Equine Nutrition & Property Planning: South East QLD @ Hays Inlet Festival May/June2014
WORKSHOP 1: HORSE NUTRITION & FEEDING MANAGEMENT
WHEN: Saturday May 31st 2014, 8.30am – 12.30pm
WHERE: Both workshops at 268 Mount Samson Road, Armstrong Creek (Dayboro)
Explore how best to match pasture and feed options to your horses’ needs and discuss solutions to nutritional problems while balancing feed costs. You will hear about horses’ digestive systems, nutritional needs and nutrient sources, common digestive and metabolic disorders and how to prevent them.
Presenter: Mariette van den Berg is an animal scientist & nutritionist with over 6 years research experience in equine nutrition and the founder of MB Equine Services.
WORKSHOP 2: DESIGN A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR YOUR PROPERTY
WHEN: Saturday May 31st 2014, 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Developing a plan for a property is an important tool to help you understand what assets your land holds and the best way to manage them. This course will assist you to develop your own management plan for your horse property, in line with your set of goals for happy and healthy horses. A map of your property will be provided.
Presenters: Greg Leach (SEQ Catchments) & Greg Curry
Greg Leach has over 20 years experience in whole-property planning services for balancing
environmental, production, financial and social outcomes.
Greg Curry is a horse trainer and specializes in horse behaviour. Come and see how Greg is designing his property for sustainable horse keeping
http://www.seqcatchments.com.au/announcements/horse-nutrition-and-property-management-workshops
International Equine Permaculture Workshop – Switzerland (Oct 2014)
MB Equine Services is very excited to announce that we will be hosting two 2-Day workshops on equine nutrition and permaculture in Switzerland (Canton du Jura) in October 2014!
Canton du Jura, Switzerland
On Day 1 (Healthy land = healthy horses) we will focus on common horses and land management issues around the world, horse nutrition (digestive system, feeding practices and disorders), horse behaviour (time budget and foraging strategies), pastures (grass growth and development), soil development, ecosystem management and introduction to pasture and grazing planning. On this day we will walk the Creux de Biches property and potentially visit another equine property.
On Day 2 (Planning = the bridge between the present and the future) we will get hands on with our property planning. First we will cover some theory on property planning steps and goal setting. In the afternoon we will start with the actual planning; current infrastructure mapping, natural feature mapping and future planning. At the end of the workshop we will finish the program with a short movie about implementing equine permaculture and the process of designing.
When: 18 & 19 and 25 & 26th of October!
Where: Le Creux-des-Biches http://www.creux-des-biches.ch/fr/le-creux-des-biches/
Le Creux-des-Biches
The old station Creux -des- Biches
Come home, relax, learn to understand nature and people, regain strength, recognize its place in the world, take heart
The old train station is a little oasis where people in a protected environment can learn about and develop new strategies and visions for future living. The guest house offers simple but comfortable shared rooms (single rooms with extra charge), a beautiful meditation room, kitchen and dining room with library. The property is located in the most beautiful hiking area at high level of free mountains and inhabited by friendly people, horses, chickens, rabbits and cats. At the moment a Permaculture paradise garden with a pond is being created. We are happy to provide our place for seminars, workshops, and new event projects.
For more information and booking: L’Ancienne Garde du Creux des Biches – Email: bonjour@creux-des-biches.ch Phone: +41 32 953 1180
Equine Nutrition, Pasture Management & Property Planning Workshops – SE QLD Feb 2013
New workshops in 2013!! We now can also officially release the dates for the Equine Nutrition, Pasture Management and Property Planning Workshops in South East QLD!
WORKSHOP 1: HORSE NUTRITION AND PASTURE MANAGEMENT
WHEN: Sunday 10th February, 2013, 9am – 2pm
WHERE: Paradise Country, 74 Billabirra Cresent, Nerang (left past roundabout)
This workshop is perfect for those wanting to explore horse behavior, horse nutrition and pasture management, for healthier horses and a more
Presenter: Mariette van den Berg.
Mariette is an animal scientist & nutritionist with over 6 years research experience in equine nutrition and the founder of MB Equine Services.
WORKSHOP 2: DESIGN A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR YOUR PROPERTY
WHEN: Saturday 23rd February, 2013, 9am – 1pm
WHERE: Paradise Country, 74 Billabirra Cresent, Nerang (left past roundabout)
Learn how to design a management plan for your horse property, in line with your own sets of goals for happy and healthy horses. A map of your property will be provided.
Presenter: Mariette van den Berg & Greg Leach (SEQ Catchments)
Greg has over 20 years experience in whole-property planning services for balancing environmental, production, financial and social outcomes.
WORKSHOP 3: HORSE NUTRITION AND PASTURE MANAGEMENT
WHEN: Sunday 24th of February
WHERE: Mooloolah/Landsborough Region
More information to follow!
For more information and registration: http://www.eventbrite.com.au/org/2743337876
Better pastures.. Heathier Horses Workshop @ Toowoomba QLD (Feb 2013)
This thought provoking and practical workshop presented by Mariette van den Berg, will discuss a number of topics including the current challenges we are facing with horse and land management, vision and planning, horse nutrition, behaviour, digestive and metabolic disorders, pasture for horses, grass species, plant physiology, soil development, ecosystem management, tools to manage ecosystems, sacrifice areas and slow feeding systems.
“Mariette’s workshop was informative, accessible to a wide range of horse owners and inspiring, providing solutions to sustainable equine land management. It has inspired our landholders to join together and form an equine Landcare Group.” Kathleen Bartlett
Date:
Saturday 9th February 2013
Time:
8.30am Registration, until 4.30pm
Venue/Location:
Bulls Head Inn, Drayton, Toowoomba, Queensland
Catering:
Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea
Cost:
$10 per person
For more information or to RSVP please contact:
Dr Jeff Coutts, Chair, Toowoomba Landcare Group. Email: jeff@couttsjr.com.au
Pasture Management Workshops – Gippsland Vic
November was a busy month with having the Horse Keeping Conference and Equitana booked in. After the Equitana I spend one more week in Victoria to host 3 workshops on pasture management in the Gippsland region. I was very lucky with the weather – mostly dry and even sunny! I think we had only one morning of rain during the Equitana!
The workshops at Korrumburra, Bairnsdale/Stratford and Orbost were well attended. Approximately 75-80 horse and land owners or agistees came along to the workshop – even on a very nice sunny Spring weekend day!
The workshop was an introduction to regenerative pasture management for horse properties. We discussed a number of topics including the current challenges we are facing with horse and land management, vision & planning, horse nutrition, behaviour, digestive and metabolic disorders, pasture for horses, grass species, plant physiology, soil development, ecosystem management, tools how to manage ecosystems, sacrifice areas and slow feeding systems. Lots of stuff to think about afterwards!
This workshop will be followed by another workshop that focuses specifically on land/property planning for horse properties. So keep an eye out for the program in 2013 in Victoria (Gippsland, Yarra Valley ) and South Australia (Mount Barker).
More intro workshops are planned in the new year in QLD, Victoria & South Australia! Keep checking our website, facebook page or your local landcare/catchment organisation.
Can’t find horse & land workshops in your region? If you are interested in these workshops – contact your local landcare/catchment organisation to send out an expression of interest for equine specific workshops!
I want to thank the South East Gippsland Landcare Network and Far East Gippsland Landcare Network for hosting the workshops. They organised good facilities and food for the participants!
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