Please email her
at marjory@glowka.com
if you are coming - I need to get an idea of how many folks are
interested. If you come, please bring a calculator. You are welcome
to stay afterwards for a pot-luck and a swim.
She lives at 403 Battle Bend in South Austin. Take IH 35 south
to the Stassney exit. Drive along the frontage road and turn right
between the Dodge and the Kia dealers. That is Battle Bend. We
are about a mile down on the left. Call her at 442 7037 if you
get lost or something...
Wednesday, May 28,2003
A permaculture study group will be starting up on May 28th from
7-9pm. The first session will be the Ethics of permaculture presented
by Lisa Nutt. The study group will be meeting every 4th wednesday.
The group is for permaculture graduates but is open to the public
on an audit basis only. This means that if someone new to permaculture
would like to attend the sessions, they should be observers only,
holding their participation until the end of the sessions when
they are caught up. This will ensure that the sessions can progress
without having to re-teach permaculture. That is what the fundamentals
course is for. The first group will meet at Selwyn's house (5509
Delwood Drive 78723) and the next meetings location is yet to
be determined.
All permaculture graduates are encouraged to attend the study
group as we will get more in depth in permaculture studies and
have those deeper discussions we all were anxious to have during
the class when there wasn't time.
Feel free to bring snacks or drinks to share - there will be
no charge for these events - We will be following the playbook
as our guideline for our Syllabus.
Be a part of the active permaculture culture in central Texas!
See you there. Selwyn
Sunday, May 18, 2003
Please join us for a permaculture PARTY and POTLUCK at Dale's
place. Everyone is welcome - significant others, kids, chickens...
Time: Show up anytime after 1, we will plan on eating around 4
and stay until Dale kicks us out!
What to expect: Lots of laughing and catching up, hugs, good food,
a chance to check out Dale's rainwater catchment and composting
toilet systems. Also, we are inviting Dale and Nancy's Ishmael
group so there will be some new faces as well. Reconnect with
your permie buddies, make some new friends, and get an enthusiasm
and inspiration boost! What to bring: a dish to share with everyone,
BYOB and other drinks (Dale will have water or iced tea available),
musical instrument (if you want to play it for us), lawn chair
or blanket
RSVP: barnarddale@yahoo.com
Dale is interested in design ideas for his 2-acre property.
If you want to participate in a pre-party Wild Design, let Dale
know so he can do some organizing around that. Anyone needing
a little back-to-nature time is invited to camp on the property
Saturday night.
Driving directions:
Dale's place is a bit of a drive from Austin (about 40 minutes),
so lets try to get some car pooling going. Any large vehicle volunteers
out there?
Directions from I35:
- Head south and exit at Kyle, Hwy 150. Go to the right, through
town, staying on 150 (there will be a couple stop signs).
- Follow 150 for about 15 minutes until it turns and heads
north (to the right) by the Hays City Store. But don't follow
150 north, just keep going straight-you're on 3237 now.
- Drive 2 miles, then take a right on Rolling Oaks (there will
be a green road sign)
- Go about a mile and take the second road to the left (Lonesome
Trail). It's at the top of a hill and easy to miss. If you see
Misti Lane to the right,
you've gone too far. We're the second gravel driveway to the
left in a curve with the sign "Base Camp".
SCENIC ROUTE from Austin: Take Mopac (Loop 1) south until it turns
into 45 and dead ends at a blinking red light. Take a left onto
1826. Continue for about 15 minutes-when you pass the Salt Lick
on the right, you'll know you're getting close to the next intersection.
The road will dead end at 150-take a left. Drive through Driftwood
(don't blink) and continue about 12 minutes. The road will dead
end at 3237 by the Hays City Store, and you'll turn right. See
previous directions (the bulleted part).
Sunday 4 May, 2003
COME ONE COME ALL to be a part of planning and spreading permaculture
in Austin. If you want to see permaculture in Austin spread like
wildfire, come to a permaculture planning and development meeting
Sunday May 4th from 2-4 at Selwyn Polits house at 5509 Delwood
Dr, 78723. For directions call 512-926-7876. This meeting is dependent
on passionate permies to come and share their skills, knowledge,
and gifts to plan permaculture events and outreach that aims to
spread permaculture in our bioregion. There will be snacks, and
bring a drink! If you know how permaculture presents a solution
and want to share that with others, than this meeting is for you.
SEE YOU THERE, with a big HUG of course.
April 4-13, 2003
A 9-Day Fundamentals of Permaculture Course will
be held at Oasis
Gardens CSA in Austin, Texas, April 4-13, 2003. (Click
here for a map)Teacher Patricia Allen of Earthaven EcoVillage
will lead the class. Learn to heal damaged cultural infrastructure
in your community, to heal the land, to use ecomonic strategies
for sustainable rural and urban lifestyles, to garden and farm
to feed your family with lots of hands-on activities. She will
be assisted by Richard Pierce of Austin and a team of Permaculture
teachers. Cost: $600.00. Discounts for early sign-up and payment.
Contact Martha Stevens at (830) 864 4174 or email martha@petestevens.com.
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Free Introductory Courses
If you want to find out more about Permaculture and take
a free introductory course, check out the Permaculture
Winter 2002/2003 Intro Series. These are scheduled twice a
month on Tuesday evenings from Dec 2002 through March of 2003
leading up to the Fundamentals Course in April 2003.
February 15, 2003 9-3pm (Saturday).
Get going and keep growing workshop at Martin Junior High School.
Attention all central Texas educators of preK- 12 aged students,
this is your opportunity to explore the possibilities of teaching
with gardens and the natural world! This inspiring and educational
workshop will fill your mind with ideas and skills, your arms
with useful materials and resources, and your heart with motivation
to begin or build on your garden and nature program. There will
be even more hands-on workshops, curriculums, and an opportunity
to net-work with educators in your grade level or field. In the
past two years, over 300 people have attended this workshop for
educators.
March 2, 2003 (Sunday)
1:00 -4:00pm build a herb spiral at Oasis Gardens Community
Farm. There will also be a course in plant propagation and folks
will get to take home cuttings from different kinds of herbs that
are growing at the farm. Directions to the farm are available
at http://www.greenbuilder.com/oasisgardenscsa.
Everyone is welcome. There is no charge for this event. If you
are interested in learning more about permaculture, please join
us.
March 15,2003 (Saturday)
Composting Seminar - Saturday, March 15, 9:00 - 11:30 AM at Alma
de Mujer Center, 3621 FM 2769. Hands-on composting (wear shoes
that can get dirty), talk about compost, worm composting. Bring
a brown bag lunch and enjoy this retreat center now owned by the
Indigenous Women's Network. Directions: take 2222 (NW) past 620
to the end; then right on FM 2769; Alma sign on right, about 3/8
mi.. (about 30 min from downtown)
January 18, 2003 (Saturday)
10 am - 11am: Field trip to The Natural Gardener Nursery
for a talk by Jim Kamas, County Extension Agent. He will talk
about growing fruit trees - planting, pruning, fruit production
- in the Central Texas area. (http://www.naturalgardeneraustin.com)
12 pm- 2:00 pm Selwyn's house to make a mini-hothouse of PVC pipe
and plastic.(5509 Delwood Drive) - 926-7876
2:00-4:00pm at Selwyn's house Austin Permie steering committee
meeting - join us if you want to help direct Permaculture in Austin.
Selwyn Polit, Dick Pierce & Martha Stevens
posing next to the hoophouse they built. (Jan 2003)
and another shot of it without it's cover.
Series of photos from past permie events
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