Eco-festival in the pipeline, perhaps you can help...

by geete Wed Jan 08, 2003 11:03

Welcome to our 2003 Programme

One of the most wonderful and exciting things for any gardener is to witness the germination of a seed that will develop into an edible or decorative plant. At The Organic Centre, we produce plenty of vegetables from seed, but it could be said that we’re also trying to plant seeds through our courses and activities: seeds that can change peoples quality of life while being gentle on the environment through:

Gardening and farming organically, keeping soil fertile through rotation and composting.
Building ecological housing using renewable materials and progressive waste management systems.
Considering sustainable energy sources.
Relearning lost skills and crafts.
Creating a conscientious lifestyle with recycling, energy saving, local shopping and green tourism.
Our courses and activities aim to be both educational and enjoyable. In response to your feedback, we have expanded, revised and added a few courses to our programme. Our open gardens continue to develop and are well worth a visit, especially in the summer and we have made our educational tours more informative.

We are very grateful for the support from our friends, sponsors and the many voluntary workers at the centre. A special thanks to all our visiting lecturers, who have helped us to provide such a great variety of courses, and last but not least, thank you to Bord Glas who have sponsored this booklet for the third year running.

Dublin Courses

Last year we ran a small number of courses at Airfield House in Dundrum in Dublin. This year, we have expanded the range of courses in Dublin to cater for people who can’t travel all the way to Leitrim. Bookings and information on these courses are available from The Organic Centre only.

Day courses run from 10:00am to 5:00pm

Open days from 11:00am to 5:00pm

February
1st Green Building
1st Field to Garden- Establishing a garden from scratch
8th Garden Complete course (Day 1) Revised
8th/9th Practical Hedge Management
8th/9th Basketmaking for Beginners Airfield, Dublin
15th Planting a Small Woodland revised
15th Reed Bed and Wetland systems
16th One Earth Community (New)
16th Indoor Eco Design
22nd Cooking & Healing with Wholefood
22nd Spinning for Beginners
22nd Solar/Wind Energy a Critical Assessment of Alternative Energy Sources
22nd Solar Energy For the Home Airfield, Dublin
March
1st/2nd Living Willow Structures
1st/2nd Seminars for Farmers - Principles of Successful Organic Farming – new
8th Garden Complete (Day 2)
8th How to Make a living from one Acre
8th/9th Beginners Guide to Growing Organic Veg Airfield, Dublin
15th Potato Day
22nd Beginners Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables
22nd/23rd Basket Making - Making a Garden Trug (New)
23rd Cooking with seaweed
29th Fruit - Spring Workshop
29th Introduction to landscaping
30th Establishing a Market Garden
30th Green roofs
April
5th An Introduction to Biodynamic Gardening
5th Goat keeping
12th Poultry for the home
12th Garden Complete (Day 3) (Tunnels)
25th-27th Creative Willow Course (3 days)
26th Woodland Management
27th Natural Cosmetics and soap making
May
3rd Garden Complete (Day 4) Herbs & Fruit
3rd Introduction to Beekeeping
10th Building a Solar Collector
10th Farmhouse Cheese (New)
10th Beginners Guide to Ornamentals
17th/18th Protected Cropping
17th Pottery
17th Poultry for the Home Airfield, Dublin
18th Pottery
24th Wildlife Gardening
24th/25th Growing and Using Culinary and Medicinal Herbs
31st Hanging Baskets & Flowers
31st Reed Bed and Wetland Systems Airfield, Dublin
31st/1st Permaculture Weekend
June
7th Garden Complete (Day 5)
7th/8th Cheese Making Introduction
14th Beginners Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables
14th Wandering through the Weeds
14th Green Building Airfield, Dublin
15th Herbs from A-Z - Open Day
21st/22nd Cut Herb Production
21st The Magical Use of Herbs Airfield, Dublin
28th Gardening with a Disability
28th Natural Dyeing - An Introduction
28th Growing Fruit for the Home Airfield, Dublin
29th Gardening with a Disability
July
5th Garden Complete (Day 6)
5th Keeping Animals on a Small Scale
5th Grow your own Herbs Airfield, Dublin
12th Living Architecture - A New look at Building Homes
12th Fruit - Summer Workshop
12th City Gardening Airfield, Dublin
19th Salads for All Seasons
20th Garden Open Day
26th Introduction to Cacti
26th Stonewall Building See the Pictures
27th Stonewall Building See the Pictures
27th Self-Sufficiency Forum
August
2nd The Family Orchard
2nd Gardening Workshops
9th Gardening with a Disability
9th Co. Clare Special Organic Growing
9th Stonewall Building See the Pictures
10th Gardening with a Disability
10th Stonewall Building See the Pictures
10th Beginners Guide to Ornamentals
16th Wandering Through the Weeds
16th/17th Seaweeds for Cosmetic Use
23rd Commercial Fruit Growing
23rd Landscaping & Feng Shui
23rd/24th Watercolours in the Garden
30th/31st Cheesemaking Introduction
September
6th Storing and Preserving
6th/7th Developing a Kitchen Garden
7th Wandering Through the Weeds
13th Garden Complete (Day 7) Preserving
13th Green Building Airfield, Dublin
13th/14th Earth Education (New)
20th-28th N.W. Environmental Festival
20th Beating Winter Blues with Herbs
27th Apple Day
28th Fourth Organic Fair
October
4th Green Building
4th Tree Seed Collection
4th Mushroom Hunting Airfield, Dublin
8th/9th Homeopathy Workshops for Farmers
11th Sun and Wind
11th Mushroom Hunting
18th Wild Food
19th Gardening as a way of Living
18th/19th Basket Making for Beginners
25th Wine Making
25th Organic Growing for Restaurants
November
1st Cooking & Healing with Wholefood
1st/2nd Basket Making for Improvers
1st Reed Bed and Wetland systems Airfield, Dublin
8th Garden Complete (Day 8) Seeds
8th Spinning for Beginners
8th Reed Bed and Wetland systems
9th Farming Workshops
9th Indoor Eco Design
15th Fruit - Autumn Workshops
15th Natural Cosmetics and Soap Making
15th Solar Energy for the Home Airfield, Dublin
16th Natural Cosmetics and Soap Making
16th One Earth Community (New)
22nd Organic Gardening in Schools
22nd Grains, Breads & Sour Dough
29th Hedge Establishment
29th How to Make your own Paper
29th/30th Basketmaking for Beginners
December
6th/7th Christmas Decoration Workshops