Perennial Harvest
2010 NW Permaculture Convergence
"Perennial Vegetable Cultivation"
NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Perennial Vegetable Cultivation Slideshow
Dave Sansone, Director of Perennial Harvest, a Washington state non-profit, will offer a workshop about the cultivation of perennial vegetables that grow themselves at the 2010 NW Permaculture Convergence on Sunday, September 19th at the South Seattle Community College. He will focus on 10 locally adapted herbaceous perennial food plants that offer delicious roots and shoots and year-round salad greens without the use of greenhouses or fertilizers, with minimal maintenance besides harvesting.
“Anyone can grow perennial vegetables because they don’t need irrigation or imported fertilizers. Some are shade tolerant and they all provide for years with minimal effort compared to growing annual veggies. Many perennial vegetables can be grown between fruit trees and shrubs in the tiniest backyard to create an edible forest garden," Dave says.
According Agroforestry Research News, perennial vegetables are on average 2-3 times more nutritious than annual vegetables. Good King Henry, Chenopodium bonus-henricus; a perennial cousin of spinach; has 4 times more Vitamin C and 2 times more protein than spinach. Studies have also shown that edible forest gardens utilizing perennial vegetables in the understory can produce more food in a sustainable way compared to growing each crop in its own monocrop.
Growing and eating perennial vegetables is a great way to minimize ones negative impact on the environment and people because it reduces reliance on farms which are based on the eradication of native plants, animals, and people. “Farms are generally biological deserts that are not sustainable. Also, farm workers are one of the poorest segments in our country”, Mr. Sansone says.
Dave has been giving presentations around Washington State about sustainable cultivation methods and the many rare edible plants that can be grown here since 2005. His last speaking engagement “Edible Forest Gardening” at Western Washington University drew out an estimated 350-400 people. He has been called the “pied piper of gardening” since he has inspired the creation of many forest gardens around Washington state. He is cultivating a research garden with over 650 species of plants in a forest garden setting with three-quarters of them edible including many rare ethnobotanical food plants. He is a gardening and land management consultant and teaches wild edible and medicinal plant classes.
Perennial Harvest is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the advocacy, research, and development of sustainable cultivation systems suited to Western Washington.
For more information, go to www.perennialharvest.org or call 360-333-5051
www.washingtonstatepermaculture.org/wordpress
Directions to South Seattle Community College: www.southseattle.edu/campus/map.htm
FAll SEED STARTING WORKSHOP
Sunday, October 3rd, 12 noon-4pm at Dave Sansone's homestead
Cost: $30 per person. Participants will recieve a flat to take home with perennial veggie seeds to
sow--a value of over $45.
Come on out for this exciting and informative workshop that will give you the knowledge, materials, and experience you need to be successful in your fall seed starting ventures. Fall is a great time to start many types of seeds whether perennial vegetables, trees or shrubs. Many edible and useful seeds actually need to be sown in the fall to be able to germinate. Learn about the factors particular to fall seed sowing and the plants you can be sowning right now. Many of the edible seeds participants will recieve are difficult to find in the trade.
For more info or to RSVP, call Dave at 360-333-5051 or email perennialharvest@gmail
Perennial Vegetable Cultivation Slideshow
Dave Sansone, Director of Perennial Harvest, a Washington state non-profit, will offer a workshop about the cultivation of perennial vegetables that grow themselves at the 2010 NW Permaculture Convergence on Sunday, September 19th at the South Seattle Community College. He will focus on 10 locally adapted herbaceous perennial food plants that offer delicious roots and shoots and year-round salad greens without the use of greenhouses or fertilizers, with minimal maintenance besides harvesting.
“Anyone can grow perennial vegetables because they don’t need irrigation or imported fertilizers. Some are shade tolerant and they all provide for years with minimal effort compared to growing annual veggies. Many perennial vegetables can be grown between fruit trees and shrubs in the tiniest backyard to create an edible forest garden," Dave says.
According Agroforestry Research News, perennial vegetables are on average 2-3 times more nutritious than annual vegetables. Good King Henry, Chenopodium bonus-henricus; a perennial cousin of spinach; has 4 times more Vitamin C and 2 times more protein than spinach. Studies have also shown that edible forest gardens utilizing perennial vegetables in the understory can produce more food in a sustainable way compared to growing each crop in its own monocrop.
Growing and eating perennial vegetables is a great way to minimize ones negative impact on the environment and people because it reduces reliance on farms which are based on the eradication of native plants, animals, and people. “Farms are generally biological deserts that are not sustainable. Also, farm workers are one of the poorest segments in our country”, Mr. Sansone says.
Dave has been giving presentations around Washington State about sustainable cultivation methods and the many rare edible plants that can be grown here since 2005. His last speaking engagement “Edible Forest Gardening” at Western Washington University drew out an estimated 350-400 people. He has been called the “pied piper of gardening” since he has inspired the creation of many forest gardens around Washington state. He is cultivating a research garden with over 650 species of plants in a forest garden setting with three-quarters of them edible including many rare ethnobotanical food plants. He is a gardening and land management consultant and teaches wild edible and medicinal plant classes.
Perennial Harvest is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the advocacy, research, and development of sustainable cultivation systems suited to Western Washington.
For more information, go to www.perennialharvest.org or call 360-333-5051
www.washingtonstatepermaculture.org/wordpress
Directions to South Seattle Community College: www.southseattle.edu/campus/map.htm
FAll SEED STARTING WORKSHOP
Sunday, October 3rd, 12 noon-4pm at Dave Sansone's homestead
Cost: $30 per person. Participants will recieve a flat to take home with perennial veggie seeds to
sow--a value of over $45.
Come on out for this exciting and informative workshop that will give you the knowledge, materials, and experience you need to be successful in your fall seed starting ventures. Fall is a great time to start many types of seeds whether perennial vegetables, trees or shrubs. Many edible and useful seeds actually need to be sown in the fall to be able to germinate. Learn about the factors particular to fall seed sowing and the plants you can be sowning right now. Many of the edible seeds participants will recieve are difficult to find in the trade.
For more info or to RSVP, call Dave at 360-333-5051 or email perennialharvest@gmail
