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172 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops

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Presentation : Garden maintenance

Method : Facilitator presentation

Tools : Images, photocopies of weed control and water saving techniques

from PC Book MOD 6 – Home and Community Gardens

References : PC Book MOD 6 – Home and Community Gardens;

PC Book MOD 4 – Healthy Soil;

PC Book MOD 9 – Integrated Pest Management

Objective : Participants learn sustainable, organic garden maintenance methods

Preparation

Photocopy enough of the plant food, pest control, and weed control sections from PC

Book MOD 6 – Home and Community Gardens so that each participant can take

one set of references home.

Plant food is explained in more detail in PC Book MOD 4 – Healthy Soil, and pest control

is explained in more detail in PC Book MOD 9 – Integrated Pest Management.

Notes:

• The facilitator can use images such as photos or illustrations to help explain the
  following topics. Local examples for each topic will also help to explain these
  techniques. Allow as much discussion time as is needed.


• If making plant food and integrated pest management are also part of the
  workshop, then only discuss these in relation to home gardens and leave the
  specific details for the other parts of the workshop.


• Hand out the photocopies at the end of the exercise.

Adding plant food

• Compost.


• Liquid compost.


• Mulch.


• EM – Effective Microorganisms.


• Integrating composts with garden design.