Come join us in celebrating the first recipients of
The Resiliency Institute Edible Wild Plants Certificate!
Invite family and friends to enjoy community and learn a little about edible wild plants and our certificate program. We will organize casual edible wild plant walks around the farm led by the graduates (weather permitting).
May 21st and May 22nd
anytime between 4 pm and 7 pm
TRI Edible Forest Garden
Permablitz events are opportunities for new PDC graduates and others interested in permaculture to gain hands on experience with instruction and guidance. These events are also wonderful opportunities to meet like minded people and grow our permaculture community.
The Resiliency Institute Edible Forest Garden will teach people how permaculture design can be used to transform suburban lawns into edible paradises. People will come here to taste the fresh fruit, vegetables, and herbs; learn about new varieties of plants; observe how water is captured, slowed, and stored; interact with nature; and delight at the many animals and insects that make their homes here.
Now that the weather is warming up people are coming out of hibernation and beginning to spruce up their landscapes, mow lawns, fertilize, and start their annual vegetable gardens. Have you ever thought about our societies addiction to lawn and yard work? Maybe not, because a lot of marketing goes into maintaining this status quo and encouraging you to keep the $74 billion lawn care industry funded. Of course this addiction is also keeping the oil, natural gas, chemical, and manufacturing companies in business.
There are a lot of statistics out there from the EPA and other environmental groups about our societies lawn problem, but what solutions are being offered beyond using resources more responsibly? Well, we have a solution for you, plant an edible forest garden!
Linda Conroy will be coming back to The Resiliency Institute this summer, June 20-22, to teach about herbs and fermentation and the role they play in digestive health. This will be an essential weekend course for people suffering from IBS and other digestive ailments. The weekend begins on Friday evening with Linda sharing her 5 point approach to improving digestive health. Participants will learn how to make fermented food, beverages, herbal infusions and tonics, sample them, and a watch a hands on demonstration on how to make an herbal carrot kraut.
The Midwest is now home to 13 new Permaculture Designers!
For three long weekends in March and April, The Resiliency Institute hosted its first Permaculture Design Course taught by Peter Baine, Rhonda Baird and Keith Johnson. This was an amazing experience from beginning to end. The group dynamics were nourishing and friendly and working with Peter, Rhonda and Keith was fabulous. The best testament to the quality of this PDC was the final design presentations given by the 4 groups. Jodi and I were blown away. The design projects were all located on our site, The Conservation Foundation's McDonald Farm, and opened our eyes to the permaculture possibilities that exist here. They shared ideas and well considered designs that showed us a new way of looking at the farm. We are so grateful for this experience and look forward to following everyone's progress and inviting them back to bring some of their designs to life.
On Sunday, April 27th students wrapped up their final weekend at The Resiliency Institute holding their well earned Permaculture Design Certificates!
