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The Hills Local Permaculture Group (HLPG) meets on the 3rd Saturday of the month, 9:30 for 10:00 start and finishing at 12:00. The HLPG meets at the Silver Tree Steiner School in Parkerville, WA.

Silver Tree Steiner School is situated at 69 Beacon Road in Parkerville, WA 6081. If you are coming via Great Eastern Highway then turn into Seaborne Street (which becomes Byfield St and then Roland Rd). If you are coming via Toodyay Road then turn into Roland Road.

To see what we get up to, check out the regular HLPG newsletters.

If you are interested in joining in, or have questions or suggestions, please contact either:

Liz on email - or 9298 9580.
Sharryn on email - or 9295 2961.

 

Over the next few meetings and workshops we will be...

  • Creating a propagation space for students to raise seedlings to sell at Market Days and to use in the garden
  • Having a talk by Ralph Darlington from the Mundaring Organics Group (OGAWA)
  • Creating an Indigenous cottage garden area with advice from an Indigenous plant expert
  • Having a cooking class presented by Jas from Soul Tree Café using fresh produce from the garden
  • Creating a new worm farm so that the students can use the worm juice on the vegetable garden
  • Having a talk by Peter, an Apiarist, about beekeeping and making honey
  • Making homemade liquid fertilizer from weeds, etc
  • Starting a bush medicine garden and herbal medicine garden
  • Running workshops on herbs and bush medicine, as well as bush tucker

If you have any suggestions or ideas for field trips, workshops and activities please do let us know. All suggestions are greatly appreciated.

HLPG November Meeting

by Jason Nicholls last modified Nov 09, 2011 10:32 AM
The next gathering of the Hills Local Permaculture Group will be on Saturday 19th November at the new location of the Silver Tree Steiner School. We will be getting a tour of the new school grounds and the sustainability initiatives that are in place or being planned. Karen Brown will be showing us around and discussing the initiatives. Please read the attached article from the Hills Gazette for more information.
When Nov 19, 2011
from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where Silver Tree Steiner School
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Karen, who holds a PhD in environmental science, was part of the small team overseeing the planning and the move of the school to its new location.

Read the article: Green Dream Realised - By Michelle Beaven, Hills Gazette 11/06/2011

We will also be handing out the prizes for the Recycling Competition to the winners.

So come along and join us.

Please bring a small plate of goodies to share for morning tea and a spare mug if you have one.

WHEN: The HLPG get-together is at 9:30 for a 10:00 am start and finishing at 12:00 noon.

WHERE: The Silver Tree Steiner School have moved to their new location of 695 Roland Road, Parkerville - see google map link: http://g.co/maps/stx6n See you at the get-together. HLPG Dream Team - Sharryn, Elizabeth, Joy, Rosemary & Silvia

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