permaculture

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>]

Hi All,

Welcome to our listing of upcoming classes scheduled for Summer-Fall, 
2011.  All ages and levels of experience are invited. Please feel free 
to contact us with any questions and let others Please let us know if 
you have any questions and feel free to send this info to everyone who 
might be interested!

_Upcoming Courses:_
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**Fall 2011 Permaculture Design Course (PDC) **
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**Special Workshop: Make an Herbal Body Kit**
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**3. *****Discovering the Soil Foodweb, with Dr. Elaine Ingham -LA DATES 
& Worldwide Webinar***
**4. *****Introduction to Permaculture & Seedball Workshop***
**5. Public Talk:  Gardening Like the Forest, Dave Jacke**
**6. Workshop: ****Gardening Like the Forest, Dave Jacke**
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*Fall 2011 Permaculture Design Course (PDC) *

Registration Deadline: Sept. 12  Absolutely no sign-ups past this date. 
 Limited seating; first come, first serve basis


Sept.-Nov. 2011

/Every other weekend/

/8:30am-5:30pm/


/Join us in our 3rd PDC, as always with a stellar line-up of teachers - 
Back by popular demand! /

/Please register early as course fills quickly.

This hands-on PDC unites theory with practical applications. Our 
transformative, 80-hour curriculum prepares individuals to become 
pro-active ecological designers, and covers the following topics:

*• Permaculture Principles and Ethics • Rapid Soil Rehabilitation • 
Designing with the Patterns of Nature • Water Harvesting • Food Forests 
• Regenerating Resilient Communities • Animal Systems  • Aquaculture • 
Renewable Energy Solutions • Homesteading*

*During our last PDC, we designed a premier permaculture garden for our 
client, the CEO of the LA Arboretum.  Join us this fall as we install 
the garden, and design future projects!*

The course provides the crucial foundation in systems thinking that 
enables individuals to play an active role in holistically regenerating 
our landscapes, food systems, and communities.  An environment of 
support and unity between classmates is fostered to promote 
collaboration and a strong network of fellow designers.

Taught by experts in the  field, you will get a deep understanding of 
permaculture from a scientific background.

*INSTRUCTORS:*
*Elaine Ingham, PhD*,  Chief Scientist, The Rodale Institute, Soil Foodweb
*Dave Jacke*,  Award-winning author of Edible Forest Gardens
*Warren Brush*,   Quail Springs Learning Center
*Caitlin Bergman*,  SayPermaculture!, Sweet-Soil, Soil Foodweb/

/*Owen Hablutze*l,  Permacuture Research Institute USA
*Adam Wolpert*, //International Communities, Occidental Arts & Ecology 
Center (OAEC)/

/...and more!

*DATES:*
September 24 & 25
October 8 & 9
October 22 & 23
November 5 & 6
November 19 & 20

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/8:30am-5:30pm/

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*LOCATION:
*The Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden
301 N Baldwin Ave
Arcadia, CA 91007

*TO REGISTER:* 626-821-4623 / Jill.Berry@Arboretum.org 
<mailto:Jill.Berry@Arboretum.org>
*FULL DETAILS:* http://www.SayPermaculture.com 
<http://saypermaculture.com/2011-fall-permaculture-design-course/%20> /

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*Special Workshop: Make an Herbal Body Kit*
****Sunday, August 28th
4-7pm
$60 members / $65 non-members

Caitlin Bergman, Instructor

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/Seating Limited; Pre-Registration Required/

Please call 626.821.4623 to register or email jill.berry@arboretum.org
*Click here* 
<http://saypermaculture.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/herbal-body-kit-flyer.pdf>* to 
view flyer*

Join us for a fun and relaxing summer evening making homemade, 
premier-quality body care products. For a sliver of the cost of normal 
shelf products, we will be creating blends utilizing simple, organic, 
safe ingredients suited to your own personal skin care needs. You’ll get 
to take home the products you make, along with the knowledge to keep on 
making more!

You will receive a brief background on creating herbal preparations as 
well as special backyard herbs suitable for use on your beautiful, 
glowing body. Most of class is hands-on on crafting products with 
like-minded participants.

Did you know that everything that comes into contact with our skin, such 
as moisturizers, perfumes, and haircare products gets absorbed into our 
bodies? Learn to make your own healthy, rejuvenating skin care kit 
complete with: body balm, masque, scrub, hydrosol, and more!
Please come prepared to make and sample our creations.

*LOCATION: *
The Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden

301 N Baldwin Ave

Arcadia, CA 91007


*FULL DETAILS:* www.SayPermaculture.com <http://saypermaculture.com/events/>


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/SweetSoil & The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical 
Gardens Present:/

*Discovering the Soil Foodweb, with Dr. Elaine Ingham, PhD*


October 22-26, 2011
Los Angeles, CA*
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Whether you're growing in planters or backyards, Discovering the Soil 
Foodweb will unlock the yield barrier, allowing your gardens to thrive 
beautifully, while eliminating disease and pests.  If you are looking to 
save money for yourself and clients, or want to make the move towards 
sustainability, this workshop is for you.

Give your plants biology to increase green growth, flowers, and veggies, 
while increasing moisture retention in the soil from 30-50% and save 
hundreds of dollars on fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides by 
working with your biological workforce.  Do you know the optimum 
bacteria:fungi ratio for your plants?  Every plant is different.

Until recently, we have only understood the chemical aspect of plant 
relationships.  Dr. Ingham describes the inseparable relationship 
between microbes and plants in a friendly, easy-to-understand way.  Find 
out how to make your plants healthy in any setting by increasing soil 
biology, nature's true gift for healthy plants.  Join us!  Get a jump on 
productivity in your farm or garden setting.



*Elaine Ingham, PhD* is Chief Scientist at The Rodale Institute.  She is 
recognized around the world as the leader in soil microbiology and 
research of the soil foodweb.  Elaine is an energetic, down-to-earth 
speaker who explains what life in the soil is all about.

*TO REGISTER:* *www.LASweetSoil.Eventbrite.com*
Sign-up for full course or individual days.


Day 1 & 2:  Intro. to the Soil Foodweb
Day 3:  Compost Technology
Day 4:  Compost Tea Technology
Day 5:  Light Microscope Training


*LOCATION:*
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Rd.
San Marino, CA 91008


*FULL DETAILS:* http://www.Sweet-Soil.com 
<http://www.sweet-soil.com/work-we-do/courses/elaine-ingham/>

*QUESTIONS*:   (415) 699-0916  /  cait_bergman@yahoo.com


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*Introduction to Permaculture & Seedball Workshop*

Saturday, August 27
10am-12noon/
$25 Arboretum members/$28 non-members/

//Caitlin Bergman, Instructor/
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Join our exciting, interactive lecture and hands-on demonstrations as we 
learn how to create a food forest in our own backyard.  Have you ever 
wondered why growing your own vegetables can be so difficult?  Learn to 
work like nature, not against it.  Discover a quickly growing revolution 
in sustainable gardening where overlooked materials become free 
resources, yields increase, work is minimized, and the mutual support 
between people and the local environment is restored.  This seminar will 
give participants an understanding of the key concepts involved in 
Permaculture and you’ll get to bring home seedballs too!  Dress comfortably.

*LOCATION*:
The Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden
301 N Baldwin Ave
Arcadia, CA 91007

*TO REGISTER:* 626.821.4623 / jill.berry@arboretum.org
*FULL DETAILS:* http://saypermaculture.com/events/


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*Public Talk-*

*Gardening Like the Forest: Home-Scale Ecological Food Production*
Friday, Oct. 7th, 7-9 pm
/$20 members / $25 non-members/

/Dave Jacke, Instructor/


*/BONUS: Fall 2011 Arboretum Permaculture Design Course Students take 
this course FREE!/*

Healthy forests maintain, fertilize, and renew themselves, naturally. 
Wouldn’t you like to grow an abundant food-producing ecosystem like this 
in your back yard? You can! Edible forest gardens mimic the structure 
and function of natural forests through all their stages of development 
while growing food, fuel, fiber, fodder, fertilizers, farmaceuticals, 
and fun. We can meet our own needs and regenerate healthy ecosystems at 
the same time!

This talk introduces the vision of forest gardening, some scientific 
background, a few living examples, and a sampling of perennial edibles 
you can use in your own garden.  We’ll also touch on ecological 
principles that lie at the core of forest garden design, and apply 
equally well to how we might design human social systems.

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*Workshop-
Gardening Like the Forest: Steps To Ecological Gardening*
Saturday, October 8th, 8:30-5:00
Sunday, October 9th, 8:30-3:30
/$195 includes Public Talk (10/7)/


*BONUS*: /Fall 2011 Arboretum Permaculture Design Course Students take 
this course FREE!/

Ecosystem agriculture attempts to mimic the structure and function of 
natural communities in food-producing ecologies. This workshop explores 
the vision, theory, design, and practice of ecosystem agriculture. 
Lectures, field observations, and experiential classes will reveal the 
nature of ecosystem architecture, social structure, underground 
economics, and succession. Participants will draw conclusions from these 
experiences, developing practical design principles, practices, 
patterns, and processes for garden design and management.  You will 
leave this workshop with an increased ability to design your own 
backyard food-producing ecosystems.  The cost of the weekend workshop 
includes the Friday night lecture, which will lay critical groundwork 
for these two days.


*Dave Jacke*, primary author of the award winning two-volume book Edible 
Forest Gardens, has studied ecology and design since the 1970s, and has 
run his own design firm—Dynamics Ecological Design—since 1984. An 
engaging and passionate teacher of ecological design and permaculture, 
Dave has designed, built, and planted landscapes, homes, farms, and 
communities in the many parts of the United States, as well as overseas. 
A co-founder of Land Trust at Gap Mountain in Jaffrey, NH, he 
homesteaded there for a number of years. Dave holds a B.A. in 
Environmental Studies from Simon's Rock College and a M.A. in Landscape 
Design from the Conway School of Landscape Design.

**LOCATION*:
The Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden
301 N Baldwin Ave
Arcadia, CA 91007*

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*TO REGISTER:* 626-821-4623 / Jill.Berry@Arboretum.org 
<mailto:Jill.Berry@Arboretum.org>
*FULL DETAILS:* http://SayPermaculture.com 
<http://saypermaculture.com/2011-fall-garden-like-the-forest-with-dave-jacke/>

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Hoping many of you can join us!

Caitlin


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Caitlin Bergman
Permaculture Designer, Consultant, & Educator
www.SayPermaculture.com <http://www.SayPermaculture.com>

Project Manager, Sweet-Soil
www.Sweet-Soil.com <http://www.Sweet-Soil.com>

Soil Foodweb Advisor
www.SoilFoodweb.com <http://www.SoilFoodweb.com>

ph: 626-278-8299