[Lapg] Urban/Suburban Ecoliteracy Workshop, May 2nd - systems thinking for sustainability

[W Talaro]

NativeScape 
Development Corp. headquarters in Pacoima, CA
Day and Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010
Time: 9A-6P
Address: 10849 Ralston Avenue; Pacoima, CA 91331

Additional info: Firm deadline for registration is April 25th, no 
exceptions. Free residential street parking available.

Just a taste of what you will learn:

* The myriad (and surprising) ways that the quality of your life is 
intertwined with your local community, watershed, state, nation, and the planet and why these connections matter every day, i.e. applied systems thinking
* Ten common garden and landscape myths and misconceptions that 
often lead to expensive or difficult-to- remedy errors
* The one important key theme common to all high quality, 
ecologically literate garden and landscape design
* The steps of a systematic approach to landscape and garden project management that saves you time, money, and water while preventing 
wasted effort - very important for DIY homeowners and organizations on 
tight budgets
* How to do a site analysis and assessment within an urban/suburban 
context - this is fundamental to successful and site/climate appropriate garden design
* How to identify the best location(s) for your vegetable garden

You will benefit from attending this workshop if you are:

* Feeling stuck or confused because you're beginning a sustainable, 
organic garden or landscape project
* Redesigning or expanding a garden and you want specific help and 
guidance
* Getting rid of your lawn and not sure what to put in its place
* Designing your own rain garden, drought tolerant CA native garden, food forest, edible landscape, container or rooftop garden, or an 
organic vegetable garden plot
* Going crazy with ongoing garden and landscape problems and need 
ways to solve those problems for good
* Trying to save water, time, effort, and energy on your garden or 
landscape
* Yearning for more beauty in your surroundings
* Telling yourself you're a bad gardener or that you have a "black 
thumb"
* Doing any combination of the above

First of all, stop blaming yourself for not knowing what it would take 
to make your garden thrive.

No garden or landscape is indefinitely sustainable or maintenance free. 
Remember that sustainability is a process, not a fixed goal. Strive to 
become as sustainable as possible with the means you have available to 
do so. Baby steps are valuable precisely because they aren't as 
daunting!

It used to be that the mark of a "really good" gardener is a history 
filled with a lot of dead plants. We shorten your learning curve by 
teaching you how not to kill those plants in the first place.

If you want to learn the foundation of how to make your garden as 
sustainable as possible while enhancing your success, register now.

Important registration information:

* Visit http://fruitstonuts.wordpress.com/workshops/
* Bilingual instruction in English and Español with real time 
translation is available
* Enrollment is strictly limited on a first-come, first-served basis to 16 individuals. A minimum of 4 individuals is needed for the 
workshop to carry.
* This workshop is prerequisite for the site analysis practicums and From Stumped to Pumped: Great Garden Results Guaranteed. This follow up workshop, like the site analysis practicums we also offer, builds on 
the practical, real world material covered in Urban/Suburban 
Ecoliteracy.

If you have further questions, please call Wendy @ 310.329.5719 or Steve at 818.302.9699, or send an e-mail to fruitstonuts at yahoo.com. Para preguntas en Español, llame Esteban, marque 
818.302.9699 or coreo electronico steve at gogreennsd.com.
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