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Resilient Garden Fundamentals
With Carmen Lamoureux
Join our Waitlist to know when this course becomes available ON-DEMAND
Get Unstuck and Start Growing Your Dream Garden!
Whether you’re aiming for suburban curb appeal, balcony beauty or homestead self-sufficiency, you’re facing the same basic challenges:
Starting Strong, Healthy Plants
Nourishing Your Soil for Maximum Yield
Growing Thriving Plants in Containers
Protecting Tender Plants Affordably
This special 4-workshop series will give you the foundational info you need to succeed!
Core Skills for Abundant Gardens at Any Scale
Discover the Fundamentals of Successful Gardening
Get the proven tools you need to overcome overwhelm, dive in, and set yourself up for an abundant harvest!
Meet Your Instructor
Carmen Lamoureux
As the lead instructor for the Verge PDC, Carmen has had a varied career. She has worked for the Alberta government in the fields of sustainable resource management and forestry and consulting privately on silviculture, soils and horticulture.
As founder and owner of Calgary’s Urban Farm School, as well as the Urban Farm Permaculture Project, she is dedicated to helping emerging gardeners and permaculture enthusiasts gain the freedom, confidence and skills they need to live more abundant, sustainable and resilient lives. Having grown food organically for more than 40 years, Carmen gets excited about helping her students cultivate great food and great lives.
You Can Create the Garden of Your Dreams!
Discover the joy of creating a lush, thriving green space around your home. With Carmen’s expert knowledge and deep experience guiding you, you’ll gain the fundamental principles and practices that support great gardens of any size.
Here’s what past students say about learning with Verge and Carmen:
A Workshop Series for Everyone, By Popular Demand!
The Verge Academy is famed for its advanced permaculture courses, but successful gardens also depend on basic gardening skills! In response to community requests, we’re offering this special workshop series to start you off on the right foot, whatever your skill level. Our workshops will include:
Seed Starting Essentials
Choose the soil mix and seeding technique to create ideal conditions for each plant to thrive.
Nourishing Your Garden
Fundamentals of plant nutrition and how to foster fertile soil right in your backyard.
Container Gardening for Everyone
Adapt soil mixes, container types, and watering plans to fit each plant’s needs.
Backyard Greenhouse Basics
Manage temperature control, pests and watering in your small greenhouse or hoop house.
Empower Yourself with the Key to Gardening Confidence
Maya Angelou said it best:
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
Why trust your garden’s yield to seat-of-your-pants guesswork and luck? Set yourself up for success with in-depth knowledge and proven practices.
Resilient Garden Fundamentals
WORKSHOP SERIES
ONLY $299 CAD
(~$190 USD)
Starting November 29th, 2023
Wednesdays
4-weeks of live online workshops
Sign up today – don’t miss this opportunity to achieve your resiliency dreams!
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Live webinars hosted on Wednesdays and start at 2:00-5:00pm PT | 3:00-6:00pm MT | 5:00-8:00pm ET (convert to your time zone here).
| Week | Dates | Live Workshop Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Week #1 | Wednesday, November 29 | Seed Starting Essentials: Your Guide to a Thriving Garden |
| Week #2 | Wednesday, December 6 | Nourishing Your Garden: The Science of Soil and Plant Nutrition |
| Week #3 | Wednesday, December 13 | Container Gardening for Everyone: Unlocking Versatility in Any Growing Space |
| Week #4 | Wednesday, December 20 | Backyard Greenhouse Strategies: Grow More, Stress Less |
On average, webinars will run about two hours long, and may go shorter or longer depending on the number of student questions each week.
All webinars are recorded and posted to the student dashboard where you can watch or (re-watch) at your own pace.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
You can pay online with your credit card.
If you’d prefer to pay using another method select that option during checkout and you’ll receive instructions on how to do so. Note that we can accept cash, bank-certified cheques, email money transfer (Canadians only) or credit card over the phone.
Your spot is not saved in the course until payment is received.
We can also accept payment plans for some of our courses. The payment plan option will be displayed at checkout if that is the case.
*Please note that registrations paid by email money transfer are processed manually. Because we are not in the office everyday, be prepared to wait 24 business hours during weekdays before your registration is approved/activated. If you are registering with short notice before an event, we recommend that you pay online using a credit card so that your registration is processed and approved automatically by our system.
All On-Demand course materials (i.e. videos, recordings and associated resources) are available indefinitely (our lifetime or yours). *** Does not apply to all Permaculture Design Course packages or Verge Permaculture Academy subscriptions.
Rob Avis is a Diplomate in Education from the Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA) and PINA recognizes and endorses Verge Permaculture’s courses and curriculum.
Updated January 2023
For courses paid up-front in full:
If you need to cancel your PDC, Masterclass, or other Live course registration for any reason:
- Up to 10 days following the 1st class: we will refund your course fee but will deduct an administrative fee of $150 (plus applicable taxes), however, you will lose access to all course materials and recordings. Tuition for the PDC On-demand course is not refundable.
- More than 10 days following the 1st class: We cannot provide a refund.
For payment plans:
You can cancel your payment plan anytime (but you will lose access to all course materials and recordings). Payments made towards plans are not refundable.
We are not able to offer refund for on-demand courses and products.
Participating in our live online programs and on on our student portal is easy.
If you’ve played a video on your computer from Youtube or Vimeo before, then you’ve got all you need participate!
BUT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, WE RECOMMEND:
- A desktop or laptop computer
- An up-to-date internet browser (Internet Explorer 8.0 or above, Firefox 2.0 or above, or Safari 3.0, or Chrome 4.0 or above)
- Speakers/headphones
- A broadband internet connection (for a reliable viewing experience at medium quality we recommend a downstream connection speed of at least 400-700 Kbps. You can test your connection speed here)
We use an online platform called Zoom for our live webinars. All you need to join (from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android) is to click on a url that we will provide to you on the Student Portal.
The full system requirements for the webinars, including operating system requirements, supported tablet /mobile devices, supported browsers, and bandwidth requirements can be found here. (Note that you only need to meet the requirements for “Webinar Attendees” – no camera is required).
Don’t have high speed internet? You can also call in via phone, but note that toll rates may apply.
To get the most out of the masterclass you should expect to commit anywhere from 2 to 3 hours a week.
The weekly live sessions will run, on average 2 hours long, but may go shorter or longer depending on student questions. There may also be some supplemental reading and/or videos provided each week to students.
If you miss a live webinar, you will be able to watch the video recording, which will be posted to our Student Portal and can be streamed online 24/7. If you are a member of the Verge Permaculture Academy, you will also be able to access audio recordings of the lectures offline on your mobile device.
The instructor may offer you optional practice exercises that are designed to hone the skills and knowledge being taught. These are not required to complete the course.
Sign up today – don’t miss this opportunity to achieve your resiliency dreams!
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