Upcoming events.
Autumn Permaculture Design Certification Course with Sowing Solutions, A Three-Weekend Series!
Sowing Solutions Weekend Series Permaculture Design Course in Western MA
2024 AUTUMN PROGRAM, ONSITE at The Permaculture Place: September 20-23, October 12-14, and November 8-11
🌿 Ever wondered how to create a thriving permaculture landscape? Starting September 20th, join us for an immersive weekend series Permaculture Design Certification Course in Western MA!
✨ Fall is the perfect time to start planning for next year's garden. Learn from stellar instructors, visit existing inspirational sites, and begin designing your own unique plan for success in the upcoming growing season.
We are delighted to be gathering with fellow permaculture designers, educators, and course participants for the Fall Permaculture Design Certification Course. This is a highlight of the year for us at Sowing Solutions, as well as an uplifting, inspiring, and informative time together.
Join us for an inspirational and informative program with Sowing Solutions Permaculture Design & Education in Western MA.
An opportunity to learn permaculture design and visit demonstration sites during the fall growing season.
Interactive sessions with a stellar team of instructors, professional designers and educators.
Connecting, networking, skill-sharing, designing with a group of ecologically conscious participants from around the northeast.
You are invited to attend!
Gather skills to design for abundance in your home and for resilience in our communities. www.PermacultureSeries.org
Green Heron in Concert! An uplifting evening of music (Last Outdoor Summertime Show of the Season!)
✨Green Heron✨
Friday August 23rd, 7pm
Old-time, folk, bluegrass, country, Celtic and blues music from the marriage of brilliant musicians & songwriters. Betsy and Scott Heron!
Peter Mulvey in Concert! Indoor Summertime Show Tonight!
Join us for an unforgettable evening of music with Peter Mulvey! Tin Pan Alley jazz, modern acoustic, poetry, narrative, and American stylings, from a captvating storyteller and world traveling musician!
Gaslight Tinkers ~ Outdoor Concert!!! (with backup indoor location in Downtown Shelburne Falls)
The Gaslight Tinkers ~ Outdoor Concert! The show is ON for tonight (Stay tuned for an announcement Friday afternoon by 5pm IF we need to move indoors to our downtown Shelburne Falls location….)
Friday June 14th at 7pm at The Mill, Downtown Shelburne Falls
African, Caribbean, Funk, Reggae, and Latin grooves meet traditional fiddle music for a joyously danceable sound!
Brought to you by: The Permaculture Place, Inc
Exhibit & Resource Center, Gift Shop ~ Visit Us Before the Show!
(There is an alternate indoor rain location, if need be)
TICKETS!!! Received online sales until 5pm TODAY (Recommended!) otherwise walk in at the door
Recent Show: Luke Concannon in Concert!!!! Saturday March 9th Plus Luke’s Songwriting Workshop May 9th….
THIS SHOW JUST SOLD OUT! Luke Concannon in Concert at The Permaculture Place! ✨ Original songs from a #1 U.K. top chart artist!!! Be sure to catch our sping and summer shows ~ June 14th Gaslight Tinkers! July 6 Peter Mulvey! August 23 Green Heron! And see all of our upcoming programs too :) ~
YET! Luke Concannon is offering a Songwriters Workshop:
Thursday May 9th 6pm till 9pm Happy songwriters change the world ~ Songwriters Workshop at The Permaculture Place at The Mill in Shelburne Falls!
Songwriting workshop with chart topping activist songwriter Luke Concannon
‘‘I’m still so influenced by what they did for me it sparked a huge flame in me’. - Ed Sheeran
“If you want a place to crack open your soul and sing it out, this is the safest place to do so” -Sarah Irougbe (retreat participant)
Welcome to this evening of songwriting hosted by world class chart topping song writer Luke Concannon. This workshop helps songwriters of all abilities and total beginners, to grow and learn as creatives making a positive difference in the world. This is a supportive hospitable environment, in which you are invited to explore sound, melody and words and enjoy creating. Luke has hosted workshops and coached songwriters for twenty five years; this is a fun way to connect with self, and others. Send us an email at PermaculturePlace@gmail.com for details!
Magnetic performances and ‘direct-from-the-heart’ songs from this renowned Celtic recording artist & brilliant songwriter!
“Luke is one of my three main heroes along with Van Morrison.” -Ed Sheeran
“Concannon dazzles …. folk music with a little extra something.”- Dancing about Architecture
Luke Concannon has early memories of falling asleep at Irish family parties to the sound of guitars, singing, and dancing. He’s been playing music in community ever since. Lead singer and co-writer with No1 chart act Nizlopi (best known for the “JCB Song”) who deeply influenced a young Ed Sheeran! Luke is now a solo artist, who’s 2022 album Ecstatic Bird In The Burning debuted at No12 in the UK and US folk charts and received rave reviews!
“His humanizing songs, way of drawing in the whole room and activist love are so needed in our world today” - Alastair McIntosh, writer, academic, & activist.
More about Luke’s MUSIC:
Downloadable EPK on Dropbox (WAVs/MP3s/press pics/biog/discography: http://bit.ly/EcstaticBirdEPK
Website: www.lukeconcannon.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lukeconcannonmusic
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lukeconcannon
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lukeconcannonmusic
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/LukeConcannonmusic
Structural Tree Pruning with Walker Korby! Sowing Solutions Workshop
Structural Tree Pruning Workshop!
Learn from Walker Korby, expert arborist, tracker, & naturalist, all about pruning trees for tree health, harvest, and safety.
Brought to you by Sowing Solutions, Permaculture Design & Education. Register at: www.PermacultureSeries.org
Introduction to Muscle Response Testing: How to Access Your Intuition for Better Health
Everyone has intuition but not everyone listens to it. In this workshop you will learn a technique that makes it easier to access the innate widsdom of your body so you can ask it questions like: "Is this food good or bad for my body". You will learn that you can ask your body anything and receive an accurate response.
You will also practice Muscle Testing someone else, which can be very beneficial for friends and family. Additionally you will learn how to measure your and other's energy fields which gives you a good sense of how healthy you are. The bigger your energy field, the better your health. Lastly, any attendee who wants to be muscle tested for basic health issues by Kristine Jelstrup, who is teaching the workshop, will have that opportunty.
The Permaculture Place has two entrances facing Conway Street. One is handicap accessible. There is parking in the front and rear of the building.
Walk ins welcome right up to the start of the workshop. Bring a friend!
Suggested Donation $10.
Register in Advance Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-muscle-response-testing-access-your-intuition-for-better-health-tickets-817427396347?aff=oddtdtcreator
Swing Caravan in Concert! THIS SHOW IS POSTPONED.. Stay tuned!
‘Swing Caravan’ in Concert!
THIS SHOW IS POSTPONED AND TICKETS ARE NOT ON SALE AT THIS TIME… SORRY!
THE CONCERT DATE IS TBD (Matthew and Kirk of Swing Caravan need to postpone this special concert, since Matthew has a foot injury that requires strict rest and healing. They look forward to playing for us soon!)
at The Permaculture Place , The Mill, 49 Conway Street in Shelburne Falls
✨An evening of acoustic jazz with this favorite local duo on upright bass and vocals/guitar✨
Swing Caravan’s sound carries you back in time with the brilliant renditions of Django Reinhardt's repertoire of the 1930s-1950's, along with their own interpretations of jazz tunes, vocal songbook, jazz standards, and originals.
Onward we go. Music is constant. Join us.
Brought to you by: The Permaculture Place, Inc Exhibit & Resource Center, Gift Shop & Event Space
Tickets will be on sale when Matthew is healed!
Winter Tree Identification, Sowing Solutions Workshop with Walker Korby
Winter Tree Identification Afternoon Workshop, with Walker Korby
Saturday February 24th , 1:00-4:00
Ever wonder how to identify trees without their leaves in winter???? Well.. join us and learn how! Gather new skills from Walker Korby, a naturalist, tracker, illustrator, firefighter, and expert arborist!
Brought to you by Sowing Solutions Permaculture Design & Education. REgister at : https://www.permacultureseries.org/community-events-tours-talks--workshops.html
Botanical Natural Dyes with Lisa Berkovits, Sowing Solutions Evening Class!
Botanical Natural Bundle Dye, Evening Workshop!
~ Join us for a fun evening of learning how to Bundle Dye cotton handkerchiefs!
Learn from Lisa Berkovits, who has been working with fibers, and playing with natural dying for three decades. She is delighted to begin creating opportunities to introduce others to the magic of plant based dying. Bundle dying, in particular, asks one to let go of expectations or specific outcomes and open up to the mystery of creation. Come play & learn together as we create beautiful dyed handkerchiefs - wonderful for altar clothes, gifts etc...
(Two pre-mordanted, cotton handkerchiefs each and plant materials will be provided.)
This class registration is a requested $50 for the evening and materials, yet a sliding scale is available of $40-$50 (simply email us to request a sliding scale registration amount :)
Brought to you by Sowing Solutions Permaculture Design & Education. Register here:
https://www.permacultureseries.org/community-events-tours-talks--workshops.html
Basket Making with Mary Lauren Fraser ~ Sowing Solutions Workshop
Stake & Strand BASKET MAKING! A 2-Day Workshop Feb. 10th & 11th w/ Mary Lauren Fraser!
Learn to make a round-base basket, otherwise known as stake-and-strand. Learn to make the slath, two-rod twining, staking up, 3-rod waling, French randing, a waled border, and handles of your choice. Take home a round-base basket to use for the rest of your life and the skills to make more!
This is a wonderful opportunity to study with basket weaver Mary Lauren Fraser!!! Mary inspires weavers from throughout North America to cultivate this traditional craft within their own local communities. Mary offers handmade willow caskets to local and greater New England community and supports the growing movements of green burial and traditional home funerals in North America.
$200 workshop fee (with sliding scale available $150-$200, simply email us to request a sliding scale amount :) There will be an additional, minimal materials fee for the willow, due before the weekend.
Please note: this class requires a fair amount of hand strength.
Brought to you by Sowing Solutions Permaculture Design & Education. Register here: https://www.permacultureseries.org/community-events-tours-talks--workshops.html
Katie Clarke & Larry LeBlanc ~ Evening Concert!
Katie Clarke & Larry LeBlanc ~ Evening Concert!
Saturday January 13th, 7pm at The Mill, Downtown Shelburne Falls
Hear this talented songwriter and instrumentalist/harmony vocalist blending bluegrass, folk, country, gospel, & old-time favorites!
Katie Clarke and Larry LeBlanc met in 2016 at the Conway Inn bluegrass jam in Western Massachusetts. Katie had just left her group the Boxcar Lilies and hotshot multi-instrumentalist Larry had just moved to Conway from the City of Old Town, Maine. The magic began! Their duo developed a mix of Katie’s soulful originals and choice covers of bluegrass, folk, country, gospel, and old time music and enjoy bringing it to venues around the Northeast.
About Katie: Katie Clarke began performing music in the Pioneer Valley in 2004 after moving there from California. Playing claw-hammer banjo and guitar, her original music appeals to many audiences from young hipster 20-somethings to older folks who grew up listening to Patsy Cline, the Louvin Brothers, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams. Formerly heading her own Franklin County based group, Katie Clarke and the Green River Band, Katie’s musical energy for the many years was focused on the female three part harmony-vocal supergroup the Boxcar Lilies. With the Lilies, Katie traveled the eastern seaboard bringing spine-tingling harmonies and crackerjack songwriting to clubs and festivals, and concert series’, and sharing the stage with a range of acts from folkies like Bill Staines to international bluegrass stars the Seldom Scene. Their second and third CD’s, Sugar Shack (2013) and Knockout Rose (2015), became big folk and Americana radio favorites garnering many accolades. In 2016 Katie left the Lilies to pursue new musical adventures closer to home and to spend less time on the road and away from home in her beloved Franklin County .
About Larry: Larry LeBlanc is a multi-instrumentalist, accomplished on guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo and button accordion and an engaging singer in contemporary and traditional folk, country and bluegrass styles. Over the past 30+ years he has played with numerous bands throughout New England, including the Greasy Mountain Boys, The Kennebunk River Band, the Nevah Band, the Moxie Cove Band, the Acoustic Flight Test, the Peterson Project and others. s a multi- instrumentalist, accomplished on guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo and button accordion and an engaging singer in contemporary and traditional folk, country and bluegrass styles. Over the past 30+ years he has played with numerous bands throughout New England, including the Greasy Mountain Boys, The Kennebunk River Band, the Nevah Band, the Moxie Cove Band, the Acoustic Flight Test, the Peterson Project and others.
https://www.katieclarkemusic.com/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/larryandkatie/
Brought to you by: The Permaculture Place, Inc Exhibit & Resource Center, Gift Shop
Arrive early to visit with us before the show!
TICKETS: $20 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/katie-clarke-larry-leblanc-in-concert-tickets-764962051087
(email us to request sliding scale)
Gaslight Tinkers in Concert! Outdoor Show at The Permaculture Place (Click here for Details and Ticket Link)
The Gaslight Tinkers in Concert! Outdoor Show at The Permaculture Place at The Mill in Downtown Shelburne Falls!
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason in Concert! Outdoor Show at The Permaculture Place, The Mill in Shelburne Falls (Click Here for Details & Ticket Link)
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason in Concert! Outdoor Summertime Show at The Permaculture Place, at The Mill in Shelburne Falls MA
The Green Sisters Outdoor (or Indoor) Concert at The Permaculture Place (Click here for details & ticket link )
The Green Sisters will be performing at The Permaculture Place at The Mill in Shelburne Falls Friday June 2nd!!
Swing Caravan Evening Concert Saturday April 29th, * Click Here For Info & Tickets!
Swing Caravan in Concert at The Permaculture Place at The Mill in Shelburne Falls April 29th!
Outdoor Concert at The Mill with Appalachian Still ! (Click Here for Tickets)
Join us for an evening of high energy Americana, folk, rock, bluegrass, and old time mountain music ! Outdoor Concert at The Mill, hosted by The Permaculture Place.
The Permaculture Design Certification Course with Sowing Solutions (Click Here for Details)
The Permaculture Design Certification Course is an educational course for people of all ages to learn ecological design skills. These certification programs are found all around the world. We host a leading North America course right here at The Permaculture Place!
This program will be offered again in spring/ summer of 2022. Email PermacultureSeries@gmail.com for more info.
Details found at : https://www.PermacultureSeries.org
The Green Sisters ~ Outdoor Concert at The Permaculture Place! (Click Here for Tickets)
Sunday July 10th:
'The Green Sisters' Concert at 6pm
About The Green Sisters: Hailing from a small farm in rural Massachusetts, the four Green Sisters were raised with music accompanying their chores. Their sound spans a wide range of bluegrass, barbershop, blues, country, and lots of original songs which fit right into the mix. They’ve been playing venues in New England regularly for the last several years and have garnered quite the following; it’s hard not to smile when treated with their tight harmonies and high energy tunes. Their live show is where they really shine, bouncing their jovial banter around the stage as only siblings can. The sisters’ second studio album, Blink of an Eye, was released in late 2020.
Tickets:
Stuart Kenney with Trio DriveTrain~ Outdoor Concert at The Permaculture Place! Celebrate Our Grand Opening Day With Us! >>Click here for more info and for tickets <<
Sunday June 5th:
'Stuart Kenney and DriveTrain' Concert at 6pm
Settle in for an evening with Stuart Kenney, world class banjo player, with his captivating bluegrass trio 'DriveTrain'! ($20)
Tickets:
Jeffrey Foucault Concert!
Settle in for an evening of music with songwriter and record producer Jeffrey Foucault, whose work marries the influence of American country, blues, rock 'n' roll, and folk music.
** Please bring your own blanket or lawn chair **
TICKETS: Tickets! Jeffrey Foucault Concert at The Permaculture Place
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5240177
Join us for our first show in our Fundraiser Concert Series at The Mill in Shelburne Falls! This is brought to you by The Permaculture Place, along with support from Sowing Solutions Design & Education, and The Mill at 49 Conway St.
Music begins at 5:00 yet arrive a early to visit our Center and set up your seating area!
** Please note that masks are required upon arrival and whenever walking the grounds. Seating will be safely distanced outdoors. **
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