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 to anything, from a home garden or farm to a city block or
Stone fruits – tasting cherries & apricots, varietal selection; Summer orchard maintenance, summer pruning; Budding & propagation. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Permaculture Food Forests. Sign up for this single weekend below or check out the whole series here.
Avocados & Citrus – planting, growing, tasting, varietal selection, propagation; Berries – tasting, varietal selection; Spring orchard maintenance; Thinning, delayed dormant pruning, and corrections to winter pruning; Public food forests & community harvests. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Permaculture Food Forests. Sign up for this single weekend below or check out the whole series here.
Designing Food Forests Part 2; Propagating plants by seed; Grafting, budding, layering, divisions. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Permaculture Food Forests. Sign up for this single weekend below or check out the whole series here.
Pomology & tree physiology; Winter pruning pomme and stone fruits; Planting bare root fruit trees and berries; Selecting bare root fruit trees, varietal selection, rootstock, disease resistance, pollination; Exchanging dormant cuttings, scion wood, and perennial plants. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Permaculture Food Forests. Sign up for this single weekend below or check out the
Preserving the abundance through drying, canning, fermenting, and pickling; Pomme fruits – tasting apples and pears (and late plums); Growing, harvesting and processing nuts and olives; Integrating animals into the agroecosystem; Cover cropping, fall plantings, and preparing for winter. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Permaculture Food Forests. Sign up for this single weekend below or
At the Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm Join seasoned herbalist Devalina Waring and guest instructors 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
Water resilience is essential in a permaculture system. During this weekend, participants learn plumbing skills and best practices, drip irrigation installation, rainwater harvesting setup, installation, and maintenance, and system troubleshooting skills. We’ll work on projects such as rainwater tank integration, infiltration basins and trenches, setting up drip irrigation, and gutter installation and adjustment for design needs. This one-weekend course is
Let’s grow some food! Participants will learn agricultural techniques applicable at both farm- and home- scales including composting, orchard maintenance, garden perennialization, no-till growing methods, brush clearing, and gopher trapping. We’ll work on projects such as making compost piles and worm bins, compost teas, orchard establishment and pruning, soil-building, and fertility maintenance.
Participants will learn a broad spectrum of practical hardscaping installation methods, including fencing, retaining walls, and building methods and practices. We’ll work on projects such as building decks and awnings, installing appropriate fencing, laying out paths and roads, and building simple farm/garden buildings. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Permaculture Skills. Sign up for this single
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