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You are invited to attend the first… KAPITI FOOD FOREST community feedback meeting. WHEN: 7:30pm Monday 7th December WHERE: Paraparaumu Community Centre (next to library off Rimu road) Food is such an incredibly important issue for everybody. We need to start reconnecting as a community with where our food comes from, learning how to grow […] Latest meetings are now online […] Inspired by Geoff Lawton’s Establishing a Food Forest, a group has got together to explore the potential of food forest gardening on the Kapiti Coast. Our vision is to build a community food forest garden for Kapiti. Planned, planted and maintained by the community, the forest garden will serve as an education resource, plant […] First in a series looking at wonderful world of food forests, or forest gardening. A food forest, also called a forest garden, is a productive and organic garden modeled on the ecosystem of a forest. Species are selected to create a stable, functioning environment that fulfill the needs of the gardeners by producing fruits, […] Present Dan, Bena, Sharon, Andrew, Isabel, Pam, Anna, Richard 1. Food Forest Proposal Coming along nicely. Some moving around and changes to be done. Anna to send attached Doc to everyone for feedback. Prepare to send to community for support and then ready to take to council. 2. Developing a Timeline Bena has prepared outline. […] Present Andrew, Sharon, Anna, Isabel, Pam, Bena, Richard, Dan Apologies Sam – has too many commitments so pulling out at this stage. Agenda Proposal Time Frames Land Site Visits Report Permaculture Course Resources Pam’s Site Legal’s General Discussion Action Plan 1. Proposal Fantastic job Anna and Richard! Brings everyone’s ideas together well – difficult […] Present Sharon Dan Andrew RK Sam Richard Willie Anna Andrew Hall Cree Jim Apologies Pam 1. Possible visits to local property and forests. Re: David Scott & QE Park designated a couple of people go and see There are no real examples for us to see, only partial and related results. Bena to investigate and […] Present Richard Anna Andrew Sharon Sam Bena Dan Willie Pam Isabel Leadership fine with rotating organisation. Andrew to be key point of contact for the moment. Other Stuff of interest David scott’s invitation to go to native forest tour passed over and carried to next meeting. Meeting in regards to Lindale (Andrew and Willie attended) […] Roll over Community Gardens – Here comes TTK Community Food Forest Premise After an inspiring night watching the very entertaining and informative Geoff Lawton’s Establishing a Food Forest Documentary and a enthusiastic discussion afterwards, Andrew come up with a fantastic idea, instead […] Transition Towns Kapiti invites you to a Brainstorming on Establishing a Food Forest. This Sunday the 7th June, 2-4pm. Roll over Community Gardens – Here comes TTK Community Food Forest After an inspiring night watching the very entertaining and informative Geoff Lawton’s Establishing a Food Forest Documentary and a enthusiastic discussion afterwards, Andrew come up […] The bible for temperate forest gardening: http://www.edibleforestgardens.com/about_book Nice introduction to forest gardens by Mother Earth News: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Homesteading-and-Self-Reliance/2007-08-01/Plant-Edible-Forest-Garden-Permaculture.aspx A more thorough introduction to forest gardening: http://www.edibleforestgardens.com/about_gardening An excerpt from the book the above information was adapted from, but with a nice table of example plants and additional information: http://www.nofa.org/tnf/sp02/supplement/edible.php Wikipedia on forest gardening: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_gardening Agroforestry Research […] Planning for leadup to first meeting, Set a date, perhaps 31st May or 7th June Sunday 1pm onwards. Email to those interested from ttk mailing list, with a synopsis. Agenda/schedule for first meeting, Introduction Brainstorming Collect Ideas Define Actions Ask for commitments Decide on next meeting and/or action Suggestions for steering brainstorming Structure and function […] After an inspiring night watch the very entertaining and informative Geoff Lawton’s Food Forest Documentary and a discussion afterwards, Andrew come up with a fantastic idea about instead of having a community garden, having a Community Food Forest. His reasoning was that because people on the coast have their own land for vegie gardens not […] |
