[Scpg] MAR 1/Early Bird Deadline for Urban Homesteading Workshop @ Fairview Gardens

[Margie Bushman, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network & Fairview Gardens Present:
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Urban Homestead Design Lab~Workshop
for Property Owners & Renters
with Author Rachel Kaplan
Saturday, March 10, 2012
  Noon-4pm
  Early Bird Price $60, after March 1, $75
Location: Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens






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Do you seek homegrown sustainability that matches 
your values but don't live in the country?  Eager 
to start homesteading in your urban or suburban 
lot?  Wondering how to begin when you rent in the 
city? Learn about the different elements that 
make up an urban homestead and how to put them 
together in whatever space you have.  Explore 
homestead designs that review the limitations and 
opportunities of both your land & lifestyle.

Join Rachel Kaplan, author of Urban Homesteading: 
Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living, on 
Saturday, March 10, Noon-4pm, at Fairview 
Gardens, for an exciting workshop that teaches 
the skills of urban homesteading with working 
models for affordable, abundant, and beautiful ways to live.

TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: Introduction to Urban 
Homesteading • Urban Farming • Soil Building • 
Garden Design • Animals • BeeKeeping
Kitchen Skills • Medicine • Water •  Energy • 
Natural Building • City-Care • How-to Projects 
for the Small-scale Homestead • Basics in Urban Permaculture


Rachel Kaplan has been gardening in and around 
urban environments for more than 20 years, and 
belongs to a family of farmers and gardeners from 
both the East & West coasts.  She is a 
psychotherapist and educator, and offers 
consultation with a permaculture focus for 
businesses, non-profits, schools & community 
groups.  Kaplan has Master Degrees in both 
Inter-disciplinary Arts and Counseling 
Psychology, and is a certified permaculture 
designer.  She lives in Northern California on her homestead Tiny Town Farm.

The event takes place on Saturday, March 10, Noon 
- 4pm, at Fairview Gardens, Goleta, CA, 93117.  Early Bird Price $60,
after March 1 $75; reservations required.  For 
more info & to register: 
<mailto:Sharon at FairviewGardens.org>Sharon at FairviewGardens.org, 805-967-7369.

Sponsored by Fairview Gardens & Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
   www.FairviewGardens.org; www.sbpermaculture.org



Additional Info:

Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living, by Rachel Kaplan
  <http://urban-homesteading.org/>http://urban-homesteading.org/ 
; Gives every day people the tools they need to 
live more sustainably, in small and big ways




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