EcoHouse Tour, with Compost Clinic

Come get inspired and learn new skills at the EcoHouse with a tour of the site and gardens, followed by a clinic on beekeeping. Begin at 10am with a tour of the Ecology Center's EcoHouse demonstration site and learn about simple improvements that can be made to green an urban home. The tour includes: Berkeley's first city-permitted wetland / greywater system, rainwater cistern and water catchment strategies, a living roof garden, organic permaculture gardening, solar panels, on-demand and solar water heater, natural and recycled building materials, native drought tolerant plants, mushroom cultivation, earthworks raingarden, drip irrigation, and more. Round out the day with the afternoon beekeeping clinic. Want to learn what's involved in starting your own hive? Bring your questions about equipment, hive management, organic honey production, and honeybee biology.