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Garden Herbalism

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”2109,2084,2106,2107″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] Introduction to Garden-Based Herbalism September – November 2019 Herbal medicines abound in our bioregion. Herbs disguised as ornamentals and “weeds” await your discovery. By studying the foundations of garden-based herbalism, we will learn how to safely prepare and use garden herbs for teas, poultices, salves, tinctures, and more. In this course, you will smell, feel and

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Summer Pruning & Understory Planting [Fruit Tree Care, Part 4]

In this summer update to our Fruit Tree Care series, we’re covering some important best practices for summertime in the orchard: summer pruning, weeding around fruit trees, and effective strategies for designing and planting understory plant communities, or guilds. By this point in the summer, hopefully you’ve already thinned your fruit trees and have been regularly watering them if you

Registration for Systems Change & the Next Economy Course

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Systems Change & the Next Economy

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”842,813,822,291,823″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This course has now completed. You are encouraged to sign up for our newsletter to learn about future offerings. Please email us if you’d like us to offer this course again. *** Systems Change & the Next Economy Regenerative Design for People & the Planet Join us for a series of four weekend workshops exploring economics

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Open Space Technology: Starting a Permaculture Guild in Santa Cruz [March 2018]

This is the second article in a series about how to start a permaculture guild in your community. It’s based on what we’ve been doing to start one in Santa Cruz, CA. In the first article, we explore what a Permaculture Guild is and how to host your first meeting using the World Cafe process. In this article, we describe

Man holding hand pruners up to a tree branch to winter prune.

Winter Pruning & Training [Fruit Tree Care, Part 3]

Grab your Felcos, folks, it’s winter fruit tree pruning season! We’re happy to share 13 reputable winter fruit tree pruning and training resources. Give your tree the love and support it needs to produce really delicious, sweet fruit season after season! “Felcos” is a brand that makes pruning tools like the hand pruners David Robles is holding in the photo

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Starting a Permaculture Guild in Santa Cruz: World Cafe [February 2018]

Looking for a place to share a meal and good conversation with other folks in your community who care about permaculture? A permaculture guild might be just what you need! “Ask your doctor if permaculture is right for you.” The Santa Cruz Permaculture Guild, which has existed in various iterations over the decades, is back in action and now meets

Community

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] About Santa Cruz Permaculture Guild The Santa Cruz Permaculture Guild hosts free monthly gatherings for people interested in permaculture to connect, learn, and take action together. Meetings are open to all, and welcome folks from other counties and regions beyond Santa Cruz to join us!   Each month, meetings start with a potluck and then break into smaller groups

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2018 EcoFarm Conference: Regenerative Agriculture for Crop Productivity and Carbon Capture [Guest Post]

Linda Kincaid Foothill College Environmental Horticulture and Design Each January, the Ecological Farming Association hosts the largest gathering of progressive farmers, policy makers, activists, and educators in the western United States. For four days at Asilomar on California’s central coast, farmers and scientists discussed farming practices and their impact on the environment. The conference mission is to nurture safe, healthy,

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Garden Learning, A Permaculture Design Course Reflection [Guest Post]

Guest Post by Julia Herring, current Santa Cruz Permaculture Design Certificate Course Participant Oregon Eclipse Festival: the start of my permaculture journey My journey with permaculture started in an unexpected way. In August of last year my sister and I packed up her Subaru Outback to set off for Prineville, to watch the total solar eclipse at the Oregon Eclipse

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