OEFFA Gardening Like the Forest with Dave Jacke: Home-Scale Ecological Food Production
Date
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Columbus Ohio Clinton Heights Church |
| Healthy forests maintain, fertilize, and renew themselves, naturally. Wouldn’t you like to grow an abundant food-producing ecosystem like this in your back yard? You can! Edible forest gardens mimic the structure and function of natural forests through all their stages of development and grow food, fuel, fiber, fodder, fertilizers, farmaceuticals, and fun. We can meet our own needs and regenerate healthy ecosystems at the same time! This talk introduces the vision of forest gardening with some scientific background, a few living examples, and a sampling of some useful perennial edibles you can use in your own garden. |
Instructor Dave Jacke is primary author of the award winning two-volume book Edible Forest Gardens. He has studied ecology and design since the 1970s, and has run his own design firm—Dynamics Ecological Design—since 1984. He has designed, built, and planted landscapes, homes, farms, and communities in the many parts of the United States, as well as overseas. He earned a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Simon's Rock College and a M.A. in Landscape Design from the Conway School of Landscape Design.
Free, $10 suggested donation for those who can afford it
No preregistration required.
This lecture will also be offered Friday, July 23, 2010, 7-9 p.m. at The Intergenerational School, 12200 Fairhill Rd, Cleveland OH and Friday August 6, 2010, 7-9 p.m. at the Civic Garden Center, 2715 Reading Rd, Cincinnati OH
