Welcome to Purple Pear Organics

Overview

Chook dome near irrigation pond.

Purple Pear operates on 14 acres just outside Maitland in the Hunter Valley. The aim of the farm is to produce sustainable outcomes on a small scale agricultural endeavour. We have a market garden designed along the principles of a mandala garden and are establishing table olives and grapes as well as nut trees to supplement the food boxes we distribute in a community supported agriculture box system to the local community.

The operation

To make the system function to its potential we practice permaculture, through design and striving to follow the ethics and principles, and biodynamics through the application of the biodynamic preparations and use of the planting calendar. The aspects of organic growing inherent in permaculture and biodynamics have been practiced here for many years especially through association with the Hunter Organic Growers.

Education

We share the knowledge we have gained and the model we have produced at Purple Pear, through education sessions run as field days, permaculture design courses and guided tours of the property. We will soon add biodynamics.

Conclusion

Working at Purple Pear is very rewarding, although the return on investment in time and money is slow. We acknowledge the contribution of friends in the Hunter Organic Growers and in the Hunter Biodynamic Group and the efforts of WWOOFers. Without these communities it would not have been possible to achieve the levels of development we have achieved.

Transition Towns - Maitland.

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We now begin to raise awareness of the transition movement with a view to establishing a local group. Contact us to find out how you can be involved in this grass roots movement to redesign our commuinty to thrive in a post oil community.

Next meeting:

Thursday 26th August
7 pm Rutherford Community Centre.

Events page added.

Click above or look at the top of the Home page for a link to "Events" There  you will find the programme of events for the next year.Individual pages on some events are linked to text in this news cloumn.

Permaculture Design Course - (PDC)

StartsAugust 7th and runs weekends until September 19th

.You can register your interest at info@purplepear.net.au .
And we will send you a brochure with application

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Farm Tour.

By appointment. Minium of 5 people at $15 per head

Length of tour aprox 2 hours

next scheduled tour is

2nd October 2010

Living Skills WORKSHOPS

Biodynamic Compost

July 25th

Bee keeping

October 9th

See the "events" page or click here for more information

on the next workshop.

Education Centre

Very soon we hope to start.

Council have been supportive.

Other Courses.

Information on other courses are available on the events page. You can contact us about them or ask for some specific course to be run. If we get the numbers we can do it. I