PDC Session 4: Home Scale Permaculture: Creating Natural Homes & Edible Landscapes – July 6 & 7, 2024

• Learn about natural building techniques
• Gain hands-on experience building a small structure with cob
• Learn about crop planning strategies
• Tour the UC Santa Cruz Farm and Chadwick Garden
• Explore the application of permaculture methods to educational curriculum design and the creation of school garden programs
• Study food forests and fruit trees
• Define and design “guilds” or constructed plant communities
• Discuss local food issues and the importance of localization

This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Permaculture Design Certificate Course. Sign up for this single weekend below or check out the whole series here.