The Make-Shift Nursery at our new site, made out of pallets we found on Jalan Gasing. Cut with love and skill by #TheCarpentersDaughter (a.k.a. Sabina)
Getting ready for yet another Permaculture Design Course that’s happening in 2 weeks. Guides, check. Gloves, check!
Digging to find gold in the garden of our new space. We ran a gold detector machine over this spot and it buzzed like crazy. Kidding! Just digging up some soil samples to be tested for lead and nutrients before we start work on our new garden.
Spot the Sabina? Latest photo of the #padi plot, at 3 months old now. #sri
Living a double life: first as a flower… then as a Terung Bulat.
…and some accidental rice growing on the pathways that we covered with rice husk. Happy accident nevertheless!
Measuring up to the experimental SRI plot sowed by the PDC students in May, 2 and a half months on. Not long now…
[divider top=”0″] Urban Gardening for Kids [divider top=”0″] [divider top=”0″] For many of us, playing outside and getting our hands dirty in the garden are some of our most precious childhood memories, where we learnt about the wonders of nature and life! In the city, or high up on an Read more…
[divider top=”0″] Building a School Garden: Practical Workshop with Janet Millington & Sabina Arokiam [divider top=”0″] [divider top=”0″] As a follow up to the 1-Day Workshop on School Gardens with Janet Millington, co-author of “Outdoor Classrooms”, this fully hands-on practical workshop will equip teachers with the skills, ins and outs of starting Read more…
[divider top=”0″] School Gardens with Janet Millington [divider top=”0″] [divider top=”0″] Training Teachers to Design and Implement as Successful Garden at your School [divider top=”0″] School gardens are a wonderful way to use the schoolyard as a classroom, to reconnect students with the natural world, and teach them valuable gardening and Read more…
[divider top=”0″] Garden-In-Progress Tour A lot of people have been collecting seeds and wondering where and when to swap them, so we figured it would be a good chance to meet up and do some seed exchanging in the La Salle Hall garden this Saturday. Just bring any seeds/cuttings/seedlings (preferably Read more…
[divider=”0″] FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AYA SHABAN & MANAL ABUSHMAIS (JORDAN) “Coming from a very different region, we still found exactly what we are looking for; a great network that brings together like-minded experts and individuals in a fun atmosphere. During the two weeks of PDC we enjoyed learning, sharing Read more…
[divider=”0″] SNAPSHOTS AND TESTIMONIALS FROM THE COURSE [divider=”0″] FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AYA SHABAN & MANAL ABUSHMAIS (JORDAN) “Coming from a very different region, we still found exactly what we are looking for; a great network that brings together like-minded experts and individuals in a fun atmosphere. During the two Read more…
Started the day early enough for urbanites at Pieces, a lovely niche furniture boutique in Bukit Bintang, right at the heart of urban living and container heaven (not in the sense that it has containers, but in the sense that it could do with more container gardens!). We were really Read more…
Juergen and I attended a 3 day Biofertliser workshop conducted by Eugenio Gras at Milkwood Farm from 21 – 23 October 2011. A sustainable agriculture consultant, researcher, teacher, farmer, advocate; Eugenio specialises in Key Line Design and Biofertility, working intensively in the training of farmers, producers, academics and professors throughout Read more…
Juergen and I were introduced to an empowering method of soil testing during a Biofertiliser workshop at Milkwood Farm presented by Eugenio Gras from Mexico. A long time advocate of Permaculture and organic farming, Eugenio is involved in Mas Humus (More Humus), an organisation that works with Mexican farmers to build soil fertility. Among other pioneering Read more…
An inspirational person, teacher, and citizen of the world, Rosemary is a much adored teacher of permaculture teachers, in Australia and around the world. She has worked extensively with farmers and villagers in Africa, Central and South East Asia and Eastern Europe for almost 40 years. Especially dedicated to non-violence and Read more…
[divider=”0″] Juergen was long overdue for a visit back to Austria after being away for 3 years. I tagged along to meet his family, friends, and Rosemary Morrow! A very much sought after permaculture teacher from Australia, Rosemary was scheduled to do a Training of Permaculture Teachers in Austria, from Read more…
We at Eats, Shoots and Roots have come together to form this social enterprise because we believe in the power of growing food as a community. It connects people, it connects us to the land, and it connects us to our food. Even further, growing food integrated into a permaculture system builds Read more…
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