Planting Water – Semi Arid Syntropic Farming Workshop

More than just a gardening course

The word ‘Syntropy’ in an agroforestry concept which refers to “increasing complexity” or bio-diversity within the system.

As an innovative approach to regenerative agriculture, Syntropic Farming allows us to create dynamic, successional, and economically viable ecosystems that restore degraded soil biodiversity by mimicing what nature does, but in a system that can be easily managed AND uses less water than conventional methods.

What makes Syntropic farming unique is that it emulates the growth of the rainforest, one of the most bio-diverse systems of life on the planet.

By understanding and respecting nature’s complex system and copying how the rainforest functions, we can save massive amounts of water on our crops or orchards, eliminate the use of chemicals and considerably reduce financial and labour cost.

Thiago Gimenez Barbosa is a Syntropic farming pioneer in Australia who is helping to spread the knowledge of this unique farming system and teaching farmers and backyard gardeners to apply the principles in different regions and climates around Australia and the world.

He facilitates workshops throughout different regions and climates in Australia and helps farmers transition from conventional to regenerative practices using Syntropic Farming principles.

This course is an introduction and extensive 3 day intensive for people who would like to understand the methodology and philosophy of Syntropic Farming and apply it. It will be an intensive 3 days with a mixture of theory and application in a semi-arid environment, leaving you with an understanding of the core practices used in Syntropic Farming, along with a practical, hands-on experience of how the concepts are put into practice and how you can apply them at home immediately.

This course is for farmers, backyard growers, entrepreneurs, students, teachers and anyone who wants to be be involved with food production and environmental stewardship.

The main topics will be:

• Soil Evaluation and Landscape Reading
• Observation of climate and soil through all senses
• Bacteria and fungi (Mychorrhizae) + Quantity of life/ diversity
• Soil coverage
• Theory of Syntropy and Entropy
• Soil Preparation + different types of garden beds
• System design
• Planting demonstration
  and much much more…

What's included