Classes & Coming Events

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2012 Permaculture Tours!

Our home landscape has been dubbed as the quintessential example of a “Suburban Permaculture” landscape.  That’s why we have decided to give these 3- hour educational tours with an eye toward giving participants the basic information to enable them to design their own home permaculture landscape.  Come on and see how easy it is to become more self-sufficient and sustainable!               

         

The fee is $35.00 per person

                  $45.00 per family

No children under 10 years old

We will definitely try to run our tours rain or shine(within reason) but we will keep in close touch with you. We may have to switch to a different date.

2012 PERMACULTURE TOUR SCHEDULE

All dates are Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

APRIL 29        AUGUST  26

MAY  20          SEPT 23 

JUNE  24        OCTOBER  28

JULY  29

Pre-register as there is limited space at:

vnowicki@comcast.net or ronnowicki@comcast.net

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HOW ABOUT A CLASS AT

THE MORTON ARBORETUM?

SEEDSTARTING:DEMYSTIFIED

                                    For 2012

Saturday, February 18, 9:30-12:30 Cool Season

Saturday, March 17, 9:30-12:30, Warm Season

www.mortonarb.org

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PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!                  

Preserve It! Workshops

Saturday, March 17

Discover the secrets to preserving from certified Master Food

Preservers, expert chefs, bakers and farmers who pickle and ferment

in their day to day lives. You will learn the skills to fill your larder with

the best of the market’s local seasonal bounty.

 

Preserving Food: A Four-Season Masterplan

Zvi Bar-Chaim, Scratch Homemade

David Cavagnaro, Seed Savers Exchange

Lis David, Scratch Homemade

Zak Dolezal, Duke’s Alehouse

Jennifer Downing, Nourish Cooking School

Megan Larmer, Slow Food Chicago

Vicki Nowicki, The Land Office, moderator

 

Canning & Pickling

Paul Virant, Perennial Virant, Vie Restaurant

Charlotte Flinn, Flinn Consultants, FamilyFarmed.org, moderator

Fermented Food

Ben Walker, Fermentation expert

Rob Gardner, thelocalbeet.com, moderator

Home Cheesemaking

Jennifer Downing, Nourish Cooking School

Vicki Nowicki, The Land Office, moderator

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Green Earth Institute Annual Fair

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Vicki Nowicki, Speaking on Organic Gardening

Green Earth Institute Hands-on Gardening Class

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Vicki Nowicki, Showing people “hands-in-the-dirt” how to

                        garden

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Joliet Junior College Annual Environmental Fair

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Featured Speaker, Sarah Steingraber, Raising Elijah

Vicki Nowicki, Speaking on food storage and winter

                        meal planning

Participants can attend all or part of the sessions on:

canning

drying

freezing

root cellar

pulling it all together with a master plan!