Introduction To Permaculture A 1-Hour Online Session with Santa Cruz Permaculture Director, Dave Shaw Are you permaculture curious? Maybe you’ve heard the term, but don’t quite get what it’s all about? Organic gardening or something? Is there more to it? And what’s unique about the Santa Cruz Permaculture approach? Permaculture design is a method of landscape planning that can be applied
Regenerative Beekeeping At The Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm A Comprehensive Approach to Beekeeping, Pollinator Habitat, and Biodiversity Have you ever wanted to learn the skills needed to produce your very own honey? Interested in producing your own beeswax, pollen or propolis? Have you ever wanted to ensure your garden or farm has a sustained and healthy source of pollinators for
Permaculture Food Forests At the Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm & Surrounding Region Planning, Growing and Enjoying Year Round Abundance Do you want to gain hands-on skills and build community around growing food? Interested in learning best practices for orchard establishment and management, food forestry, designing year round productive vegetable farms and gardens, and preserving the harvest? We are pleased to
Permaculture Skills Course At The Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm Gain skills and learn best practices to be able to successfully and confidently implement sustainable living projects! Our 6-weekend permaculture skills course focuses on developing practical skills through hands-on learning. Topics covered include: Construction & Carpentry Forestry & Wood heat: fire mimicry, rocket stoves, ovens, harvesting timber and non-timber forest products
At the Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm Gain skills and learn best practices to be able to successfully and confidently implement sustainable living projects! Our 6-weekend permaculture skills course focuses on developing practical skills through hands-on learning. Topics covered include: Construction & Carpentry Forestry & Wood heat: fire mimicry, rocket stoves, ovens, harvesting timber and non-timber forest products Energy: electrical, solar,
At the Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm The Santa Cruz Permaculture Design Certificate course, certified by PINA, the Permaculture Institute of North America, includes the internationally recognized 72-hour curriculum, augmented by an additional 38-hours of hands on practice and field trips. Plus, folks have the option to camp on site, and build community around the fire! Our course brings in leading designers and teachers from
At the Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm The Santa Cruz Permaculture Design Certificate course, certified by PINA, the Permaculture Institute of North America, includes the internationally recognized 72-hour curriculum, augmented by an additional 38-hours of hands on practice and field trips. Plus, folks have the option to camp on site, and build community around the fire! Our course brings in leading designers and teachers from
Permaculture Design Course At the Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm & Surrounding Region Certified by PINA, the Permaculture Institute of North America, our course includes the internationally recognized 72-hour curriculum, augmented by an additional 38-hours of hands on practice and field trips. Plus, folks have the option to camp on site, and build community around the fire! Our course brings in
Courses & Events If we cancel: If Santa Cruz Permaculture needs to cancel a course or event due to the coronavirus shelter-in-place directive or low enrollment., we will refund 100% of your tuition. If you cancel: Up to two weeks before the course begins, you will be refunded excluding a $150 processing fee. Less than two weeks before the course
At the Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm Join master herbalist Jackie Christensen for a comprehensive introduction to herbalism and medicine making. In this practical and fun class, participants will learn how to source, make, and use a wide range of herbal medicines. We’ll build your home apothecary by making tinctures, syrups, oils, salves, lotions, pastilles, and much more. We’ll introduce herbal
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