Manchester Permaculture Network's April event is to take place at Birchfields Park Forest Garden.

Last year an experimental planting was undertaken in the south west corener of the forest garden, using mypex, to test its effectiveness at weed control, in the establishment of the forest garden's gound cover layers. On the evening of Weds 28th, we will be returning to the forest garden, to see how things have progressed.

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Transition City Manchester and Manchester Permaculture present....
 
An exciting debut Film Night, Monday March 29th, 6.30pm - 9.30pm 
Screening Rob Hopkins new film 'In Transition' and Farm For A Future.

This is the first screening in Manchester of the new 'In transition' DVD, which explains what the transition movement is all about, and what we can do for our future - bringing together peak oil, climate change, and permaculture in one evening. 

We will also be showing some extracts from Rebecca Hosking's A Farm For A Future, which was broadcast on BBC2 last year. This film covers peak oil, the Transition movement, and showcased a number of permaculture farms and smallholdings in the UK as future sustainable farming.
 
Film showings will be augmented with slides and discussion around energy decent transition, the future of food, and media approaches to these issues.

As is traditional with permaculture network events, please bring food to share - veggie or vegan preferred.

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A workshop all about Aquaponics - the art of growing fish and vegetables together in perfect synergy.

What to expect:

We'll start with an intro to Aquaponics, why you use it, some of the advantages and disadvantages and the different types and sizes of systems you can build.

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Rocket Stove Workshop - DATE CHANGE!!

This workshop is actually happening on Dec 7th!

It will be at Madlab, 6:30 - 9pm, 36 - 40 Edge Street, M4 8HN in the Northern Quarter. It's opposite the Common...

For more info about the event take a look at the Madlab website:

http://madlab.org.uk/content/rocket-stove-workshop/

Madlab: 33 - 40 Edge Street, M4 8HN. It's opposite the Common in the Northern Quarter.

Thanks, Agnes

The next Manchester Permaculture event will next Monday (26th Oct), 6:30pm - 9:30pm, and it will be a cider making workshop! We've got a home brewer coming from near Manchester to talk a bit about cider brewing, and we are also going to juice some apples using a crusher and apple press.Read more

Our very own Leaf St is 10 years old this year! If you remember digging the ground, planting those trees, bending the willow or even just walking down the garden enjoying the flowers, butterflies or the occasional 'brew crew' that the street attracts ..

then ...........

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