Just a couple days ago I posted about cohousing and today I noticed this story about Manzanita Village in Prescott. They are receiving a matching grant from the Arizona State Land Department to enhance it’s urban forest and to expand it’s networks of information sharing. They are going to achieve this by hosting workshops where they install cisterns to collect rainwater that falls on their common house. They will be using this to water new forest garden catchment basins that they will also be installing at the workshops. On April 26th and 27th Andrew Millison, local permaculture expert, and Prescott College Instructor, and Macrae Nicoll, of High Desert Rain Catchment will lead the workshops at Manzanita Village. For the full story head over to www.readitnews.com.

Spring Gardening Class at the Urban Farm.
Hosted by: The Phoenix Permaculture Guild.
Saturday March 8 – 9am-Noon
At the Urban Farm – 6750 N 13th Place Phoenix, AZ 85014
Directions:
Cross streets are Glendale Ave and 12th St. Glendale Ave and 12th Street, 3 blocks East to 13th Place, South to 6750
Requested Donation: $10

We will be hosting our biannual Organic Gardening class at the Urban Farm in Phoenix. This is a casual class where Maya of Maya’s Farm at South Mountain will share her experiences with gardening in a desert environment. She will cover planting methods, schedules, what grows and how to grow it. Bring your gloves and a desire to learn.

http://phoenixpermaculture.org/