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Permaculture Design Graduates

Apr

2013

Spiral Ridge Permaculture Design Course Graduates Meet our new Permaculture Design Certification Course graduates. The final weekend of Spiral Ridge Permaculture’s annual Winter Weekend PDC was spent finalizing designs, building social capital, having lively discussions, and a lot of fun. Students walk away feeling not only empowered to make positive change in the world. ...

Permaculture Course: Soil Food Web, Mushroom Farming, Design and more

Apr

2013

As always, Spiral Ridge’s Permaculture Design Certification course was a great success. This past weekend our students engaged in a Soil Food Web Lab taught by Joey Thomas and Troy Hinke. We built a bio active compost pile and brewed a fungal dominant tea. Then we set up a lab with a microscope, computer and ...

Permaculture Design Course: Weekend 3

Mar

2013

As we move toward regenerative lifestyles it is important to think and act holistically. To realize that we are a nature working and we are all designers by birthright. Permaculture is about the earth, the people and equality. As instructors we have to remember the importance of not only design and site analysis/assessment, we have ...

Small Farm Permaculture Design Certification Course

Feb

2013

Looking for a way to turn your land into a model permaculture farm? Do you want to learn from experienced permaculture practitioners? Can you imagine a world of abundance right out your backdoor? Then come learn from those who are living the dream! Spiral Ridge Permaculture will be ...

Permaculture Design Course: Weekend 2

Feb

2013

As educators of the Permaculture Design Certification course we need to create a mosaic of learning environments. At Spiral Ridge Permaculture, we are always improving our ability to facilitate learning using several approaches. We have learned that teaching needs to have a holistic approach. That is why we create course sessions that engage the hands, ...

The Farm Solar Campus: Permaculture Design Course 1

Jan

2013

What a Weekend! The Farm Solar Campus 1st Annual Winter Weekend Permaculture Design Course started with a group of eager students. Our course curriculum kept students busy learning the design process, designing from day 1, learning how to create maps and gaining insight into the depth of knowledge contained within Permaculture education. Students left happy, ...

The Enchanted Edible Forest Garden (Part 2)

Oct

2012

As I wander through life I always come back to the same old question. Why am I here? The answer is for the children and their children and on and on…. Seven Generations! As some of you know we have been working hard to manifest an edible forest garden at The Farm School in Summertown, ...

The Enchanted Edible Forest Garden Outdoor Classroom

Oct

2012

From Design to Build. We are now in the middle of implementing the Farm Schools Enchanted Edible Forest Garden. From Design layout, Tree removal, Radial Trenches and Swales The Farm school is being transformed into one of the first edible forest school gardens in the USA. The school children are helping with the building of ...

Designing Edible Forest Gardens 2012

Oct

2012

The 2012 Edible Forest Garden Design course certified 22 graduates on Sunday the 14th of October. Saturday teams gathered to present their designs to the community. The designs emerged from the design process that we taught during the course. The designs impressed all of us. The designs included a School Yard Forest Garden, a Small ...

2013 Weekend Permaculture Design Course

Oct

2012

2013 Winter Weekend PDC: Under $1000 Earn your internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certification during this five weekend course. Permaculture is a design approach that uses ecological principles to create regenerative human communities that are harmoniously woven into the environment and that have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. Instructors include: Cliff Davis-Spiral ...