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🌿 Corm Propagation (Jerusalem Artichokes & Rhubarb) Workshop & Working Bee 🌱Join Edible Streets in Ōtautahi Christchurch for a hands-on workshop and working bee focused on harvesting, propagating, and relocating productive perennial crops 🌿
We are a grassroots project building regenerative food forest systems and edible nursery networks in urban spaces.
📚 Workshop: Corm Propagation Techniques
Learn how to propagate and manage perennial food crops including:
How corm propagation works in plants like Jerusalem artichokes
How to divide, harvest, and replant productive root systems
Understanding rhizomes, tubers, and perennial food cycles
How to maintain ongoing food production through plant division
🛠️ Working Bee: Harvest + Nursery Planting
We’ll be doing practical garden work in the food forest:
Harvesting Jerusalem artichokes
Potting up comfrey for nursery stock
Transplanting comfrey into the tropical bed system
Building productive perennial plant systems for future food resilience
No experience needed — just come ready to learn and get hands-on 🌱
All skill levels welcome.
🧰 What to bring: 🧤 Gloves (optional but recommended)
👓 Eye protection
💧 Water bottle
👢 Sturdy footwear
🍲 Lunch provided
📍 Location: Climate Action Campus / Edible Streets, 35 Cowlishaw Street, Christchurch
⏰ Time: 10am – 2pm
💚 Free community event
👨👩👧👦 Kid-friendly, family environment
Come learn practical propagation skills, harvest real food crops, and help build resilient perennial systems for Ōtautahi 🌏
📧 [email protected]
👉 Bring a friend and come grow with us 🌻
Edible Streets – Growing Communities, One Garden at a Time
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35 cowlishaw st, 35 Cowlishaw St, Avonside, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand, Christchurch
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