Daily Archives: November 17, 2014


Tuesday, December 2, 6:30 pm – The Resilient Farm and Homestead

COGdesign is pleased to bring Ben Falk, ecological designer, permaculture practitioner, farmer, and author of The Resilient Farm and Homestead, to speak at Boston’s District Hall, 75 Northern Avenue, Boston, on Tuesday, December 2 beginning at 6:30 pm.  Ben will discuss his popular new handbook for developing regenerative human habitat systems adaptive to drought, flooding, heat, power outage, price spikes, pest pressure, and the multitude of challenges brought by climate change.  Ben and his team have established the Whole Systems Design research farm over the past decade in Vermont.  Tickets are priced at $15 for students, $25 general admission ($30 at the door,) and $60 for admission plus a signed book ($65 at the door.)  All tickets include hors d’oeuvre and a libation ticket. You may purchase on line through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-resilient-farm-and-homestead-talk-by-ben-falk-tickets-13915645069.


Saturday, November 29, 9:00 am – 11:30 am – Birch Goose Sculpture Workshop

Learn how to transform birch twigs into a striking and creative bird sculpture.  Decorate this fowl for the holidays with an assortment of evergreen boughs, cones, ribbons and seeds.  Best used as an outdoor decoration.  Bring pruning shears: all other materials are provided by instructor Karen Perkins.  The class will take place at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, on Saturday, November 29, from 9 – 11:30, and the cost is $50 for THBG members, $65 for nonmembers.  Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.

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