OUR MISSION
To educate individuals and organizations on Permaculture in order to catalyze a resilient culture in the Cincinnati Bioregion. Leveraging symbiotic opportunities for practical regenerative results.
OUR VISION
Our diverse community builds its own resilient future; one plant, one person, one community at a time.
OUR ORGANIZATIOn
Meet our incomparable cohort of Board Members and Teachers, and see what we have in stock at our nonprofit edible perennial nursery, Growing Value.
What We've Achieved
Permaculture Design Certifications:
Graduated 200 + Certified Designers in Cincinnati and our Region
Every year since 2008 we have held our Annual PDC's
Currently 25+ courses hosted
10+ Teachers
Hosted at over 20 sites demonstrating Permaculture around the Cincinnati Area with everything from off grid living, food forests & Permaculture Gardens and farms, Keyline Design, Regenerative Livestock Management, School Gardens, Public Forage Gardens
Countless Weekend Workshops on subjects ranging from Food Forests to Rocket Mass Heaters
International Development Training for Development Workers in Morocco
Organized a 9 day training in Earthship/Tiny house construction
Supported and Headed up the development of numerous Community Forage Gardens, Community Orchards, Community and School Gardens
Created and Developed the City's first Permaculture based nursery, Growing Value, supplying the City with sources of Hardy Perennial Edibles.
Our students have gone on to become National Best Selling Authors on the subject, started Million Dollar companies in Sustainable Technologies, Run Non-Profits and organizations dedicated to social and ecological justice, started school and community gardens, started their own design consultancies or just go to live sustainably on or off the grid turning their ecological footprint from a negative to a positive!
