Many people are now realising the importance of nature connection in their lives, and the lives of the children they care for. However, sometimes we wonder what we can do with children to help them to
become genuinely engaged with their environment?

This course is designed to help you to answer that question. The weekend will help you to create a powerful culture of nature connection in your community, whether that is a school, after-school
care, nursery, home educators, or group of friends. The course is hands on practical, so come ready to play and be a child again! The curriculum draws on modern education, eco-therapy and indigenous wisdom. Its about building an engaged relationship with the natural world. Activities are largely outside and include sensory awareness, practical nature skills, naturalist observation, storytelling, team work and creative arts.

There will be some peeling back of the layers, with an introduction to flow learning – teaching based on the natural cycles.

This course is suitable both for experienced outdoor educators as well other kinds of educators who would like to bring nature connection into their repertoire. The emphasis will be on working with children and teens.

Come and learn how to save you own Fruit and vegetable Seed from your own home grown plants!

we will learn

1, the techniques of how to save your own seed from a variety of fruit, vegetable, flower and grain crops.
2, about the life cycle of each plant we save, and how to grow them.
3, whats easy to save and whats not so easy,

+ You get oodles of seeds to take home with you!

Also, -
invaluable knowledge that could be your key survival tool in a post peak oil world ! !

And it can save ya a few bob an all!

(+ you get handouts and information sheets about seed saving in general plus good links, as well if you want them.)

Bring a bit of lunch with ya!

Limit number - 10 people per day, so booking advisable.

An introduction to growing fruit, herbs, salad, vegetables and nuts in a highly productive but potentially low maintenance planting scheme. By the end of the day, participants will have a basic understanding of the principles of a Forest Garden.

Old Sleningford Farm has a 6 year old Forest Garden which is still being planted, but already has high yields of produce, and will be used to demonstrate what you will learn throughout the day.

Architecture Sans Frontieres-UK 's 6th annual summer school 'Edible Places: urban innovations for a food cycle' will be taking place at the Eden Project from the 3rd to the 8th of September 2010, looking at urban innovations for the sustainable development of cities.

Growing your own is easy, achievable and rewarding and to prove it Garden Organic is challenging
everyone in the UK to make the One Pot Pledge® to give it a grow. First time gardeners,
Gardening Gurus, Schools and Community groups are all welcome to join the campaign to get
30,000 more people growing something edible in a pot in 2010.

In saving our own seeds we carry this perfection to the next generation of plants, and the future of our gardens and our food supply. What is the importance of saving seeds? The quality of seeds was one of the issues that drove farmers to ask Rudolf Steiner's advise which led to the foundation of Biodynamic agriculture. This is still relevant today.

This course aims to provide participants with a basic understanding of and the tools for beginning to work with the biodynamic approach to farming and gardening.

These workshops provide a unique introduction to biodynamic farming, gardening and horticulture. Biodynamic is a well established organic and sustainable approach which produces food of particularly high quality and its environmental credentials are second to none. Instead of artificial fertilizers and toxic chemicals biodynamic treatments serve to strengthen plants, enliven the soil and increase vitality.

These workshops provide a unique introduction to biodynamic farming, gardening and horticulture. Biodynamic is a well established organic and sustainable approach which produces food of particularly high quality and its environmental credentials are second to none. Instead of artificial fertilizers and toxic chemicals biodynamic treatments serve to strengthen plants, enliven the soil and increase vitality.

Are you a farmer or grower who has wondered what biodynamics involves? Have you suspected there may be more to agriculture than simply manipulating natural science? Are you looking to improve the potential of your organic system? Biodynamics works more closely and consciously with natural rhythms and enables the producer to draw closer to nature while raising crops and animals of distinctive quality.