Linnaea Ecological Gardening Programme

8 months

March - November

Linnaea Farm, Cortes Island, BC

Lectures - 7 hrs/week

Market Garden Group Work - 6-9 hrs/week

Individual Plot Work - 6-9 hrs/week

Additional field trips, hikes, special activities - 6 hrs/week

Program starts in the first week of March every year and runs through the end of October at Linnaea Farm, Cortes Island, BC Registration Fee: $100.00 Tuition: $2500.00 Materials Fee: $600.00 (includes shared tools, seeds, greenhouse use, etc.) Administration Fee: $255.00

Individuals 17 years and older who are interested in immersion in a functional land-stewardship community. Those who seek a sustainable, personal alternative to mainstream commodity-based agriculture.

Successful graduates recieve a certificate of completion of the Linnaea Ecological Gardening Programme and a Permaculture Design Certificate.

3 weekly lectures 3 half-days in the Production Garden - hands-on instruction in a functioning 30-Box CSA and market garden. 3 half-days in individual Garden Plots with one-on-one instructor support. 1 half day Permacuture outing.

Maximum 10 students each year. Applications due Nov. 1 of the previous year. See www.linnaeafarm.org for details and Application Forms

A broad hands-on introduction to growing your own food, or starting a small-scale farm. Includes market gardening, permaculture, land ethics and ecology, animal care and additional farm related activities.