Fall 2017 Classes and Workshops

Prairie Ecosystems Management

Dedicated to Environmental Education and Action

Soil Solarization Trials Evaluation, Winter Kill Cover Crops and Compost Tea
August 26th

On May 21st we solarized about 200sqft of Bermuda grass and weeds at Home Grown
Community Garden. For this workshop we will evaluate the effectiveness of our soil
solarization trials, treat our sterilized soil with compost tea and plant a cover crop mix
that includes species that die when temperature fall below 25.

Participants will get hands on experience with soil solarization, planting cover crops,
winter kill seed mixes for Kansas City and use of compos tea to kick start the soil
biology after sterilization.

This workshop is part of an ongoing trial of a non chemical native species establishment
strategy outlined in Permaculture Extension Bulletin N100 available at:
https://www.scribd.com/document/341549997/Native-Species-Establishment-Strategy-
Using-Permaculture-Design-Principles

Recommended cover crop Seeds will be available for purchase.

Saturday August 26th 1:00PM 3:00PM

Home Grown Community Garden 3000 E 20th St, Kansas City Mo.

Key words: solarization, cover crops, compost tea, permaculture

 Introduction to Permaculture September 9th

Permaculture is an integrative, ethics based sustainable design system used worldwide

to create sustainable human communities. We will explore basic permaculture design
principles for food production in home gardens and on urban and suburban homesteads
and farms.

Some of the subjects we will cover are building healthy soil with cover crops, water
harvesting and urban food forests.

Instructor:

Steve Mann

MS Natural Resources, GC Agroforestry, PDC

Saturday September 9th 10:30AM - 11:30AM

Ruiz Library 2017 West Pennway St.

Kansas City, MO 64108

 Food Not Lawns October 11th, 18th, 21st

Ten years helping turn lawns into gardens and neighborhoods into communities. Fall is
the best time to rid your yard of that turf infestation.

You will learn about lawn eradication methods from a Permaculture perspective. We will
explore fruit trees, nut trees and other perennial species to use in your edible landscape
instead of lawns and resources intensive plants.

We will also cover seed saving and local resources for gardening, restoration and
conservation.

October 11th and 18th location and time:

UMKC School of Medicine, Room M4-CO5,

2411 Holmes, KCMO 64108;

7:00PM 9:00PM

October 21st location and time:

Home Grown Community Garden,

3000 E 20th St Kansas City Mo.

10:00AM 1:00PM

You will get hands on experience using sheetmulching for lawn eradication.

Register at https://ecommerce.umkc.edu/commu/login.aspx
Or by phone: 816-235-1407

Keywords: food not lawns, urban permaculture

 Neighborhood Mycoremediation Workshop November 1st, 4th

Mushrooms can break down a wide array of contaminants such as petroleum

byproducts, agrochemicals, personal care products and filter out fecal coliform bacteria,
heavy metals and other biological contaminates from soil and water.

You will learn about: Using mushrooms for Ecosystems Restoration in your yard. Dog
waste mycoremediation. Hands on Oyster and King Stropharia mushroom bed
construction using a simple method to grow oyster and other mushrooms in your yard
where you cant grow vegetables.

November 1st - UMKC School of Medicine, Room M4-CO5, 2411 Holmes, KCMO 64108

7:00PM 9:00PM

Hands-on session will be Saturday, November 4th at Home Grown Community Garden
3000 E 20th St, Kansas City, MO 64127.

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Spawn kits will be available for $12

Register at https://ecommerce.umkc.edu/commu/login.aspx
Or by phone: 816-235-1407
Keywords: mushrooms, Mycoremediation, permaculture
 Introduction to Ecological Design November 8th, 11th

Ecological design is the integration of design with living systems processes for
sustainable, regenerative communities.

You will learn about todays environmental and social challenges and the design
practices that will help us redesign the world we want.

We will explore the complex interconnections between the land, water, soil, climate and
living beings, the built environment and our Communities. Permaculture and
Agroecology will be the decision support toolbox for our design projects.

There will be a hands-on Ecological Design Immersion on Saturday, Nov 11th from
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 3000 E 20th St, Kansas City, MO 64127.

Wednesday, November 08, 2017 7:00 PM;

UMKC School of Medicine, Room M4-CO5,
2411 Holmes, KCMO 64108

Register at https://ecommerce.umkc.edu/commu/login.aspx
Or by phone: 816-235-1407
 Permaculture Design 101 November 29th, December 6th

Permaculture is an integrative, ethics based sustainable design system. We will explore

permaculture design principles for urban and suburban homesteads and farms.

Topics covered include the initial envisioning process, site analysis, zone and sector
analysis, energy and material flow along with soil and vegetation characteristics. We will
also cover designing with plant polycultures and guilds.

Lead by Michael Almon and Steve Mann from Kansas City Permaculture Education,
Extension and Research

Both nights UMKC School of Medicine, Room M4-CO5, 2411 Holmes, KCMO 64108;
7:00PM 9:00PM

Register at https://ecommerce.umkc.edu/commu/login.aspx
Or by phone: 816-235-1407