PERMACULTURE WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES Explore Permaculture topics in hands-on workshops for public, private groups, community organizations and urban farms. If you would like to host an event, contact us and we can help with organizing and finding funding opportunities.
Previous Workshops and Lecture themes have included:
“Embracing Radical Optimism: Introduction to Permaculture Ethics and Principles”
“Elements of Permaculture Design”
“Developing Observation Practices and Learning to Read a Landscape”
“Water Catchment through Earthworks: Swales and Food-Producing Berms”
“Designing Fruit Tree Guilds”
“Building an Herb Spiral”
“Designing Integrated Systems for Chickens”
Embracing Radical Optimism: Introduction to Permaculture Ethics and Principles
Begin to see your food and your garden with new eyes and explore how sustainability can be integrated into your garden, as well as your life. In this workshop we will explore the design system of Permaculture. We will discuss how working with nature instead of against it and modeling human systems after natural ecosystem design can help us to produce more abundance, avoid waste, creatively use and respond to change, identify patterns and hidden resources, and much more!
Designing Fruit Tree Guilds
Learn how Guilds create an efficient, low-labor, healthy mini-ecosystem and leave ready to complete a fruit tree guild design for your own space. This hands-on workshop will allow for in-depth questions about the roles of different plants in a Guild, learning how to conduct their own site analysis, and reaching a deeper understanding of Permaculture Design Principles- which relate to both gardening and a sustainable lifestyle.
Build an Herb Spiral Garden
Grow Teas, Medicines, and Spices in your own yard with an Herb Spiral, a great design for small-space urban herb gardening! Learn everything you need to know to design and build your own Herb Spiral in the 1-day class. This intimate workshop will allow for hands-on participation, in-depth questions about the process, learning how to conduct their own site analysis, understanding of microclimates, and reaching a deeper understanding of Permaculture Design Principles- which relate to both gardening and a sustainable lifestyle.