Intensive 6 Day Permaculture Seminar & Workshop

We are so fortunate to be able to host this amazing event!  Our friend, Rhamis Kent, has been traveling internationally, teaching and studying with world renowned permaculture design expert Geoff Lawton.  Now those of us in the Bay Area can benefit from Rhamis's wealth of knowledge in this information packed, hands on course. Check out details below and register HERE!

Email us at soulflowerfarm@gmail.com for more information.

Over 6 days you will acquire the practical skills to regenerate any landscape and to design productive ecosystems.

In this 6 day course you will learn:

• Basics of Permaculture Design
• Soil Biology
• Specialized Compost & Worm Farm
• Water Harvesting Strategies
• Grey Water Treatment
• Drought Proofing
• Designing & Implementing a Food Forest
• Designing Micro Climates
• Integrated Animal Systems
• Basics in Aquaculture & Aquaponics
• Permablitz

Course Content

Each session is 1 hour 30 minutes.

Day 1

First Session

Making the case for Permaculture/Agro-Ecology

Second Session

Ethics, History of Permaculture, Working Examples

Third Session

Concepts and Themes in Design for Productive Eco-systems

Fourth Session

Designing for Sustainable Communities

Day 2

First Session

Soil Biology Primer & Principles

Second Session

Plants & Soil: symbiotic relationships

Third & Fourth Sessions

Practical: making Specialized Compost, Natural Mineralisation and Worm Farm

Day 3

First Session

Water Principles & Harvesting

Second Session

Earthworks, Designing Water Harvesting Strategies

Third Session

Keyline Design and Grey Water

Fourth Session

Practical: Miniature Earthworks exercise

Day 4

First Session

Climate and Micro-climate

Second Session

Designing Micro-climates

Third Session

Aquaculture

Fourth Session

Aquaponics

Day 5

First Session

Theory and History of Food Forests

Symbiotic Relationships between Productive and Support Species

Second Session

Designing a Food Forest for Dry Climates

Integrated Pest and Disease Management

Third Session

Integration of Animal Systems

Sample Designs for Maximising Plant Spacing and Symbiotic Relationships

Drought-proofing and Fire-proofing

Fourth Session

Practical: Seed Scarification and Tree Planting

Day 6

First Session

Design, Methods and Tools

Second & Third Sessions

Guided Design Exercise through Observation and Analysis

Fourth Session

Where to from now, Questions and Answers