Dave Jacke, award-winning author of "Edible Forest Gardens", will be the speaker for the "Gardening Like the Forest" lecture and workshop series.

(SAVANNAH) Who knew your yard had so much potential? A free evening lecture by an award-winning author will teach you how to build a lush, edible backyard ecosystem, improve your own and your planet's health, create an elegant and functional home landscape, and fight global climate change. Two one-day workshops will explore the topic more fully.

Dave Jacke, award-winning author of "Edible Forest Gardens", will be the speaker for the "Gardening Like the Forest" lecture and workshop series. In the free lecture, Jacke will explain how you can create a backyard ecosystem that grows food but that largely maintains, fertilizes, and renews itself, like a healthy forest. The free lecture will be Thursday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. at Jewish Educational Alliance. Jacke will also discuss Fundamentals of Forest Garden Design in detail at the Saturday workshop on Jan. 27. In Remaking Eden: EcoDesign and Spiritual Practice on Jan. 28, Jacke will explore how forest gardening can have both a spiritual and practical effect on us.

FREE EVENING TALK:
Home-Scale Ecological Food Production
Thursday, January 25, 7 p.m., at Jewish Educational Alliance
You can create a backyard ecosystem that grows food but that largely maintains, fertilizes, and renews itself, like a healthy forest!

ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS: If you attend both workshops, cost is $150
Fundamentals of Forest Garden Design
Saturday, January 27, 9-5, $100, at the Bamboo Farm
Explore the vision, theory, and practice of ecosystem agriculture using the temperate deciduous forest as a model for design. This will be intellectually rigorous, interactive, participatory, and fun!
Remaking Eden: EcoDesign and Spiritual Practice
Sunday, January 28, 9-3, $75, at the Bamboo Farm

The ultimate goal of forest gardening is not only the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of new ways of seeing, thinking, and acting in the world. How do we design forest gardens, and how does this affect who we think we are? What spiritual lessons arise from the practical applications, and vice versa?

For complete information, email 2007@WingedWisdomWorkshops.
Call 912-352-2468 to register for the weekend workshops.
The lecture and workshops are presented by Winged Wisdom and Friends and sponsored by Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens, Brighter Day Natural Foods, Center for Holistic Healing, and Connect Savannah.
For more information on Dave Jacke, go to www.edibleforestgardens.com