Permaculture Site Tours

Visit some of the leading demonstration sites for permaculture in the Pioneer Valley! The first tour starts at 9:00; we wrap up by 5:00. ~This will be a stellar day!!!

Site #1: Edible Forest Garden in Holyoke MA, featured garden from the book Edible Forest Gardens, as well as the new book ‘Paradise Lot, One-Tenth of an Acre, and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City’ home of Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates

Site #2: Wildside Gardens, Permaculture Homestead Design Project of Regenerative Design Group, Forest gardens, energy efficient house design, root cellar, and more in Conway, MA

Site #3: Lunch Break ~ Natural Roots Farm, visit the farm store for a picnic lunch (and a swim) at a horse drawn vegetable CSA and home of the South River Miso Factory, Conway MA

Site #4: GoldThread Herb Farm, Farm to Pharmacy Program for GoldThread Apothecary, visit the farm where the medicinal plants are tended, Conway MA

Site #5: Franklin Garden of UMass Permaculture, Amherst MA, this is the garden site that won national recognition last year by the White House, growing produce for the dining hall and mentoring college students in permaculture design & gardening

Pre-Registration by emailing ecologicalgardens@gmail.com, this event is hosted by Sowing Solutions, please RSVP, $30-45 sliding scale fee for the day in order to support our hosts, payments to ‘Sowing Solutions’, 72 Baker Rd, Shutesbury, MA 01072. Bring a picnic lunch. Let us know asap if you plan to attend, and we can send you details for the day, and potentially set up a carpool option from Amherst or Northampton.