]SORRENTO CENTRE • Retreat & Conference Centre • A gathering place for all!

SeedS and Soil –Where it all BeginS

May 1 – May 6, 2011

Learnallaboutdevelopingourpersonalconnectionstothegardenswherewegrowandtheworldinwhichwelive.

• Soilfertility

• Greenhousepropagation

• Transplantingandharvesting

• Farm/gardenplanning

• Heirloomplants

• FaithandFarmingandthemoralityoffood

• Ecojustice

• PlantingSeedsasanactoffaith

• Geneticallymodifiedseeds

• Farmingfolklore

• Gardeningtechniques

Creation: a groWing eduCation

July 10 – July 16, 2011

Anintroductiontotheoriesandconceptsoffarmingandenvironmentalstudieswithinthecontextofsocialsustainability.

• Nativeplantwalks

• Harvestingtechniques

• Gardening101

• Growingherbsandflowers

• Faithandfarming

• Ecojustice

• BCfoodsystems

• Shuswapecology

• Birdmigrations

• ThewritingsofThomasBerry

• Greeningsacredspaces

• Envisioningthefutureofthefarm

CeleBrating aBundanCe

October 2 – October 7, 2011

Togetherwewillbringintheharvestandreflectuponwhattheharvestrepresentstoeachofus.

• Ciderpressing

• Garlicplanting

• Covercropping

• Beekeeping

• Fallharvest

• Heirloomplants

• Faithandfarming

• AhistoryofgardeningattheSorrentoCentre

• Themoralityoffoodandecojustice

• Themeaningofabundance

• Poetryoffarming

• ThewritingsofWendellBerry

• Lifecycles

TO REgiSTER fOR a COuRSE OR TO lEaRN MORE, plEaSE CONTaCT ThE SORRENTO CENTRE info@sorrento-centre.bc.ca • www.sorrento-centre.bc.ca • 250-675-2421 • 1-866-694-2409 • Fax: 250-675-3032 • P.o. Box 99, Sorrento, B.C. V0e 2W0

agriculture & Ecology Course Seriesimmerse yourself in a learning community at the Sorrento Centre.

learn about growing food from practical, social and spiritual perspectives. Workshops include time in the field at our farm and time in the classroom for presentations & discussions.