by Lucy Purdy
With
just days now to go, the team behind the London Permaculture Festival
are poised and excited to welcome people to Cecil
Sharp House in Camden on Sunday July
6.
With
innovation and solutions taking centre stage, we’ve gathered
together a truly inspiring group of people, workshops
and stalls this year. We hope there will be something at the festival
for everyone: from whetting the interest of people new to
Permaculture, to innovative and exciting projects to inspire the most
experienced of Permaculturalists.
On
the practical side, speakers will include ‘Vertical Veg Man’ and
guardian gardening
writer Mark
Ridsdill Smith, who will explain how
to create a self-watering container garden. No
batteries, timers or outside taps needed! Annie Levy will discuss
lacto-fermenting with a Permaculture twist, Juliet
Kemp will
explain the huge wealth of possibility by practicing Permaculture in
pots, while nurseryman and rare plant collector Paul Barney of Edulis
nursery will
tell you about 10 edible perennials which he promises will “float
your boat”.
Shamaila
Akram, of Tuba
Seed Permaculture,
will hold an interactive introduction to Permaculture, while Maddy
Harland of Permaculture
Magazine and
the Permaculture
Association’s
very own Andy Goldring will speak on Big Picture Permaculture and
Permaculture in Cuba respectively. Andy will also talk about what was
discussed at the IPC and how this will feed into this September’s
Convergence,
and the next global event, to be held in London
2015.
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| Hart will bring a taste of music and culture of the Baka to Camden on July 6. |
A
workshop which has drawn lots of interest in the run-up to the
festival is run by Su
Hart who has formed
a fruitful musical partnership with the Baka people of the Cameroon
rainforest since first visiting there in 1992. She formed a band,
Baka Beyond, and produced two albums with the Baka too. Hart – a
veteran of the likes of Glastonbury Festival - was drawn
instinctively to the Baka’s relationship with music: a binding
force in their lives. They live in the rainforest, hearing nothing
but natural sounds, so learn from birth to listen acutely to the
natural world around them. They cure illness and argument with song,
they raise their voices to enchant animals, to bring luck in the
hunt, to soothe babies and to unite the group in purpose and in joy.
Hart will bring a taste of this to Camden on July 6. Read more here.
Also
unfolding on the day in a beautiful, colourful celebration of
Permaculture will be experts in straw bale building, cob making,
seed-bomb sculpting, and an introduction to aquaponics by a man who
keeps tilapia fish in his garage! Plenty of kid-friendly events will
take place too for budding Permaculturalists
of the future.
A
thriving new staple of the London Permaculture scene, and one which
will be explored at the festival, is the Permablitz.
Permablitzes involve people coming together to create or improve a
community or household edible, wildlife-friendly garden, according to
the principles of Permaculture. This is learning about Permaculture
and gardening as you work, building community networks, sharing good
food and enjoying the feeling of coming together on something
worthwhile. The concept will be explained in
detail on July 6.
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| A
thriving new staple of the London Permaculture scene, and one which will be explored at the festival, is the Permablitz. |
We urge you to come along on the day, dip
into those workshops and activities which really grab your attention
– all of which are explained
The
festival will unfurl in the heart of the capital, where diversity and
abundance of human spirit abound. This is what Permaculture is all
about! Hopefully you can be part of this wonderful day.
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