The Germinate Collective is a collaborative community
Our goal is to empower people to become successful organic food gardeners, enabling them to:
Design organic edible gardening learning programs with & for your community.
Choose learning tasks to share each week in an edible garden.
Design & establish a successful, abundant edible garden.
Provide healthy, fresh, nourishing & affordable food for your home or community.
Experience the food cycle through sowing, growing, maintaining, harvesting, storing, preparing, sharing & eating the bountiful harvest.
The Germinate Workbook is our guide, or handbook, the knowledge bank that will empower you to become successful organic food gardeners.
Knowledge
In-depth descriptions & hands-on learning activities that follow the seasons. Each season includes learning focuses, background information, activities & handouts. Easy-to-follow, week-by-week guide for seasonal learning activities in an edible landscape.
Empowerment
Efficient techniques for maximum production with minimal inputs. Simple structure for communities and bioregions to adapt to their specific characteristics. Range of management plans, including a three year annual crop rotation plan. Loose-leaf folder – lets facilitators and learners share and value their own knowledge.
Nourishment
Promotes healthy garden practices for our planet our bodies and minds. Edible landscape resources, designed for the southern hemisphere. Holistic view based on the permaculture ethics of earth care, people care and limits aware. A selection of seasonal recipes for your harvest.
Survival
Edible garden site selection. Building healthy soil. Growing healthy plants that provide healthy food. The survival seed kit – Seed growing, selection and the process of keeping them viable.