Rainwater Harvesting and Cistern Building Workshop presented by the Phoenix Permaculture Guild Saturday, June 23th, 2007- 8:00am-noonish See water harvesting in action.  You will see rainwater harvesting collection systems and we will overview water harvesting concepts and practices.  We will also be assembling rainwater harvesting drums, so bring an empty drum if you like.You WILL leave this workshop with the ability and resources to install your own water harvesting system.  As communities grow and develop, formerly vegetated and porous earthen watersheds are paved over and made impervious.  This urban phenomenon creates scarcity by dehydrating landscapes, increasing downstream flooding, increasing the heat island effect, and creating sterile living environments. However, many of these negative effects can be reversed. Water scarcity can be turned into water abundance.  You will be empowered to turn water scarcity into water abundance at home, in your neighborhood, and beyond. If you want to assemble your own rainwater drum - Bring a 55 gallon drum, gloves, notebook, additional $10 to $15 to cover plumbing items. Please RSVP to Don for class attendance and if you will be assembling your own barrel - at fdpc@4dirs.com Location: 2653 E Butte Circle, Mesa, 85213 Contact:  Don Titmus Phone: (480)-962-6353 Email: fdpc@4dirs.com Facilitator:  Don Titmus Investment:  $40 requested donation Website:  www.permaculture.net/phxguild   Introduction to Permaculture presented by the Phoenix Permaculture Guild Thursday, August 23, 2007- 6:30pm Just what is permaculture?  Scott gives really down to earth rendition of permaculture and ethics.  If you have never delved into permaculture this would be a great place to start.  Don’t miss this class. Location:  Urban Farm, 6750 N 13th Place, Phoenix 85014 Directions:  Glendale Ave and 12th Street, 3 blocks East to 13th Place, South to 6750 Contact:  Don Titmus Phone: (480)-962-6353 Email:  fdpc@4dirs.com Facilitator:  Don Titmus Investment:  $5 Donation requested Website:  www.permaculture.net/phxguild   Fall Organic Gardening Class at the Calico Cow presented by the Phoenix Permaculture Guild Saturday, September 22, 2007- 8am - 1pm ish - Then stay for lunch if you like. We will be hosting our biannual Organic Gardening class at the Calico Cow on Central.  This is a casual class where Jay will share his experiences with gardening in a desert environment.  He will cover planting methods, schedules, what grows and how to grow it.  We will also be cleaning up, fertilizing and planting the garden at the Calico Cow on Central. Bring your gloves and a desire to learn. Location:  The Calico Cow on Central, 8525 N Central, Phoenix Directions:  Half way between Northern and Dunlap on Central Avenue Contact:  Greg Peterson Phone: 602-565-7045 Email: events@permaculture.net Facilitator:  TBD Investment:  $15 Donation requested Website:  www.permaculture.net/phxguild   Scottsdale Green Building Expo Scottsdale Green Building Council October 05,06, & 07, 2007 Friday, Saturday, & Sunday All Day The 2007 Green Building Expo event, which is free to all attendees, will include 50-60 exhibitor booths that feature innovative building techniques, indoor environmental quality products such as paints and flooring materials, energy efficient windows, and insulation for walls and attics, to name a few, that show us we have better choices.  Attendees will have the opportunity to meet professionals who have implemented rain water harvesting systems and graywater  systems, photo voltaic panels, edible gardens and green remodeling, all of which can contribute to savings of natural resources and money on electric and water bills. The event also features demonstrations and workshops.  The Friday schedule begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 7 p.m.; the Saturday schedule begins at 9 a.m. and concludes at 5 p.m. Location:  Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts, 7380 E. 2nd Street Free http://www.greenbuildingexpo.com/newsroom.html     April 7, 9:00am until 2:00pm - Spring Garden Fair & Plant Sale  A wide variety of tropical and subtropical plant species in various sizes will be for sale. Most plants are propagated and grown by members of the Arizona Rare Fruit Growers Club. The Demonstration Garden will show you what will grow in this high desert and member growers will be on hand to explain and demonstrate budding, grafting and the rooting of cuttings. FOR MORE INFORMATION:  email Dick Gross, Ed. rkgross3@cox.net or Jim Oravetz, Pres, oravetz@cox.net Subtropical Demonstration Garden located at the: Maricopa County Cooperative Extension 4341 EAST BROADWAY  ROAD PHOENIX, ARIZONA ALSO Saturday, April 7 - Home tour of Don's Permaculture site in Mesa, AKA the Bee Oasis 9:30 am - 11am Come see an Urban Permaculture in process. Organic Veggie garden, mixed flower garden (with the new urbanite edge), natural mosquito trap, water catchment system, moveable chicken system, top bar bee hive, composting, multi-use areas, fruit trees and more. Donation: $5 donation requested that benefits the Phoenix Permaculture Guild Location: Don Titmus' Permaculture Home, 2652 E. Butte Circle, Mesa 85213 Phone: 480-962-6353 Email: fdpc@4dirs.com   Saturday, April 14 - Pruning of Trees and Shrubs 9:00AM - 10:30 AM FREE Class to learn proper timing and techniques for pruning your trees and shrubs. Includes a pruning demonstration in the garden surrounding the library. Located at: Glendale Public Library Auditorium 5959 W. Brown Street, Glendale, AZ Registration is required - contact: Bruce Patrick / Phone: 623-930-3760 / Email: bpatrick@glendaleaz.com or http://www.glendaleaz.com/WaterConservation   Saturday, April 21st 8 AM to 5 PM, aka Green Earth Day Fair   March 10 and 11 - Saturday and Sunday Delicate Bites - Cooking with Edible Flowers Desert Botanical Garden’s Flower Power Festival   Terri and Leslie will be trading the beauty of The Farm for the majesty of the Desert Botanical Garden to teach and exhibit at the Flower Power Show.  Terri will demonstrate and provide tastings from recipes using edible flowers in the kitchen, and Leslie will bring Garden Territory to the “Garden” with fun and fabulous finds at our exhibit booth in the Flower Power Market from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm each day.  Instructor:  Terri Nacke, Garden Territory’s Holistic Nutrition Educator Time: 11:00 am - Noon & 1:30 - 2:30 pm   Cost: Free with paid entrance fee of $10 Call Kathy Landry with the Desert Botanical Garden for more information at 480-481-8196.  March 17th - 18th, 2007 Tres Rios Nature and Earth Festival is a two-day outdoor event that focuses on the rich diversity of wildlife, habitat, history and culture of the Gila River drainage. This is an opportunity to celebrate the rich heritage, ecology, history and wildlife of the Gila, Salt and Agua Fria Rivers! It is a great opportunity for the whole family to enjoy a beautiful spring day in Arizona and learn something about the place we call home. For more information go to:   http://www.tresriosnaturefestival.com/ March 23rd, 2007 Brad Lancaster Lecture and Booksigning Hosted by: Phoenix Permaculture Guild   Turning Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance. Author of the award-winning Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Volume 1: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape. www.HarvestingRainwater.com This inspiring presentation will show you how to turn overly paved, drain-like landscapes into. As communities grow and develop, formerly vegetated and porous earthen watersheds are paved over and made impervious. Over 25 percent of the land area in Tucson, Arizona is now paved, roofed or otherwise turned to hardscape. Denser communities such as Los Angeles, California have over 60 percent of their surface paved over. This urban phenomenon creates scarcity by dehydrating landscapes, increasing downstream flooding, increasing the heat island effect, and creating sterile living environments. However, many of these negative effects can be reversed. Water scarcity can be turned into water abundance. Hardscapes that drain water away from cities can be turned into sponges that hold the water in place. Unnecessary hardscape can be reduced, and runoff from the remaining hardscape can be harvested to passively irrigate vegetation. On-site greywater can be directed to landscape vegetation rather than the sewer to augment rainwater and runoff in dry times. This vegetation can in turn help naturally filter and clean water resources and cast a cooling canopy of shade over much of the pavement. This process can help rehydrate landscapes, decrease downstream flooding, reduce the heat island effect, sustainably produce food locally, create wildlife habitat, and help control erosion. This inspiring presentation gives you eight universal principles of successful water harvesting that leverage design to create more efficient, integrated, and dynamic systems. And they enable you to shift from the unsustainable paradigm of using potable water as the primary irrigation source for landscapes - to a more sustainable paradigm where rainwater is the primary irrigation source; greywater is the secondary irrigation source, and potable municipal or well water is strictly a supplementary source used only in times of true need. These principles, and examples illustrating how to reverse and ameliorate the effects of urban hardscapes, while improving the management of our local water resources are shown for residential and commercial landscapes, neighborhood streets, parking lots, road medians and highways in the arid U.S. southwest. You will be empowered to turn water scarcity into water abundance at home, in your neighborhood, and beyond.   Date - Friday, March 23, 2007 Time - 7-9pm Investment - $5 to $10 donation requested Contact - Greg Peterson Email - Greg@urbanfarm.org Phone - 602-565-7045 Facilitator - Brad Lancaster Location - Calico Cow on Central, 8525 N Central, Phoenix March 24th, 2007 Greywater Harvesting Workshop with Brad Lancaster   Turning Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance: Guiding Principles to Welcome Greywater Into Your Life and Landscape. We will design and install two greywater systems, plus learn the basics of greywater. Brad will lecture, you will get hands on experience so you can install one yourself. Don't miss this chance. Brad will have books available to sign.   Date - Saturday, March 24, 2007 Time - 9:00am - 4:00pm Investment - $49 Contact - Greg Peterson Email - Greg@urbanfarm.org Phone - 602-565-7045 Facilitator - Brad Lancaster Location - The Ecohood 912 W. Pierson St. Phoenix AZ 85013 Directions - 1 blk South of Camelback, West of 7th Ave.   Saturday, December 2 - Home tour of Don's Permaculture site in Mesa, AKA the Bee Oasis. Come see an Urban Permaculture site in process. This amasing organic veggie garden includes a mixed flower garden (with the new urbanite edge), water catchment system, moveable chicken system, top bar bee hive, composting, multi-use areas, fruit trees, and more.  Rain or Shine. Date: Saturday, December 2 Time: 8:30 am - 10am Donation: $5 donation requested Location: Don Titmus' Permaculture Home, 2652 E. Butte Circle, Mesa 85213 Phone: 480-962-6353 Email: fdpc@4dirs.com Directions; From Phx, Tempe and Scottsdale - East on 202 to Gilbert Rd exit. South to University Dr. East through 24th St light, but turn south into Yale (across from Discount Tire) before the next light, Lindsay.  Follow road around until Butte Cir, you can only turn left...go to end of cul-de-sac. The Holistic - Sustainability Design Course (aka Permaculture Design Course) The course will be held on alternate weekends, beginning September 30, with the final presentation day November 18th. This certificated course  (you will receive a Permaculture Design Course Certificate) is $650 with a $50 discount if a $100 deposit is received by August 15th 2006. For questions and/or an application form please call Don at 480-962-6353 or email fdpc@4dirs.com.