Working with Audubon's Drumlin Farm and Concord-Carlisle Adult and Community Education, ConcordCAN regularly offers Adult Education workshops that encourage people to work toward greater sustainability in their own lives and in their communities. Current offerings are:
Small Scale Agriculture: The Winter Months
Robin Wilkerson
Get Ready, Get Set, Grow...well, at least get ready and get set. Winter is the best time to plan your growing season. We will cover garden locations, space needed, what to grow, varieties to plant, and other issues to ensure the best outcome for your efforts. This will be an opportunity to discuss seed and plant catalogs, learn all the tricks of the trade for seed starting and growing, and get ideas for general vegetable garden planning. Lots of garden inspiration to illuminate the darker months. MA Audubon members pay a member rate by registering with Audubon.
Robin Wilkerson is a long time vegetable gardener, public speaker and naturalist based in Lincoln, MA. She keeps a small flock of chickens that help her keep weeds at bay.
Tuesday, Feb 23, 7-9pm @ CCHS
Suburban Backyard Farming
Debbie Bier and Rich Stevenson
(This garden and greenhouse is often featured in this blog!) What kind of food can be ready-to-harvest in an unheated winter solar greenhouse in February? Come find out! Tour (and taste) the cold-weather activities in this suburban backyard farm, and see what's being planned (and planted) next. Broaden your imagination about what is possible to grow year-round in our climate, and help yourself get ready for spring planting. Dress in layers. Release form required.
Debbie Bier has long been interested in and involved with local plants, both wild and domesticated. Rich Stevenson, is a carpenter and photographer who grew up in Concord with connections to local food growing and growers.
Sat Feb 6th, 12-2 PM -- location available upon registration. Feb classed is filled! Additional session will be held Saturday, March 6, 12-2 PM.
Living More Sustainably- Food & Shelter
David W. Bearg, PE, CIH
Two key aspects of living more sustainably on this planet involve taking more responsibility for growing your own food and making your home easier to heat in the winter. Examples of both are presented as part of this on-site visit that includes extending the growing season with an attached heat-storing greenhouse (11 tons of rock) with an automatic greywater irrigation system, plantings of fruits and berries, and efforts to improve the thermal effectiveness of the building envelope through the use of movable insulating shutters, airlock entryways, and passive and hybrid solar architecture. After all, on a square foot basis, 10 to 20 times as much heat is lost though windows than through walls.
David Bearg has been modifying this former summer cottage for over the last 30 years, with an emphasis on achieving and maintaining good indoor air quality while minimizing the need for purchased energy to maintain health and comfort for his family and guests.
Saturday, February 27th, 12-2 PM @ on site
For information & registration: Concord-Carlisle Adult and Community Education at www.ace.colonial.net or (978) 318-1540 days, 318-1432 nights, 318-1539 fax. You can also contact ConcordCAN at Concordclimate@yahoo.com
Small Scale Agriculture: The Winter MonthsRobin Wilkerson
Get Ready, Get Set, Grow...well, at least get ready and get set. Winter is the best time to plan your growing season. We will cover garden locations, space needed, what to grow, varieties to plant, and other issues to ensure the best outcome for your efforts. This will be an opportunity to discuss seed and plant catalogs, learn all the tricks of the trade for seed starting and growing, and get ideas for general vegetable garden planning. Lots of garden inspiration to illuminate the darker months. MA Audubon members pay a member rate by registering with Audubon.
Robin Wilkerson is a long time vegetable gardener, public speaker and naturalist based in Lincoln, MA. She keeps a small flock of chickens that help her keep weeds at bay.
Tuesday, Feb 23, 7-9pm @ CCHS
Suburban Backyard Farming
Debbie Bier and Rich Stevenson
(This garden and greenhouse is often featured in this blog!) What kind of food can be ready-to-harvest in an unheated winter solar greenhouse in February? Come find out! Tour (and taste) the cold-weather activities in this suburban backyard farm, and see what's being planned (and planted) next. Broaden your imagination about what is possible to grow year-round in our climate, and help yourself get ready for spring planting. Dress in layers. Release form required.
Debbie Bier has long been interested in and involved with local plants, both wild and domesticated. Rich Stevenson, is a carpenter and photographer who grew up in Concord with connections to local food growing and growers.
Living More Sustainably- Food & Shelter
David W. Bearg, PE, CIHTwo key aspects of living more sustainably on this planet involve taking more responsibility for growing your own food and making your home easier to heat in the winter. Examples of both are presented as part of this on-site visit that includes extending the growing season with an attached heat-storing greenhouse (11 tons of rock) with an automatic greywater irrigation system, plantings of fruits and berries, and efforts to improve the thermal effectiveness of the building envelope through the use of movable insulating shutters, airlock entryways, and passive and hybrid solar architecture. After all, on a square foot basis, 10 to 20 times as much heat is lost though windows than through walls.
David Bearg has been modifying this former summer cottage for over the last 30 years, with an emphasis on achieving and maintaining good indoor air quality while minimizing the need for purchased energy to maintain health and comfort for his family and guests.
Saturday, February 27th, 12-2 PM @ on site
For information & registration: Concord-Carlisle Adult and Community Education at www.ace.colonial.net or (978) 318-1540 days, 318-1432 nights, 318-1539 fax. You can also contact ConcordCAN at Concordclimate@yahoo.com
