Permaculture Edible Landscape Design Program Recruits Community Gardeners
Food safety scandals keep emerging, and we too are trying to find solutions in daily life. Besides supporting environmentally friendly producers and shops, we should also get to know ingredients and crops better. Although urban areas have no land, you can start with potted plants at home, green curtains, or vacant community lots, replacing ornamental flowers with vegetable growing, learning how crops grow, and beautifying the surroundings at the same time. The Homemakers United Foundation has partnered with Wenshan Community College to offer an introductory permaculture course in the community, hoping to invite interested community residents to join in, learn and grow vegetables together, and also meet the friends around us who share a concern for the food environment.
Instructors: The Permaculture instructor team of Wild Vine Garden
Fees:
(1) General public: tuition 1,200 yuan
(2) Discounted students: Homemakers United Foundation volunteers, local residents (Wansheng and Wanxiang neighborhoods), Wugong Elementary School parents, and Wenshan Community College students pay 500 yuan in tuition
Deposit: 1,000 yuan, refundable if you attend 6 or more classes and complete 2 garden maintenance service sessions from July to November.
Class location: Conference room on the 2nd floor of the Taipei Flower Wholesale Market, and the surrounding flower garden (No. 15, Section 1, Xinglong Road, Wenshan District, Taipei City)
Registration:
(1)Places are limited. After registering, please wait for an admission and payment notice; the registration fee and deposit must be paid in full at one time.
(2)Registration is online only. Discounted applicants must present relevant documents at the first class on4/19; if they cannot, they must pay the full tuition before attending class.
General public: click here to register Discounted students: click here to register
Course: 1:30-3:30 pm (indoor class), 3:30-4:30 pm (hands-on work in the flower garden)
| Date | Topic | Hands-on Work |
| 4/19 Tuesday 1:30-4:30 | Introduction to permaculture and an overview of permaculture growing | Discussion of design drawings |
| 5/03 Tuesday 1:30-4:30 | Plant propagation | Seed balls, seedling raising, cuttings, division |
| 5/17 Tuesday 1:30-4:30 | The secrets of soil | Preparing the site |
| 5/31 Tuesday 1:30-4:30 | Planting (1) | Growing in burlap sacks |
| 6/14 Tuesday 1:30-4:30 | Planting (2) | Hugelkultur planting |
| 6/28 Tuesday 1:30-4:30 | Planting (3) | Keyhole garden |
| 7/12 Tuesday 1:30-4:30 | Water resource applications | Aquatic plants in the ecological pond |
| 7/26 Tuesday 1:30-4:30 | Sharing results | Making interpretive signs |
The instructor will adjust the class content according to actual conditions
If you have any questions, please contact: Homemakers United Foundation (02)2368-6211*25 Ms. Chang