permaculture

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson <lakinroe@silcom.com>]

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network and the Permaculture Institute of 
Southern California present
Thinking like a Watershed
with Dr. Bill Roley
Director, Permaculture Institute of So. California
Slide Show & Lecture

Thursday Nov 11 7 PM Donation $5
Oak Grove School. Ojai, Ca
220 West Lomita Ave. Ojai 93023; 805-646-8236
A proposed afternoon watershed analysis of the school will be done from 1-5 
PM Contact Robin Godfrey, 805-646-8236 at Oak Grove School
Fee to be determinded

Friday Nov. 12, 7pm, Donation $5

location: Community Environmental Council's
South Coast Watershed Resource Center
Arroyo Burro Beach, 2981 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara

Explore watershed issues applying Permaculture principles and design
techniques that interconnect your home and backyard to the whole watershed. 
The land around your home is a vital part of the watershed. How that land 
is managed -- one lot at a time-- can have a significant impact on your 
city's flood protection, water supply, air and water quality. Permaculture 
techniques can help control erosion, reduce flooding, minimize water 
pollution, improve groundwater recharge and enhance wildlife habitat.
Potential sunset restaurant meeting 5 PM
Contact Santa Barbara Permaculture Network 805-962-2571 sbpcnet@silcom.com 
www.sbpermaculture.org

Saturday Nov 13
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

HORT 350: How to Think Like a Watershed: Collect, Conserve, and Clean the 
Water in Santa Barbara

Saturday, November 13, 9:00 a.m. Noon, and 1:00 4:00 p.m.
LIMIT 25 PLEASE SIGN UP BY NOV 1 TO MAKE SURE COURSE HAPPENS

This workshop explores the factors necessary to maintain regenerative
cycles within our healthy watersheds. A series of plans and strategies,
based on permaculture techniques utilizing soil-water-plant designs,
illustrate successful projects that can be integrated into the community
environmental fabric. A tour of the watershed beginning at the SB Botanic 
Garden, the Natural History Museum, Eseling Park and the Arroyo Beach 
Watershed Resource Center will round out a day of adventure finishing at 
the restaurant at Arroyo Beach and the Best Management Practices of its owner.
Efforts in ecological restoration and water
harvesting features improve our sense of stewardship and the biological
integrity of the ecology of watersheds. Please bring a sack lunch.

Instructor: Dr. Bill Roley

Location: Blaksley Library (SB Botanic Gardens) and the South Coast 
Watershed Resource Center (Arroyo Burro)

On the South Coast, from Point Conception to Rincon Creek, there are 
approximately 50 short steep watersheds that start in Santa Ynez Mountains 
flow, through the foothills and coastal plain and ultimately empty into the 
Pacific Ocean. The Santa Ynez Mountains are unusual in California because 
of the east-west alignment. Once part of the ocean floor, they were formed 
of hard shale and sandstone that was uplifted, folded, faulted and eroded 
over time. Many of the creeks flowing from these mountains are dry for five 
or six months a year. When it rains however, large volumes of water move 
across these areas flushing pollutants and sometimes creating a flood 
control challenge due to the number of people living in the natural flood 
plain and their pattern of settlement.

Present day Santa Barbara and surrounding areas feature a vibrant culture 
with Latinos, European, Asian and Native American influence. The 200 census 
found that 201,000 people live on the South coast. Within 15 years, this 
number is expected to increase to 234,000. This growing population lives 
along a strip of coast 5 miles wide, 26 miles long, bordered on the North 
by Santa Ynez Mountains and on the South by the Pacific. As our population 
grows, more pollutants put an increase strain on our watershed system and 
jeopardize our health. We cannot continue in this way without harming our 
waterways.

REGISTRATION
How To Think Like A Watershed:
Collect, Conserve, and Clean the Water in Santa Barbara
Sat Nov 13
9-noon, and 1-4pm
$40 members/$50 non-members/$25 students
Contact Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens 805-682-4726 ext 102 Tues-Fri 9-4pm 
to register,

LIMIT 25 PLEASE SIGN UP BY NOV 1 TO MAKE COURSE HAPPEN
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
1212 Mission Canyon Rd
Santa Barbara CA 93105-2126
Location, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Blaksley Library and the South 
Coast Watershed Resource Center