Vision for 2024 Convergence – Cultivating the Canopy

Cultivating the Canopy: Guardian and Nurturer of the Understory, highlights the essential role of the canopy within the ecosystem. Just as the canopy provides shelter, stability, and resources for the plants and organisms below, it also serves as a guardian, shielding them from harsh elements and supporting their growth. By recognizing and cultivating the canopy as a vital component of the ecosystem, we can ensure the health and resilience of the entire ecosystem, fostering a balanced and thriving environment where each element plays a crucial role in sustaining the whole.

Florida Permaculture Convergence, celebrating the power of regenerative agriculture, homesteading, and sustainability! Our theme this year is Planting the Future: Cultivating Resilience through Succession.  Here, we’ll explore ways to use what we’ve already got to be healthier and more adaptive.  The aim is to encourage, educate, and inspire through an immersive weekend filled with hands on learning from community experts.  Whether you’re a seasoned permaculturist or simply curious about practical ways to live more sustainably, you’re sure to find inspiration and practical tips at our event. Let’s come together to learn and grow as we discover the amazing power of permaculture.

Saturday is our Earthskills village featuring six villages each featuring multiple demonstrations.  The villages include Creative (natural building & art), Economics (the business of growing – how to sustain yourself and your family through permaculture), First Aid (wilderness first aid, medicinal gardens, how to make basic first aid medicines), Plants & Propagation (growing, syntropic farming, grafting, seed saving, and more), Homesteading (blacksmithing, tool care, wood working, fermenting, and bee keeping), and Social (Non-violent Communication, interpersonal relationships, managing conflict).

Sunday we focus on right plant right place.  We will learn about natives and permaculture favorites as well as how to grow and use these beauties.  This includes a plant swap.  

As always we will include music, yoga, farm to table meals, and the famous trade blanket.  Follow our social media to get all the updates on schedules and presenters.  This year we are adding a sustainable art gallery and as always a weekend pass gets you free vending.

• Date: Fri, Dec 6 -8, 2024,
• Location: Wonderfield Farm,  Floral City, FL
• Skills Village: will be a all day event Saturday featuring a village full of small skills classes all day.
• Camping: will be in nature with lots of options both semi secluded and together with others. You will likely be able to pick a fresh citrus just feet from your tent. 
• Communal Food Kitchen –  (This Year with 3 Diffrent themed Kitchens)Everyone shares by bringing food and skills to share equally in a communal kitchen of abundance. Click here for more on the food.  
• Learn– For our main learning session we selected voices in the community on a wide range of subjects.  Featured Voices  Click here
• Carpool – Click here to sign up your car or find a ride
• Sign a Waver Now!-  Before the event every person must fill out a waver -CLICK HERE-
• What to bring list – CLICK HERE
• Volunteering: We ask everyone to set aside at least one hour at the event to volunteer in the kitchen, event setup or take down.  For people who want to go beyond that we have a limited number of work trade positions and they are filled every year previous years volunteers by village organizers.  If you want to be put on a waiting list  for this year please send us an email with at least one reference included.