Plan your Farm Landscape | 4 Day In-Person Course

Lower Blackwood Catchment LCDC are delivering a 4-day course in May with David Hardwick from Soil Land Food.

The course will provide you with the opportunity to learn how to design and plan a healthy, resilient and productive rural landscape for your farm business.

You will learn:

• how to “see” your landscape using landscape thinking
• about Landscape Patches: the pieces of your farm’s landscape jigsaw
• the water and nutrient cycles in rural landscapes
• how energy flows and biodiversity functions in rural landscapes
• climate, landforms & soil types on your property
• about the landscape and agricultural elements of rural planning
• the different approaches to property planning
• the 10 steps to effective property planning

You will also:

• use maps for property planning
• set goals for your farm’s rural landscape & enterprises
• assess your farm’s rural landscape
• identify & prioritise issues
• brainstorm strategies for improvement
• develop a Farm Plan for a sustainable future