Brewster Ponds Coalition presents: Hugel Terrace Workshop: Learning by Doing - - Fertile and Efficient Beds

The Brewster Ponds Coalition and BPC Business Partner Terra Firma Permagardens invite you to learn about Hugel Terraces on Saturday, August 19, 2023, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Hugelkulture is:"... a horticultural technique where a mound constructed from decaying wood debris and other compostable biomass plant materials is later (or immediately) planted as a raised bed." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCgelkultur There are many ecological challenges facing Cape Cod: summer drought, winter erosion, pollinator habitat loss, excess nutrients in our ponds and marshes, road runoff toxins flowing from overwhelmed storm drains, and weak garden soils leading to poor vegetable harvests. The wonderful news is this: the answer to all of these challenges lies in the leaves. When applied correctly and efficiently, through the creation of compost and hugel terraces, brown leaves will keep the landscape green and the water blue. While autumn leaves and fallen limbs can be a winter nuisance when they clog our gutters, storm drains and perennial beds, it’s important to know that they also hold the answer to our troubles. These gardens effectively capture the rain as well as the formerly wasted or destructive runoff allowing both to become deeply nourishing subsoil moisture. We will delve into the design as well as the actual log, leaf, chip, and compost-based construction of hillside hugel terraces. Previously constructed hugel terraces in various stages of completion are on full display across the property for your careful observation. Join us Saturday, August 19, 2023, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, at BPC Business Partner Terra Firma Permagardens for this free event, at 155 Monument Road, Orleans. Please plan to arrive any time after 9:30 AM so the workshop can start on time. Sturdy shoes and clothes, gloves, hats, and water bottles are as this is a HANDS ON workshop. This FREE event has a maximum attendance of 20, so please register at https://tinyurl.com/BPC-Hugel-Terrace-19Aug23. Participants are welcome to bring lunch and enjoy it on the shady hill overlooking the gardens after the tour. About our presenters: Together, Lynn Van Norman and Peter Jensen, are known as Team Terra Firma. Whether it’s Peter in support of Lynn’s real estate journey or it’s Lynn’s in support of Peter’s ecosystem strengthening and aquifer protection efforts across the globe, they are working hard every day. Both natives of Orleans, they have extensive experience across the country, innovating within the hospitality and food industry and around the differently developed world, hand in hand with the hungriest and poorest, in their quest for ecological and nutritional sustainability. Reconnecting with each other in 2017, they began to develop into the organic outreach team known as Terra Firma Permagardens and #TeamTerraFirma, the real state of real estate. While focusing on the protection of the visible waters of the shorelines and the invisible but vital waters of Cape Cod’s Aquifer, they seek ways to enhance the beauty and resilience of this fragile place. The Brewster Ponds Coalition is a 501(C)3 charitable nonprofit, whose mission is “To protect and improve the health of Brewster's ponds through science, education and advocacy”. For more information about the BPC, become a member, or to volunteer, visit https://www.brewsterponds.org/. You may also call us at 508-258-9801, or mail us at Brewster Ponds Coalition, PO Box 459, Brewster, MA 02631.