Workshops
Becoming a Centre for Learning
This ties into Wildcrafting and Agroforestry.
Workshops are better than free advertising. People are paying YOU to hear about Sherwood’s Forests. You become a hub, a centre for information exchange, a marketplace for ideas.
As a hub we become a point of contact, we build brand awareness. We need to have examples of what we talk about. This is useful in selling trees anyway. We already have a demo garden with most of our ornamentals and shelterbelt trees in it.
For this to really work we need at least primative rest room facilities.
Having a place to do this inside, at least out of the wind, extends the season. Add heat and it’s a year round venue.
In addition to running our own courses here, the facility can be rented out to various permaculture, fruit and nut, and woodlot oriented groups.
Possible topics
- Edible landscaping.
- Grafting
- Landscape design for acreages
- Irrigation set up
- Patio gardens
- Container gardening
Mulching
Woodlot harvesting and maintenance.
- Reforestation of Poplar Bush.
- Willow coppicing for basketry, twig wreaths, floristry, and willow crafts.
- Dealing with Pocket Gophers.
There may be possibilities as a teaching location for guest lecturers. Permaculturists may want to set up demonstration plots. Local classes may want to borrow the highly diverse bush for classes in ecology (or may want to hire staff to do a talk and demo on local plant life.) Broad use implies the need for better facilities. It may change liability insurance requirments.
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Sherwood's Forests is located about 75 km southwest of Edmonton, Alberta. Please refer to the map on our Contact page for directions.