Workshops
Interested in having 7th Generation Design teach or facilitate a workshop for your community?
We offer workshops on…
- Simple, Cheap & Better Plant Propagation – construction and operation of air-pruning beds and automated misting beds, making cuttings and preparing seeds, creating your own grow media, irrigation automation.
- Water Harvesting Earthworks – project planning, design, implementation, installation of living systems, maintenance.
- Erosion Prevention & Repair – repairing erosion damage with natural energies and low-tech systems, biological and geological erosion control elements, road drainage and remodeling for watershed restoration and more.
- Nutrient Cycling For Homesteads
- Backyard Biochar – small scale charcoal production methods, inoculation into biochar, application and use in production systems.
- Vermicomposting – flow-through vermicomposter construction and operation
- Compost Tea Brewing – DIY brewing set ups for homestead scale growing
- Irrigation System Design – off-grid automation, system planning and calculations, emitter selection, fertigation systems and more.
- Mobile Solar Generator Battery Banks – design, component sourcing, assembly and troubleshooting for back-up and off-grid power on-the-go.
- Or any other mix of topics on our blog.
If you’d like to start a conversation about hosting a workshop you can start the conversation by reaching out to us below.
Past Workshops
‘All-Hands-On’ Autumn Plant Propagation Workshops – 2021/2022
Hosted by our friends and colleagues at White Buffalo Land Trust at their Summerland location in September ’21 and their flagship Lompoc ranch farm in October ’22 and at as part of their ‘All Hands On’ workshop series. 7th Gen developed the curriculum focused on propagating plants quickly, cheaply from cuttings and seed for homesteaders, ranchers and land stewards looking to revegetate their landscapes without spending a fortune buying in plants.
The workshop day consists of two morning classroom sessions on plant propagation theory and technique and the introduction of the air-pruning technique for propagating trees from seed with highly-branched, non-circling root systems. After lunch, three separate hands-on practicum sessions were held to provide students everything they needed to know to 1) harvest and prepare their own cuttings, 2) construct air-pruning and automated mist propagation beds and create their own soil mixes, 3) set up their own automated irrigation system. Photos credit Kyle Sullivan, White Buffalo Land Trust.
