What’s a POWerbee?

POWerbees are POW’s permaculture working bees where a group of people get together to complete a permaculture project in a day. We have a pretty broad scope of what this could entail, but based on the permaculture ethics of care of people, care of the earth and fair share.

POWerbees have multiple functions – meeting new people and learning new skills, getting your garden to a productive state, promoting community to name a few! Projects could be building a raised vegetable bed out of recycled materials, constructing a vertical garden, planting or pruning fruit trees, building a chook shed. We like to have at least 1-2 workshops to share knowledge and hosts are expected to provide lunch and refreshments for the worker bees.

POWerbees aren’t restricted to the outside, in winter you might wish to host a POWerbee that brings some permaculture design inside your house. It could be learning to set up your own DIY bokashi  system, or reorganising your layout to permaculture principals, observing your natural energy patterns within the house, or putting together a window garden, or a big bottling session to help preserve your harvest and teach others skills how to do it.

When do POWerbees happen?

We work with you to find a date that suits your schedule and aim to have these go for a half-day on a Sunday. POWerbee details are advertised on the Events page and also on Eventbrite as well as our Facebook page.

Who can attend a POWerbee?

Anyone! Just make sure you RSVP to the host to get the address and so they can track numbers for the day.

How do I get a POWerbee at my place?

You need to be a current POW member to host a POWerbee.

In the spirit of reciprocity and fairshare, you generally need to have attended 2-3 first before putting up your hand to host your own.

If you’d like a POWerbee, come along to one of our general meetings or email our POWerbee Coordinator once you’ve attended your 2-3 POWerbees, and we’ll get the ball rolling.