The Hillsdale Green Team, in collaboration with the Hillsdale Community Garden, will present a free program on permaculture gardening at the Hillsdale Library on Thursday, November 3, from 7-8:30pm.
It is open to anyone who is interested and all are welcome.
Permaculture is a holistic approach to landscape design and human culture. It is an attempt to integrate several disciplines, including biology, ecology, geography, agriculture, architecture, appropriate technology, gardening and community building. Three local permaculture gardeners will introduce the topic, explain why and how permaculture is beneficial to us and to the environment, and how permaculture techniques can be incorporated into the suburban garden.
Colin Keegan received his permaculture design certificate in 2008, and
has since applied permaculture design in the fields of organic farming
and suburban homesteading, as well as at the Hillsdale Community Garden.
He has lectured on the topic for various non-profit organizations and at
Ramapo College.
Charlie Zelhof ‘s permaculture garden in Hackensack has been featured at www.nativebergen.com. He will speak on practical home-scale application of permaculture techniques.
Kevin Brennan is a senior at Westwood High School, and has been involved in several permaculture projects, at locations including the Hillsdale Community Garden, Westwood High School and his family’s home in Westwood.
For further information on the program, contact Elizabeth Scholl at
ejscholl@verizon.net
The Hillsdale Green team is sponsoring a season-long collection of homegrown produce from backyard gardeners to benefit the local food pantries, including those in Hillsdale, Westwood and Park Ridge. If you have extra vegetables or fruits from your garden harvest, please consider donating them to our local food pantries to help your neighbors in need. Most food pantries do not offer fresh produce to clients.
