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Permaculture Design Course with Eric Kelly – 9/29 – 10/8 2017
September 29, 2017 @ 9:00 am - October 8, 2017 @ 5:00 pm
Course Description:
Sign up by August with Lacey: lacey@foxhavenfarm.org
This PDC includes 72 hours of international PDC curriculum addressing all major climatic zones and the breadth of Permaculture applications for sustainable urban, suburban, rural and bioregional design and development. Students will experience practical application in the field as well as theory and discussion.
Course Length: 72 + hours over 10 days
Maximum Attendants: 20 students
Meals: Lunch Provided Daily
Instructor: Eric Kelly
Key skills and proficiencies learned include:
surveying, communications, IT and web skills, preparing maps and plans, practical gardening, composting, soil management, animal systems, natural building, implementation planning, design graphics, client brief, concept and detail drawings, report writing, botany, propagation, food forests and orchards, native plants, integrated pest and weed management, planning food security, small crop production – vegetables, herbs, spices, craft plants, harvest and post harvest, storing and preserving crops, wild foods and restoration ecology, soil food web, seed saving and managing a seed bank, biochar, animal systems, and more.
Schedule:
Course Dates: Friday, September 28th through Sunday, October 8th
Location: Fox Haven Learning Center – 3630 Poffenberger RD Jefferson MD 21755
Tuition: $600.00
Course Fee:
One work-trade is available, please email lacey@foxhavenfarm.org to inquire
Suggested Preparatory Reading:
Introduction to Permaculture, Bill Mollison
Gaia’s Garden, Toby Hemenway
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