Heathcote Permaculture Design Certificate Course

Heathcote Community & School of Living Hosts:

Home-Scale PERMACULTURE

Design Certificate Course

Guided by ethical behavior, Permaculture is a system of designing
ecologically inspired landscapes that integrate home food production, energy,
shelter and water. Participants will
learn:

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  Observation and site
  analysis to identify resource opportunities
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  Bioregional ecosystems,
  diversity and natural patterns
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  How to protect local
  watersheds and restore wildlife habitat
• 
  Water harvesting and
  management in the landscape; detoxification with rain gardens
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  Nutrient recycling with
  grey water and composting toilets
• 
  Identification of
  microclimates and zone planning for efficiency
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  Renewable energy systems
  and small-scale appropriate technology
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  Natural building and passive-solar
  home retrofitting
• 
  Fruit growing with forest
  gardens and plant guild design
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  Intensive no-till food
  gardening, soil regeneration and composting
• 
  How to cultivate
  forests, grains and cash crops
• 
  Integration of domestic
  animals and aquaculture
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  Social/economic
  strategies for urban/community scale food, energy and water security &
  more!

Instructor: As a Permaculture designer, architect, and life-long organic
gardener, Patty Ceglia is passionate about finding the ecological balance for
productive potential of every site. She teaches at Wilson College, where her
students practice hands-on strategies at the 160 acre Center for Sustainable Living.

Six Weekends Fall 2011
& Spring 2012
Sept. 10-11; Oct. 1-2;
Nov. 5-6 Mar. 3-4; Mar. 31 – Apr. 1; Apr. 28-29

Sliding scale fee:
Early bird $800 -
$1,000
After August 10: $900
- $1,100

Register online at: http://www.heathcote.org/cms/content/registration-form-home-scale-permaculture-design-course

For more information:
Visit: http://www.heathcote.org/cms/content/home-scale-permaculture-design-course
Call: 410-357-9523
Email: education@heathcote.org