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Horse Ownership - Responsible Sustainable Ethical©

About our one day workshop

Managing Horses on Small Properties (or

Sustainable Horsekeeping).

The environment in which your horses live greatly affects their health and well being. This seminar shows you how by following good land management practices you can reduce illness and injury to your horse/s, allow more natural behaviour for your horse/s, reduce feed bills, avoid spending money on the wrong facilities, increase the value of your property and enhance the wider environment all at the same time.

The managing horses on small properties seminar is a one day indoor seminar (sometimes with a field visit included). It covers the sustainable management of a horse property - pasture management - grazing management - how to avoid land degradation - how to keep the waterways clean - water conservation and supply - manure management - property planning and design – the benefits of trees and plants. The presenter of the bulk of the seminar is always myself (Jane Myers) sometimes with additional guest speakers depending on circumstances. The presentation is lively with lots of pictures - no boring bits !! See the testimonial section on this page for comments made by previous participants.

These seminars are usually run and funded in conjunction with local councils, Landcare groups or water catchment groups (such as Melbourne Water, SEQ Catchments) but they can also be arranged privately i.e. by a club or an individual who wishes to host/co-ordinate one. Please contact us for further information.

Shorter talks can be arranged and these are popular with riding clubs etc.

Please feel free to contact us if you are a Natural Resource manager (i.e. Landcare officer, water catchment organisation employee, local council worker) and you would like to organise a seminar for horse owners in your area. We also provide a seminar on the subject of horse property planning (for horse owners) and we provide seminars for natural resource managers on the subject of horses in the community, the environmental issues of horsekeeping, understanding horse owners etc.

Property consultations

Participants sometimes decide that they would like a private consultation at their property in the days following the seminar/workshop. This can sometimes be arranged but it is best to arrange this ASAP to avoid disappointment.

A consultation is usually about two hours and during this time we (Stuart and I) walk and talk with you on your property. This visit can also include putting together a property plan with you. Consultations can save you a lot of time, effort and money. We prefer consultations to be carried out after you have attended a seminar or talk if possible. Email consultations are possible if we are not going to be in your area for some time - contact us for more information.

Testimonials and feedback

The testimonials and feedback from previous Managing Horses on Small Properties seminars has been outstanding – here are just a few comments that organisers have received and passed on to us:

• Thank you so much for all of the information given, yours was by far the best workshop I've attended on any subject (Debbie D)
• Very useful, practical simple information, well presented and organised, sensible ideas and practices (Lyndel T)
• Fantastic, really enjoyed the day, Jane was a wealth of Knowledge (Karen B)
• Just Brilliant!! Would recommend to anyone on small acreage with horses or any other livestock (Anon)
• Excellent, Informative, motivating (Myfanwg W)
• So much interesting information, a most enjoyable day (Laraine S)
• Excellent, The book is very good and the seminars add more detail (Anon)
• A wonderfully informative workshop - 'a must do' workshop for anyone who is thinking of owning a horse on a small (or not so small) acreage (Anon)
• A fantastic day, I feel that there are things I can do to improve both the land and the health and happiness of my horse (Anon)
• Brilliant! lots of food for thought & inspiration for practice (Silvia G)
• Keep doing them, fantastic way to get knowledge into our communities for sustainability (Fiona G)
• Absolutely excellent (Kim V)
• Amazing - Its just what I've been looking for (Lorraine H)

Seminars and workshops

This page is where you can find out about the one day Managing horses on small properties (MHSP) seminar/workshop that we run and the other talks that we do. We also do property consultations.

There is a timetable of our upcoming seminars/workshops and talks (directly below) and some testimonials and feedback from past participants of our seminars.

See Our rough itinerary for the next year or so…(on the News and new stuff page) for information about where we are now and in the near future.

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Upcoming Seminars

Seminars are back!!! Jane is still recovering from treatment but Stuart has taken over the running of the seminars until Jane regains her strength.

For more information see the blog on the news and new stuff page (from July).