Water harvest design workshop.
Location
Summerhouse Farm
About
Join Dr Rod Everett from Backsbottom farm to learn how to capture, store and allow water to flow across land in a way that creates diverse habitats, supports food growing and reduces the risk of flooding.
This session will cover:
- Doing a site survey and identifying catchment areas.
- Observing how water flows across a site.
- Understanding soil type and drainage.
- Different techniques for supporting water harvesting and soil infiltration.
- Creating a water harvest design for Summerhouse Farm.
For more information about Rod and his experience working with Permaculture Design and natural flood management, visit:
https://rods-permaculture.weebly.com/backsbottom-farm.html
For more information about this new community farm visit:
Foodfutures.org.uk/dreaming-up-summerhouse-farm/
This session will cover:
- Doing a site survey and identifying catchment areas.
- Observing how water flows across a site.
- Understanding soil type and drainage.
- Different techniques for supporting water harvesting and soil infiltration.
- Creating a water harvest design for Summerhouse Farm.
For more information about Rod and his experience working with Permaculture Design and natural flood management, visit:
https://rods-permaculture.weebly.com/backsbottom-farm.html
For more information about this new community farm visit:
Foodfutures.org.uk/dreaming-up-summerhouse-farm/