Community Corner
Permaculture Workshop 9/9
Bethlehem, CT— Have you ever wondered how you can maximize the growing potential of your garden or farm? Or what species of plants grow best together in a shared space? CT NOFA invited farmers, gardener and landscapers to our Permaculture workshop on September 9 at The Hidden Garden & Connsoil in Bethlehem, CT from 5-8pm. Join business owners Cynthia and Stuart Rabinowitz, where they are transitioning from a conventional greenhouse operation and home garden to a homestead designed according to permaculture principles.
Permaculture is an ecological design system for sustainability in all aspects of human endeavor; permaculture design emphasizes patterns of landscape, function, and species assemblies. The focus of permaculture is not on each plant in your garden but rather on the relationships created among the plants by the way they are placed together; the whole garden becoming greater than each individual plant.
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Cynthia Rabinowitz established Hidden Garden & ConnSoil (HGConnSoil, LLC) in 1986 after several years work as County Agriculture Agent with the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System. Since then HGConnSoil has evolved to a collaborative of professionals with a variety of science-based expertise. The firm provides ecological and wetland consulting services and landscape design services.
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The workshop is made possible by a grant from the National Institute for Food and Agriculture through the USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. Workshop registration is $20 for members and $30 for non-members. Please register in advance by calling the CT NOFA office at 203-888-5146 or by visiting www.ctnofa.org.
CT NOFA is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the practices of ecologically sound farming and gardening, and to the development of local sustainable agriculture. CT NOFA is a growing community of farmers, gardeners, land care professionals, businesses and consumers that encourages a healthy relationship to the natural world.
