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Designing Perennial Polycultures

An Intermediate Edible Ecosystems Weekend

with

Dave Jacke, Dynamics Ecological Design 

Johann Rinkens & Lindsay Napolitano, Fields Without Fences

The Ecological Essence of Edible Ecosystems

Evening Talk, Friday Night, May 29, 2015 7-9 PM

Duke Farms Orientation Center, Hillsborough Township, NJ

Mimicking natural ecosystems in our farms and gardens promises the 

regeneration of healthy ecological functions while meeting our food and other material needs.  What forms the essence of this way of seeing, thinking, and horticultural practice?  We’ll frame and review core concepts of ecosystem mimicry, explore some historical and recent examples, and take apart a system or two to see how they tick.  Come ready to have your worldview challenged while having fun along the way.

This public introductory talk also serves as the opening of the two-day weekend workshop, providing concepts central to the observation and design experiences we’ll explore together Saturday and Sunday. Co-sponsored by Duke Farms. Tickets: $10 

Designing Perennial Polycutures

Weekend Workshop, Sat & Sun, May 30-31, 2015 

Saturday, 8:30 AM-5 PM, BYO lunch, with potluck dinner

Sunday, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM, BYO lunch

Fields Without Fences, Frenchtown, NJ

How do we create healthy edible ecosystems?  Conscious 

ecological design provides the key. With clear scientific theory and practical design processes we can combine plants into effective guilds and  polycultures, and polyculture patches into functional habitats.  When we do so, beneficial ecosystem properties emerge: minimal competition, maximum cooperation, additive yielding, and reduced work and outside inputs.  

This multi-faceted two-day workshop explores the essential ecological theories and design processes behind habitat, guild, and polyculture design. We’ll apply the science, observe and interact with in-ground systems, and analyze and design plant polycultures.  You will leave having experienced more than one way to design guilds and polycultures, with practical tools and information in hand so you can go forth and design on your own.  Be ready to be outdoors in all weather, develop new skills, and learn with and from others in a layered educational ecosystem!

Fri-Sun Cost: $225, space is limited.

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DAVE JACKE

A student of ecology and design since the 1970s, Dave Jacke has run his own ecological design firm—Dynamics Ecological Design—since 1984.  He is primary author of the two-volume book Edible Forest Gardens, fast becoming a classic in its field.  An engaging, passionate and meticulous ecological designer and educator, Dave has designed, built, and planted landscapes, homes, farms, and communities in the many parts of the United States, as well as overseas.  He holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a minor in Land Use Planning from Simon's Rock College (1980) and a M.A. in Landscape Design from the Conway School of Landscape Design (1984).  He now homesteads an eagle’s flight from the Connecticut River in Montague, MA.

FIELDS WITHOUT FENCES

Partners Johann Rinkens & Lindsay Napolitano are the co-founders and operators of Fields Without Fences, an organic farm & regenerative design service based in Hunterdon County, NJ.  Approaching cultivation from a restorative perspective, they have introduced diverse native flora back into the landscape, developed passive water retention systems, and implemented a productive successional reforestation of their small farm site. Together they are certified permaculture designers, farmers, foragers, herbalists, and deep ecology thinkers restoring health & integrity to our ecological landscapes.

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Dave Jacke
Dynamics Ecological Design
33 E. Taylor Hill Rd. • Montague, MA • 01351
603-831-1298 • davej AT edibleforestgardens.com

Visit www.edibleforestgardens.com for information on or to purchase my award-winning two-volume book, Edible Forest Gardens.

Mark Krawczyk and I are now writing a new book on Coppice Agroforestry!  Find out more at 
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