ON THE ROAD TO RESILIENCE

In The Sustainable Backyard Garden in Hamilton Gardens    Sunday February 24^th. 10 to 4

This event is part of Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival

 A day of inspiration and inventions for your journey into the future.

 INSPIRATION          Time Banking,               scones cooked in the earth oven,

                                        espaliered fruit trees,        assembling a top-bar bee hive

                                         Solar water heating     Wind turbines,   Scything

INVENTIONS           examples of a solar cooker,        rocket stove,

                                      solar food dehydrator,             grey water recycling,

                                       a basic composting toilet.

 PROGRAM

 10am.       A demonstration on pruning espaliered fruit trees.

 10:45        Building a top-bar bee hive,  With a talk on urban bee keeping.

 11:30        A scything demonstration

 12            Buy an earth oven cooked scone to have with your herbal tea.

 1pm.        Partake in the making of a  rocket stove.                                            

 2:30         Build a basic composting toilet.

 3:30         Learn about time banking and become a member.

 4pm         Auction of the top bar hive