Welcome

 We have decided to bring all of our individual workshops together for one day! This hands-on gardening workshop will cover: gardening basics, composting and vermicomposting, building healthy soil, building raised beds, sheet mulching, no-till methods, choosing the right annual and perennial fruits and vegetables for our zone, seeds vs. transplants, culinary and medicinal herbs, attracting pollinators, natural weed management, and growing shiitakes.
The proceeds from this event will help us provide future free educational workshops for the community, and will help cover start-up costs including seeds and supplies for our new farming operation. We will also be able to help La Vista with expenses such as the water bill, propane, and farm operating costs.
Thank you for your support. 

 Are you ready for the next step in becoming a changemaker in your own community? Would you like to learn how to apply permaculture to your own life and your community?

Permaculture is an ecological design lens largely based on indigenous wisdom to view the big-picture perspective of earth and its inhabitants. Permaculture examines the interconnectedness of living systems on earth and how we can observe and interact with these systems in ways that increase the health and well being of all life on earth.

We will be diving deep into social applications for ecological problems.

Grow Create Inspire presents a 72-hour Permaculture Design Course. The course will run one weekend per month for 6 months.

The cost is $950

Scholarships are available.

The course will cover:

Introduction to Permaculture

Permaculture Ethics and Principles

The Local Ecosystem

Climates, Microclimates, and Biogeography

Patterns and Pattern Application

Design Methods and Design Process

The Home System, zones, and sector analysis

Water and Earthworks

Soil Science, Soil Building, and Soil Health

Trees, Forests, Plants, Guilds, Food Forests and Cultivated Ecologies

Animals and integrating animals into permaculture systems

Gardening and regenerative agriculture

Aquaponics and aquaculture

The Built Environment

Waste and Bioremediation

Appropriate Technology

Designing for Catastrophe

Urban and suburban Permaculture

Landscape Design and Edible Landscaping

Designing for Invisible Structures

Economic Systems and alternative currencies

Land access, land grants, and community gardens

Ecovillage and Neighborhood Design

Each participant will create a Permaculture Design Project.

Attendance of all weekends is required for the certificate.