ECHO North America: TAD II: Food Forests, Garden Design and Planning
Register Before:
March 23, 2025 23:59
Event Contact:
ECHO North America (chuston@echonet.org)
Phone: 239-567-3330
This is a five day, hands-on course that will focus on food forests and garden design. By taking this course you will learn how to design and start a food forest in your own backyard. Participants will walk through the design process with professional designers, starting from setting goals, surveying the piece of land, building a base map, considering earthworks, and creatively designing around constraints.
Attendees will be able to see and apply these principles to a small garden or a large plot of land. This training is also beneficial to missionaries to be able to help individuals in food insecure areas around the world have a foundation to bring nutrition into their lives from their own backyard.
Event Details
Location
ECHO North America
17391 Durrance Road North Fort Myers, Florida 33917 United States
Registration
Registration fees include:
Registration does not include:
- Transportation to or from the Airport
Cost
Registration for this course will end on March 23rd.
Early Bird Rate - Now through February 2nd: $695
Local Attendee Early Bird Rate (No Housing) - Now through Feb 2nd: $450
Regular Registration fee - February 3rd through March 23rd: $750
Local Attendee Rate (No Housing) - February 3rd through March 23rd: $490
Spouse Registration fee - Now through March 23rd: $575
Payment Options
Please use the "Register Here" link below to register for this course. All payment processes will go through this website.
Lodging
Lodging is provided on campus. Check-in date is Sunday, April 6th and check-out date is Saturday, April 12th. If you need to stay outside of this time frame additional charges may apply.
ECHO is a working farm, and lodging options include dormitory style as well as shared guesthouses, depending on availability.
If you are a couple, ECHO will try to accomodate housing.
Please notify ECHO (study@echonet.org) of any family members that will be traveling to ECHO far ahead of time. There may be additional fees for family members even if they do not attend the course.
Food
Registration fees include all meals for Monday morning through Friday lunch.
We are not able to assure accommodation for those with special dietary needs or food allergies, please plan accordingly.
If you have a specific diet you follow or you have food allergies- please contact us at study@echonet.org.
Additional Information
VISA REQUIREMENTS
ECHO currently considers visa letter requests on a case-by-case basis.
Anyone needing a visa in order to attend any of our courses must have their visa in place at least 30 days prior to the start of the class. This policy is required in order to allow sufficient time for processing applications and to give individuals that might be on our waiting list ample time to make travel arrangements.
Cancellation Policy - ECHO Classes
Payment for ECHO classes is required at the time of registration. Due to the nature of the class, we require at least 4 weeks notice of cancellation to receive a full refund of your fees. A refund will not be issued if less than a week's notice is given.
These courses are interest-driven. Therefore, we reserve the right to cancel a course due to a lack of interest. Should a cancellation be necessary, we will do so two weeks before the first day of class.