9-day Edible Forest Garden Design Intensive with Dave Jacke, who was guest speaker at SBCC Center for Sustainability's Benefit for Mesa Harmony Gardens (emerging food forest) October 2011...

Edible Ecosystems Emerging: Food Forestry for the 21st Century
9-Day Forest Garden Design Intensive

September 14th - 23rd, 2012   
Near Portland, Oregon, USA
Dave rarely teaches on the west coast, please share this with your friends and colleagues who might be interested in attending.
This course expected to fill, so please register early!!

With:
   Dave Jacke, primary author of Edible Forest Gardens
   Juliette Jones of Pittsburgh Food Forests, and Friends

 Forest ecosystems exhibit many beneficial properties we humans would be wise to emulate in our culture, agriculture and horticulture:


These qualities emerge from the dynamics of the forest as a whole system, not from any one or more of the elements that comprise the forest alone.  To design productive edible ecosystems that express these same qualities, we must understand forest structures, functions, patterns, and processes, and use this knowledge wisely.

In this nine-day intensive course, you will dive deeply into the vision, theory, and practice of designing wholesome, dynamic, and resilient edible ecosystems using temperate deciduous forests as models.  Dave Jacke and his teaching team will offer lectures, site walks, and experiential exercises to help you understand how the architecture, social structure, underground economics, and successional processes of natural forests apply to the design of edible ecosystems of all kinds. 

You'll learn a variety of ecological design processes while designing a range of food-producing ecologies at our host farm.  We'll also engage with issues of garden management, economics, and the deep paradigmatic shifts required to succeed at cocreating “humanatural” landscapes and cultures.  You will leave inspired and empowered to design food forests at home for yourself, and your friends, neighbors and clients.

Biographies:
Dave Jacke holds a MA from the Conway School of Landscape Design and was the lead author of the award winning two-volume book Edible Forest Gardens. He owns and operates Dynamics Ecological Design in Greenfield, MA, and teaches forest gardening and advanced permaculture throughout the United States, Canada, and overseas. www.edibleforestgardens.com

Juliette Jones designs, installs and manages urban and community forest gardens through Pittsurgh Permaculture, including the Hazelwood Food Forest, the city’s first.  Juliette also teaches at Phipps Conservatory, and through Chatham University’s graduate Food Studies Program.  www.pittsburghpermaculture.org/

 Costs:  Sliding scale from $1,200 to $1,500

    Tuition includes all course materials, all meals, homestays or tent space, & complete (rustic) facilities.
    Local commuters very welcome, but will be expected to share all meals if possible.
    All payments above $1,200 go directly to our scholarship fund!
    Scholarship candidates please email Jenny Pell for an application.

Donations to our scholarship fund are greatly appreciated and can be made by clicking on the "Donate" button below.

Cancellation Policy:  There is a $350 non-refundable deposit to reserve your space.  If you cancel your registration, you will get a refund of $850.  Any donations to the scholarship fund are non-refundable.

Available Spots:  We have 27 total spots for this course.  This class is likely to fill early, as David Jacke rarely teaches on the West Coast.  Early registration helps facilitate our planning enormously thank you  for registering early and thank you for supporting our scholarship fund if you can.
 
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Jenny Pell at Permaculture Now!
hosting Dave, so please contact Jenny directly with any questions.
jennypell@gmail.com
(206) 949-0496
Questions:  Please contact Jenny Pell:  jennypell@gmail.com, (206) 949-0496.
Price: $1200.00 (USD



Margie Bushman
Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability
 http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/
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