Edible Forest Gardens
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Northwest Conservation District presents:
EDIBLE FOREST GARDENS
Review of permaculture; designing with nature to create a “food forest” that mimics native forest habitats. This presentation is suitable for participants who have not attended “Thinking Beyond the Honeybee” as basic principles of permaculture will be reviewed. A stepwise plan for creating your own forest garden.
There are 3 presentations:
June 3 – Thinking Beyond the Honeybee
June 10 – Edible Forest Gardens
June 17 – Sustainable Garden Management
About Presenter: Cynthia Rabinowitz
Soil and wetland science; Environmental horticulture (UConn. 1980)
Landscape Design Certificate (UConn, Bartlett Arboretum, 1988)
Permaculture Design Certificate (2008)
New Haven County Agriculture and Community Resource Development
Agent for UConn. Cooperative Extension System 1980 to 1985,
Owner/operator of The Hidden Garden greenhouses, Bethlehem, CT. 1985-2011
Consulting soil and wetland scientist; currently at Northwest Conservation District 1985-present
Founding Director of CT-NOFA and Bethlehem Land Trust
Interim Adjunct Instructor: Southern Connecticut State University in
Environmental Design; 2013
Adjunct Instructor: University of New Haven in Wetlands Ecology 2015-2017
Guest-lecturer in Permaculture, at The Graduate Institute, Woodbridge, CT.
Litchfield Community Center
421 Bantam Road
Litchfield, CT 06759
860-567-8302
www.thecommunitycenter.org
2026-06-10
