Horticulture/Sustainability fund

This is a proposal for establishing permaculture designer and permaculture practitioner workshops for the Otago community.

Proposal

 * Requesting 2 lots of $5000 investment funding, totalling $10000 with a 10.2% return per annum
 * First $5000 will set up 4 Permaculture designer workshops (one for each season)
 * Second $5000 will set up 4 Permaculture practitioner workshops (one for each season)
 * Both the designer and practitioner workshops will inter-relate in a running annual series of 4 season 2 stage workshops.
 * All workshops held on participant premises.
 * All workshops are stand alone and do not require full year commitment from any one person.
 * Stage 1 = Designer workshop on variety of participant premises
 * Stage 2 = Practitioner workshop implementing winning design from the design workshop
 * Year long program with a designer and practitioner workshop for each 4 season quarter
 * All workshops appropriate to the uniqueness of each of the 4 seasons
 * Workshops are coordinated and facilitated by Otago Polytechnic and contracting experts for teaching and assessment
 * Workshops use NZQA Unit standards as a basis for some learning objectives and assessment and compliment the Horticulture programme development

Course outlines

 * Permaculture design
 * Permaculture in practice

Related projects

 * Otago Polytech Property and Services is investigating potential in establishing a rooftop community garden. A meeting with the project coordinator resulted in the suggestion that that project would be useful to both the designer and practitioner workshops
 * Kim Thomas in Horticulture used to run permaculture short courses and has the teacher and resources in place to run these courses.
 * Sustainable Dunedin is an effort to establish a community network around sustainability projects and will be a recruiting and dissemination ground for the workshops.
 * Permaculture.org.nz is a network or professional and practicing permaculturalists and will be a source for supplement teachers and demonstration plots

Estimated costs for Designer workshops

 * Coordinator and facilitator | 4 workshops per year @ 6hrs each = 24hrs @ $40 p/hr = $960
 * Coordinator preparation and feedback | 4 workshops @ 4 hours prep each = 16hrs @ $40 p/hr = $640
 * Teacher | 4 workshops @ 6hrs each = 24hrs @ $40 p/hr = $960
 * Teacher preparation and assessment | 4 workshops @ 4 hours prep each = 16hrs @ $40 p/hr = $640
 * Minibus @ $100 per day x 4 days = $500
 * Admin and promotions @ 20% of running cost = $740
 * subtotal $4340

Estimated costs for Practitioner workshops

 * Coordinator and facilitator | 4 workshops per year @ 6hrs each = 24hrs @ $40 p/hr = $960
 * Coordinator preparation and feedback | 4 workshops @ 4 hours prep each = 16hrs @ $40 p/hr = $640
 * Teacher | 4 workshops @ 6hrs each = 24hrs @ $40 p/hr = $960
 * Teacher preparation and assessment | 4 workshops @ 4 hours prep each = 16hrs @ $40 p/hr = $640
 * Minibus @ $100 per day x 4 days = $500
 * Admin and promotions @ 20% of running cost = $740
 * Materials and tools = $1320 ($640 + $640 not spent in designer workshops. Extra materials paid for by workshop host).
 * Subtotal $5660


 * TOTAL = $10000 ($5000 for designer workshops and $5000 for practitioner workshops)

Estimated income

 * 10 participants @ $140 each per workshop x 8 workshops = $11200
 * 20 participants @ $70 = $11200
 * NB. These fees are thought to be prohibitive to people with low income. It is hoped that some form of sponsorship or scholarship can be offered to people who meet certain criteria, such as volunteer community workers.

Relavent NZQA units
The following units from the NZQA Production Hort domain may be applicable to a Permaculture workshops and help to value add the workshops and provide educational pathways into the formal Horticulture courses offered by Otago Polytechnic.
 * Demonstrate knowledge of permaculture and plan a site - based on NZQA 21041
 * Demonstrate and apply knowledge of compost making in organic horticulture - based on NZQA 21045
 * Describe, produce, and apply liquid fertilisers used in organic horticulture - based on NZQA 21047
 * Manage a greenhouse crop - based on NZQA 22180
 * Develop and apply an organic pest, disease, and weed management plan for an organic crop - based on NZQA 21044
 * Demonstrate knowledge of factors influencing the development of organic horticulture in New Zealand - based on NZQA 10325
 * Control the greenhouse environment - based on NZQA 794
 * Demonstrate knowledge of plant processes and plant life cycles - based on NZQA 22178
 * Demonstrate knowledge of soil properties and their effect on plant growth - based on NZQA 22175
 * Demonstrate and apply knowledge of vermiculture - based on NZQA 21049
 * Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of organic horticultural production - based on NZQA 21043

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