{"id":115,"date":"2017-12-02T21:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T19:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iso-orvokkiniitty.fi\/dpaerkki\/?p=115"},"modified":"2025-03-10T19:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:51:15","slug":"erkki-courses-workshops-and-study-trips-relevant-to-permaculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iso-orvokkiniitty.fi\/dpaerkki\/2017\/12\/02\/erkki-courses-workshops-and-study-trips-relevant-to-permaculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Erkki: Courses, workshops and study trips relevant to permaculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

=><\/strong> Courses, workshops, visits attended = receiving<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<=<\/strong> Courses, workshops, visits given = sharing (“with Erkki” means he was the main teacher)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. => <\/strong>I have done my PDC<\/strong> in France at Le Ferme du Bec Hellouine<\/a> in August and September 2014. I have reported about the course in Finnish in our blog at that time (pre-course,<\/a> 1st week<\/a>, 2nd week<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    2015<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    1. =><\/strong> 7.3.2015: Keynote speech (Expo West, Anaheim) by Paul Stamets about Mushrooms and Bee Health<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. =><\/strong> 10.3.2015: Visit to Field & Forest Products<\/a> <\/strong>mushroom farm in Green Bay, MI, USA. Report in Finnish<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. <= 29.3.2015: Shiitake inoculation workshops<\/strong><\/a> at Iso-orvokkiniitty with Erkki.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. =><\/strong> 10.6.2015: Visit to organic shiitake farm “Dulbeni” in Latvia. Report in Finnish<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. =><\/strong> 12.9.2015:  \u201dBiodling med topplistkupa<\/strong>\u201d (Bee keeping with Top List Hives) by Patrick Sallman<\/a> <\/em> in Alafors (in Swedish), Sweden. (Report of the course in Finnish<\/a>.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. => <\/strong>19.-20.9.2015: Edible forest gardens and how to design a green house<\/strong> by Jerome Osentowski. <\/em><\/a>The lectures by Jerome were in \u00d6verby in Espoo on 19.9.2015 and the practical workshop at Iso-orvokkiniitty on 20.9.2015.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      2016<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      1. =><\/strong> 5.3.2016: \u201dBiodling med topplistkupa<\/strong>\u201d (Bee keeping with Top List Hives) by Patrick Sallman<\/a><\/em> in Fiskars, Finland (in Swedish). (We arranged the course together with Patrick.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. <= 9.4.2016: MEHIL\u00c4ISEMP\u00c4\u00c4 MEHIL\u00c4ISHOITOA YL\u00c4LISTAPESILL\u00c4 -PERUSKURSSI<\/strong><\/a> (Course on Beecentric Beekeeping with Top-Bar Hives) in Sammatti with Erkki (in Finnish).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. <= 23.4.2016: Shiitake inoculation workshops<\/strong><\/a> at Iso-orvokkiniitty with Erkki.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. <= 2.7.2016: MEHIL\u00c4ISEMP\u00c4\u00c4 MEHIL\u00c4ISHOITOA YL\u00c4LISTAPESILL\u00c4 -Ty\u00f6paja<\/strong><\/a> (Practical Workshop on Natural Beekeeping with Top-Bar Hives) with Erkki<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. <=> 24.-28.10.2016: Workshop about building a straw bale clay house: building the straw bale walls<\/strong><\/a> at Iso-orvokkiniitty, with Charlie Jespergaard.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        2017<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        1. <= 1.4.2017: MEHIL\u00c4ISEMP\u00c4\u00c4 MEHIL\u00c4ISHOITOA YL\u00c4LISTAPESILL\u00c4 -PERUSKURSSI<\/strong><\/a> (Course on Beecentric Beekeeping with Top-Bar Hives) at Karjalohja Village House “Kehr\u00e4” with Erkki.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. <= 15.4. & 23.4.2017 Shiitake inoculation workshops<\/strong><\/a> at Iso-orvokkiniitty with Erkki.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. => 25.-28.4.2017: Brick laying workshop<\/strong> with experienced brick layers led by Heikki Hyyti\u00e4inen from Suomalaiset Tulisijat<\/a>: Building 2 low-emission massive ovens and kitchen stove at Iso-orvokkiniitty. Report in blog in Finnish<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. <=> 15.5.2017: Clay Walls Workshop PART 2 at Iso-orvokkiniitty: Making the clay mixture ready and preparing the walls for plastering<\/strong>, with Charlie Jespergaard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. <=> 10.6.2017: Clay Walls Workshop PART 3 at Iso-orvokkiniitty: First layer plastering<\/strong>, with Charlie Jespergaard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        6. <=> 12.-13.7.2017: Clay Walls Workshop PART 4 at Iso-orvokkiniitty: 2nd layer plastering<\/strong>, with Charlie Jespergaard. The whole wall plastering process has been reported in our blog<\/a> in Finnish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        7. <=><\/strong> 4.-7.8.2016 we attended the Nordic Permaculture Festival<\/strong> in Isn\u00e4s, Finland. This has been reported in Finnish in our blog<\/a>.  I held a workshop about beekeeping together with Auli Kontinen. My focus was in top bar hives and I had one demonstration hive with me (without bees).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        8. => 3.9.2017: Sy\u00f6t\u00e4v\u00e4 mets\u00e4puutarha -p\u00e4iv\u00e4<\/strong> (Eadible forest garden day) with Joel Rosenberg and Juha Ujula in Laitila. Field trip to Joel’s forest garden, Juha’s fruit tree greenhouse and Vakka-Taimi<\/a> tree nursery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        9. <=> <\/strong>23.9.2017: Sieni-ihmisten p\u00e4iv\u00e4<\/a> <\/strong>(Mushroom peoples’ day) in Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki. Table-top show and short presentation about outdoor shiitake cultivation together with Eric Puro and Mycohacklab Chris Holtslag.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        10. <=> <\/strong>29.10.2017: TY\u00d6PAJA SAVILATTIAN TEOSTA<\/a> (Workshop: Making a Clay Floor) with Charlie Jespergaard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        11. =><\/strong> 16.-17.11.2017  I attended the 3rd Agroforestry<\/strong> Conference<\/strong> in Alnarp, Sweden. The program is available here<\/a>. On 15.11.2017  I attended the Field Trip<\/a><\/strong> visiting three Swedish examples of Agroforestry: Bokeslundsg\u00e5rden<\/a> in H\u00f6rby, Holma Forest Garden<\/a> in H\u00f6\u00f6r and Long-term agroforestry field trials at L\u00f6nnstorp<\/a> at SLU Alnarp.  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          2018<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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          Pinja ploughing with Miika \u00c5felt while Marja is looking on. 19.5.2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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          1. =>  9.-11.2.2018: I and Marja attended the Nordic Institute<\/strong><\/a> for Permaculture annual meetings at Holma Folkh\u00f6gskola<\/strong> in Sweden. The Nordic Institute manages the permaculture diplomas in the Nordic countries. Activities of the NI were discussed. There was also meetings about developing LAND centres in Nordic countries and a visit to the Holma forest garden. Two Diploma works were presented and certified.\n