2024 Winter Weekend Permaculture Design Course
FEBRUARY 17 - MARCH 17
Get the same regionally tailored permaculture design education of our yearlong course in this alternative, intensive format designed to prepare you for the upcoming growing season.
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CLASS NOW COMPLETED 〰️ CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES!
WINTER WEEKEND PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE
DATES AND TIMES:
WEEKEND ONE: Saturday Feb 17th – 9-6pm // Sunday Feb 18th – 10-5pm
WEEKEND TWO: Saturday Feb 24th – 9-6pm // Sunday Feb 25th – 10-5pm
WEEKEND THREE: Saturday Mar 2nd – 9-6pm // Sunday Mar 3rd – 10-5pm
WEEKEND FOUR: Saturday Mar 9th – 9-6pm // Sunday Mar 10th — 10-5 pm
WEEKEND FIVE: Saturday Mar 16th – 9-6pm // Sunday Mar 17th – 10-5pm
Hosted at Treasure Lake Regenerative Education Site, Permaculture Forest and Farm in Petersburg, KY with supplemental online content from the TreeYo EDU Online PDC handbook.
THE COURSE
FORMAT & CONTENT
This weekend course features full-day in-person learning experiences at an advanced Permaculture homestead in Northern Kentucky. In-class discussions will be supplemented with an online book and prerecorded lectures to allow for more time touring the property and learning through working systems. Between sessions, students are expected to prepare for the next week by watching the assigned content. However, the vast majority of content, covering the full breadth of permaculture, will be covered in person. We will dive deep into agro-ecology literacy, giving you confidence to grow with nature rather than against. The information and ability to recognize patterns will be your first step into the world of Permaculture Design.
We will cover the following topics throughout the course:
Ethics, Principles, and Methods of Permaculture Design
Pattern Understanding: Interpretation and Application
Climatic Factors: Broad Climatic Zones and Microclimate – Effects on Landscape and Design
Water: Harvesting, Conservation, and landscape hydration with Earthworks
Trees and their Energy Transactions: Tree Systems for landscapes and Tree Identification
Soils: Classification, Food Web, and Restoration
Aquaculture: Food Web, Aquatic Plants, Chinampas, Tyre Ponds, Water Quality Parameters
Animal Systems: Integrate worms, chickens, goats, and many other animals in your design
Strategies for Tropical, Dryland, and Temperate Climates: Influences on Vegetation, Housing, and Earthworks
Introduction to Natural Building: Earth as a Building Material
Fermentation and Nutrition: Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Sourdough Bread and Pickles
Social and Economic Permaculture: Bio-Regional Organization, Living in Communities, Transition Towns and Local Resiliency
And last but not least: A journey into the incredibly biodiverse local ecosystem, which is a unique food forest in its natural structure.
The connections made here in this class will forward your environmental literacy and build community with other proactive stewards.
FINAL DESIGN PROJECTS
The course will end with the required student design projects that will utilize an evolving process. Contingency plans for final project completion and presentation may be arranged with advanced notice for urgent circumstances..
The design project process increases learner retention by allowing for immediate application and direct practice of learned skills while offering a means to evaluates students’ comprehension of the theory and lecture sections of the course. Completing your first design project is a critical step to becoming a successful, effective, and certified Permaculture designer.
The final design project is also considered to be a direct hands-on project because students will be engaged in a collaborative process that will yield a viable design proposal.
TUITION & FEES
Tuition for this course is $975, which includes all course materials and instruction as well as some meals. A deposit of $250 is required to register and secure your seat. Registration deadline is February 10. Payment plans and limited tuition assistance may be available; please contact us to inquire. Accepted payment methods include check, cash, PayPal and credit card (additional processing fee applies).
LEAD TEACHERS
Click on the following link to read more about Doug’s facilitation style and the resources we are happy to share. Furthermore, to view some of the material you can expect during the course, please visit Doug’s TreeYo EDU site.
About Treasure Lake
Treasure Lake is local small business/homestead focused on agricultural production, research, and education. The property has been in the Crouch family since 1983, making Doug's efforts the third generation. It’s a wonderfully scenic place hidden in the hills of the northwestern corner of Northern Kentucky within Boone County. It is only two exits from the airport off I-275 and only 22 miles from downtown Cincinnati (2590 Lawrenceburg Ferry Rd). We have been hard at work developing the broad acre forest for bio-diversity and wild food abundance for 20 plus years through active forest enhancement techniques pioneered by Doug. Furthermore, the following Permaculture Homestead elements and functions that can be experienced are:
Animal Husbandry including goats, sheep, and chickens to manage succession and build soil whilst providing foods and manures
Integrated Alley cropping orchard gardens for food production and plant stock
Extensive Native Food Forest complimented with Tree Crops and specific management techniques to enhance this
Hot & Cold Composting (Vermiculture) systems for boosting soil life, picking up on waste streams, and cycling nutrients
TreeYo Permaculture Edible Landscaping Business Headquarters and research site
Community Building through energy cycling and regenerative education
Registration is Now Closed for This Course
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