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PDC Session 5: Broad Scale Permaculture for Ecosystem Regeneration: Integrated Animal Husbandry & Forest Management (Aug 2-3, 2025)

Tour local gardens and broadacre ranches that are applying permaculture principles to their animal husbandry practices, such as holistic grazing Learn about forest management practices, including Sudden Oak Life Implement Sudden Oak Life strategies Study and practice fruit tree pruning 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

February 23, 2025

PDC Session 4: Home Scale Permaculture: Creating Natural Homes & Edible Landscapes – (Jun 28-29, 2025)

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

February 23, 2025

PDC Session 3: Personal & Economic Permaculture (Jun 7-8, 2025)

Learn and practice nonviolent communication Participate in a Work that Reconnects workshop and learn about the Spiral of the Work That Reconnects Discuss and reflect on Right Livelihood and your role in the Great Turning Explore strategies for mitigating disaster through community resilience, permaculture design, and creating disaster plans Gain an understanding of financial permaculture, challenges with our current economic system, and concepts like money and banking Learn about topics

February 23, 2025

Herbalism Session 6: The Integumentary System & Topical Applications (Sep 20-21, 2025)

Discover the supplies needed for making herbal preparations. Make herbal body oils, salves, lotions & poultices. Explore the basics of oxymel. Learn about herbal first aid and the tools you need to make your own first aid kit that’s tailored to your lifestyle. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Herbalism & Medicine-Making. Sign up for this

February 23, 2025

Herbalism Session 5: Immune & Common Ailments (Aug 16-17, 2025)

Explore herbs for building a healthy immune system. Learn all about immunmodulators and immunostimulants. Explore the wonderful world of medicinal mushrooms. Make herbal syrups and herb infused honey. Make herbal gummies and pastilles. Learn about herbal vinegars and botanical waters. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Herbalism & Medicine-Making. Sign up for this single weekend below

February 23, 2025

Herbalism Session 3: Wild Foods Weekend (Jun 21-22, 2025)

Learn how to forage for wild foods and medicines including plant identification and common look alikes, and wildcrafting ethics. Harvesting & processing techniques. Medicinal properties & medicine making techniques. Culinary virtues and recipes to incorporate wild plants into daily cuisine. Folklore and traditional use of plant materials. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Herbalism & Medicine-Making.

February 23, 2025

Herbalism Session 4: Nervous System & Botany (Jul 19-20, 2025)

Gain understanding of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system and the benefits that a well regulated nervous system can provide. Learn about adaptogens, tonics, and Nervines. Learn to identify plant families, their scientific names, and cultural history of plants. Understand the reproductive parts of plants, and how plants photosynthesize and communicate across landscapes. Explore the basics of plant constituents. This

February 23, 2025

Herbalism Session 2: Digestive System & Kitchen Herbalism (May 17-18, 2025)

Explore digestion and nutrition basics to support overall health. Learn how herbs can support the digestion system. Discover herbal flavors and taste, and how they interact with the body. Learn about herbal monographs and materia medica. Make various herbal culinary items like herbal salts, vinegars, oils, pesto & herbally-infused ghee. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series:

February 23, 2025

Planting Water

Join Waitlist Planting Water: Keyline Design, Rainwater Harvesting & Oak Woodland Biomimicry A Two-day Workshop with Jesse Trace May 31-June 1, 2025 Join us this early spring to learn about designing food systems that mimic nature, manage stormwater, replenish aquifers, improve landscape fertility and restore aquatic ecosystems. This two-day workshop introduces principles and practices for holistic land stewardship based on

January 21, 2025
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