Hazel, aka Tom Ward

Hazel aka Tom Ward is a long time resident of the Southern Oregon bioregion first settling there in the early 70's, and has been advising farms and teaching Permaculture for over thirty years. With degrees in Forestry and Botany from Syracuse University, Hazel has taught at Laney College in Oakland CA., D-Q University in Davis CA, and at Thlolego Learning Centre in South Africa among many other institutes and communities. While presently managing a Social Forestry experimental station near Jacksonville, OR, Hazel is demonstrating natural building, fuel hazard materials utilization, multiple products woods-crafting, wildlife enhancement and desert forest water management. Hazel has taught dozens of permaculture courses over the last 30 years, primarily in Southern Oregon and northern California, as well as Taiwan, Seattle, Portland and Sacramento. These include the PDC, Permaculture Teachers Training, and advanced courses in Optical Surveying, Social Forestry and Design. He was a frequent co-instructor with the late Toby Hemenway. Hazel holds permaculture diplomas from Bill Mollison's Institute, as well as from PINA. In conjunction with Siskiyou Permaculture, Hazel is the author of Greenward Ho! Herbal Home Remedies: An Ecological Approach to Sustainable Health, and is working on a book on Social Forestry. Hazel does public speaking on all aspects of permaculture with recent topics being Social Forestry, Seasonal Work on the Ecological Calendar, Becoming Indigenous to the Siskiyous and Envisioning a Permanent Culture in the Rogue Valley. Recent storytelling events have centered around a vision of the Siskiyou region in the 22nd century.