Permaculture Events in North America

Goals: 1) Be fluent with the design process and able to hit the ground running for any project. 2) Have a deeper understanding of how context drives decision-making in permaculture design. 3) Have honed a variety of skills useful for improving permaculture designs you’re doing for yourself, family and friends, or in a professional setting. 4) Have produced a design for a real world client that can provide a start or a boost for your design portfolio. 5) Have gained a deeper understanding of the details required for some of the most frequently encountered design scenarios. See website for details.

Sharpen your eyes. Basic surveying and layout are essential skillsets for every farmer, homesteader, designer and consultant. In this 6 day course, Hazel teaches the use of analog surveying tools, along with advanced skills in keyline, pond and swale layout, mapping and other core knowledge necessary for design and execution of permaculture projects. Learn swale, terrace, ditch and pond layout, cross-sections, solar assessment, building orientation and pad layout, compass and map reading. We will use hand tools such as sight levels, pocket transits, builders levels, A-frames and various vertical measurement rods, as well as measuring tapes and wheels.