Permaculture for Home and Garden
Course Syllabus
Instructor: Andrew Faust
Course Description
In this workshop, students will learn Permaculture principles as applied in temperate homes and gardens. We will discuss organic gardening, building with local natural materials, ecological lawn, meadow, stream and wetland care, orchards, composting, off-the-grid water systems, and domestic and wild animal management. Bring questions about your garden and home and be prepared to learn about ideas that can improve your quality of life, simplify your needs, and increase your family time by cooperating with ecological processes to create abundance and diversity. All Levels.
AIA Continuing Education: 14 Units
Suggested Readings and Resources
Mollison, Bill: Intro to Permaculture (Tagari Publications- available online at www.seedsofchange.com )
Holmgren, David: Permaculture Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability (Chelsea Green Publishing)
Mars, Ross: The Basics of Permaculture Design (Chelsea Green Publishing)
Bell, Graham: The Permaculture Way and The Permaculture Garden (Chelsea Green Publishing)
Website: www.permacultureactivist.net
Materials to Bring
Inquisitive mind
Work clothes/ day hiking gear
Site maps, pictures or drawings of your personal site (optional)
Notebook/pencil
Class Schedule
The class begins Saturday morning at 9:00 am with a welcome and orientation to Yestermorrow and runs through 5:00 pm with an hour break for lunch. The class will also run 9-5 on Sunday.
Course Outline
Day 1
- Why we need Permacultural solutions for today's problems
- Permaculture design principles: how they work
- Organic, Biodynamic, and biointensive gardening techniques
- Building with local natural materials, bioregional building designs and techniques
- Ecological lawn, meadow, stream and wetland care and designs
- Enhancing the diversity and health of wild animals, songbirds and pollinators
Day 2
- Biodynamic orchard designs and permaculture forest gardens
- Composting systems for home and garden
- Off the grid and gravity powered water systems
- Rotational grazing techniques, chicken tractors and holistic domestic animal care
- How to create your own permaculture design
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