Permaculture garden and PMA info sessions

We are delighted to offer a couple of information sessions for co-owners at the farm on Saturday, 16 November, followed by a hands-on working bee on Sunday, 17 November.

A proposed schedule for the sessions on Saturday, 16 November is provided below.

Unfortunately, Brett Cooper from Limestone Permaculture informed us a few weeks ago that he had to cancel his session, however, we have been fortunate to engage an associate of his, Will Power of Maplewood Permaculture, who has since met with Ben on site and is preparing a plan for the members’ garden. Will will present a short introduction to the ins and outs of permaculture gardening on Saturday morning from 9am.

We also delighted to host Ray Jamieson of The Conscious Village (https://www.consciousvillageassociation.org/), who is presently on tour around Australia and has kindly agreed to join us at the farm on Saturday afternoon for a session on private members’ associations including answering our questions on the ins and outs of this structuring option. Ray grew up on the land and works closely with a number of specialists across tax and other relevant fields, so is well placed to assist us in our review of appropriate structures for the Hunter family farm and, possibly, The Church. Whilst the session is to be focussed on our farm and The Church, it also may be an opportunity for you to understand whether a PMA could suit your own personal circumstances.

Ray will be staying at the farm on Saturday night, so we will arrange a BBQ dinner on the Saturday night and BBQ breakfast on the Sunday morning for all attendees. Please submit your RSVP by Wednesday, 13 November (via the questionnaire at the end of this letter), so that we can arrange meat, bread and condiments for the dinner and farm eggs and bacon for breakfast as well as provide hot water and some teas and coffee. We ask that you bring your own plates, cutlery, drinking vessels and drinks. If you have any special dietary requirements, please bring those too. We will request that the meat is gluten free, but are unable to provide gluten free bread etc.