Workshops and Courses with Victory Gardens for Peace
Education to Inspire and Empower
Victory Gardens for Peace is a project of Ecology Action, a 501(C)3 organization training community leaders around the world in sustainable Biointensive food production for over 45 years. We offer local workshops and are open to invitations to run a workshop in your community.
Workshops are presented by Ecology Action with the support of Victory Gardens for Peace Master Gardener Matt Drewno and staff.
Our Workshops
Ecology Action’s 3 Day Workshops
Each March and November Ecology Action hosts its 3-Day Workshops in Willits, California.
This course offers an excellent opportunity to acquire a wealth of information on the most efficient gardening method we know. The information has been gathered from over 45 years of research and application. GROW BIOINTENSIVE is currently in use in over 150 countries around the world.
The 3-Day Workshop is an in-depth study of GROW BIOINTENSIVE Mini-Farming and consists of lecture, discussion and demonstration, and will include a full range of information on Sustainability and Efficient Resource Use, Crops and Diet, Fertilization, Compost and Compost Crops, Soil Preparation and Preservation, Seed Propagation, and Income, as well as the perspective to tie all these together.
1 Day Grow Biointensive Workshops
Our 1-Day Workshops provide a basic introduction to the principles which form the basis of the GB Method. The 3-Day workshop expands on the details and integrates more demonstration and hands-on experience.
Single day workshops include a syllabus, manuals and suggested reading lists to complete prior to the start of the course.
If you are interested in hosting a Victory Gardens for Peace Workshop in your community:
Special Workshops
Our workshops bring together theory and practice through classroom learning and hands-on experience in a variety of settings. We are flexible in our ability to teach in a variety of situations, climates and seasons. Our teaching method is holistic and comprehensive; incorporating lecture, discussion and demonstrations when possible.
Topics covered could include:
Soil Preparation, fertilization, and closed-loop sustainability
Composting techniques, growing compost crops and carbon farming
Calorie farming and complete diet design
Data collection and planning
Propagation, seed starting, transplanting and watering
Companion Planting and Working With Nature’s Rhythms
Seed Saving and Seed Storage
Whole-Systems Perspective and Connecting to Nature
Courses
The 9 Part Series Course
Ecology Action and Victory Gardens for Peace offer two 9-Part Course Series each summer.
The course takes place on Saturdays at our Victory Gardens for Peace Research, Education and Demonstration Mini-Farm and includes classroom theory and garden demonstration.
Part 1: Growing Abundance in Your Own Backyard
Class meets each Saturday in June and July from 9AM-3PM and covers all aspects of home-scale sustainable Biointensive food production including:
soil preparation
seed propagation
transplanting
composting
carbon farming
calorie farming
companion planting
seed saving
and a whole systems perspective which ties it all together.
Part 2: Garden Design and Diet Planning Simplified
Class meets each Saturday in August and September and is for individuals wishing to learn more about designing a complete diet and planning a sustainable vegetable garden or mini-farm using biointensive techniques.
Completion of Part 1 or participation in previous biointensive training is a prerequisite for this course.
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