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
Equitana Horse SA Stand
This year MB Equine Services will be hosting two seminars on horse and land management at the Equitana in Melbourne. We won’t have our own stand, but we will be visiting stands of organisations and horse magazine for Q&A hours!
You can find us at the Horse SA stand – together with some other educators! Worth a visit!
Equitana: Horse SA Stand No.473 Epsom Hall
Visit Horse SA at Equitana and check out
** Large animal rescue equipment, books & information ** Horse SA information ** Check back to this webpage soon for item listings!
Guests in the stand- available for Q&A and book signings (as indicated) include
- Dr Rebecca Gimenez www.tlaer.org Providing demonstrations at Equitana & book signing “Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue”
- Alayne Blickle www.horsesforcleanwater.com Keynote speaker for the Australian Horse Keeping Conference
- Mariette van den Berg www.mberg.com.au
- Jane Myers www.equiculture.com.au (to be confirmed)
- Mary Anne Leighton www.equineER.com signing for “Equine Emergency Rescue“
New Logo!
MB Equine Services has a new logo!
In March we launched our new website and we also found that it was time for a new logo.
The logo was designed by BenB Creative – a design company based in Fyshwich ACT. Thanks.
Welcome to the New Website of MB Equine Services
Welcome to the new website of MB Equine Services. We found that it was time to update our website and make it more interactive for horse owners. We publish on a regular basis educational articles on horse nutrition, property design and pasture management in a number of horse magazines and we would like to notify our readers and new visitors/horse owners about our new releases. In addition, we have started our blog, which will feature information about our upcoming events (e.g. seminars, workshops, clinic etc) and in the field results and observations from our services. We will also publish regular posts on the progress of Mariette’s PhD equine nutrition project. More information about this interesting study will follow soon.
We hope that this website is more user friendly and we will do our best to keep improving it. Happy browsing!
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