[Ccpg] Keyline Design with Darren Doherty Live Radio Interview Fri, March 30, 9-10 am PST
Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson
lakinroe at silcom.com
Sun Mar 25 06:32:10 PDT 2007
April 21-May 4, 2007
Keyline Design Workshops & Lectures with Darren Doherty in Southern California
Fri, March 30, 9-10 am, Interview with Darren
Doherty, Australian Keyline & Permaculture
Designer & Teacher on Sustainable World Radio,
KCSB 91.9fm, streaming live at www.kcsb.org, and
later found on www.radio4all.net (usually takes about a week).
April 21-May 4, 2007
Keyline Design Workshops & Lectures with Darren
Doherty in Southern California
6 day Workshop Intensive in Goleta, CA (near
Santa Barbara), 2 Day Course in Cuyama, CA (near
Ojai), 1 Day Course in San Luis Obispo, CA. See schedule below.
Soil & Water for Every Farm with Keyline Design
with Darren Doherty, Australian Keyline Designer,
Developer & Manager
<http://www.permaculture.biz/education/>www.permaculture.biz
Darren Doherty is Australian Approved Keyline
Design Farm Planning Consultant (2002)
Whole Farm Planning Certificate ~ Train the
Trainer (University of Melbourne 1995)
Develop your Farm and Ranch to it's full
potential while increasing production,
drought-proofing, creating soil & sequester carbon quickly and cheaply.
DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHOP
The Keyline Design Courses (KDC) in Southern
California will be an intensive blend of
technical & practical sessions and are targeted
at professional land managers & consultants,
earthmovers & anybody interested in practical &
cost-effective broadscale landscape restoration.
The KDC's will outline all of the principles and
techniques involved with the modern, practical
application of Keyline Design. We have developed
both short and longer term events in different
landscapes so that we can cater to participant's
different needs. A really great part of the three
courses will be the demonstration of the famous
Yeomans Keyline Plow - a multi-award winning
implement that harvests water, halts erosion and
creates soil in its wake. Not many plows can
claim that! Carbon sequestration is also an
important by-product of using a Yeomans Keyline
Plow. We will also demonstrate how to use normal
farm & earth moving machinery to harvest & store
water on any farm. All of this has to start with
a plan - the KDC's will take you through the
simple and effective "diagnosis & design" process
that we have used on over 1100 properties world
wide with a blend of low & high tech solutions.
Finally a quick acknowledgment of the kind
assistance of our partners in making these
courses possible: Santa Barbara Permaculture
Network, Yeomans Plow Company, Nutiva Foods,
Quail Springs Permaculture Farm & Earthflow Design Works.
WORKSHOPS AND LECTURE DATES:
April 21 Sat, 10 am - 12 Keyline Design Lecture:
Vista del Mar School District 9467 San Julian
Road, Gaviota, CA 93117 (take Hwy #1 off Hwy #101
N or S and take first left exit to school)
(Keyline plow on display)* $10 donation contact
margie at sbpermaculture.org 805-962-2571
Apr. 22-27, 6 Day Intensive Keyline Workshop near
Goleta on Gaviota Coast, north of Santa Barbara.
CA, Cost $600 ($50 discount if paid by March 20).
Program topics over the 6 days are as follows (and in this order):
History of Keyline Design,
Scales of Permanence,
Keyline Design Applications,
Low Tech Cartography,
Intro to GIS/GIS Software,
Intro to GPS/GPS Applications in Keyline Design,
Quantity Surveying/Project Costing,
Low /Medium Tech Survey Equipment,
High Tech Survey Equipment,
Site Survey & Set Out Techniques,
Land Component Analysis,
Site Analysis Techniques,
Broadacre Soil Improvement Techniques,
Field Soil Analysis Techniques,
Keyline Soil Renovation & Pattern Cultivation,
Rural Tree Establishment, Management & Processing,
Tree Ground Preparation & Establishment,
High Quality Tree Management,
Broadacre KeylineDesign Preparation
Keyline/Water Harvesting Earthworks Design & Construction
Accommodations: Motels can be found in Buellton
to the north (24 miles, less expensive) or Goleta
to the south (15 miles, closer to Santa Barbara,
but more expensive). Closest accommodations would
be camping at two beautiful State Parks: Refugio
State Beach Park (tent camping, no hook-ups) or
El Capitan State Beach (has hook-ups). For more
information & reservations call (805)
968-1033, or visit State Beach website,
www.parks.ca.gov . For more luxurious
accommodations in tent cabins, also very close
by, El Capitan Canyon Resort is available
(www.elcapitancanyon.com , this website is
wonderful for a description of the Gaviota Coast
area where the workshop will take place) Meals
for the workshop are not included, but lunches,
food and other amenities can be purchased at the
El Capitan Canyon Resort store for a 20% discount.
May 1-2, Tues & Wed, Two day Keyline Design
Workshop, Cuyama (north of Ojai, CA)
at Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture
Farm, Cost, $250 ($25 discount if paid by April
10 ) Camping with access to a kitchen (limited
refrigerator space). Meals are provided for $25
for two days. Motel nearby in New Cuyama.
The 2 day Quail Springs KDC is targeted at land
managers who have an interest in applying Keyline
Design techniques on their properties.
Topics will include:
History of Keyline Design,
Scales of Permanence,
Keyline Design Applications,
Low Tech Cartography,
Low Medium Tech Survey Equipment,
Site Analysis Techniques,
Broadacre Soil Improvement Techniques,
Keyline Soil Renovation & Pattern Cultivation,
Keyline/Water Harvesting Earthworks Design & Construction
May 3 Thurs Lecture 7-9 Keyline Design with
Darren Doherty Calpoly University San Luis Obispo
Building 8, Room 123 (This is in the 'BRAE' Ag Engineering Bldg.)
Located on N. Perimeter Drive next to the police
station (just up the hill from the main library)
Visitors must purchase a parking permit ($4 at entrance)
Map of campus can be found
at: <http://www.calpoly.edu/cpmaps/>http://www.calpoly.edu/cpmaps/
For info contact margie at sbpermaculture.org
805-962-2571 or "Hunter Francis" <wfrancis at calpoly.edu>
(805)756-5086 Cosponsored by Sustainable
Agriculture Resource Consortium (SARC)
May 4, Fri, One Day Keyline Design Workshop, San Luis Obispo, CA, Cost $150.
The one day San Luis Obispo workshop is an
overview of KDC with some time in the field. It
is targeted at land managers who have an interest
in applying Keyline Design techniques on their properties.
Topics will include:
History of Keyline Design,
Scales of Permanence,
Keyline Design Applications,
Low Tech Cartography,
Low Medium Tech Survey Equipment,
Site Analysis Techniques,
Broadacre Soil Improvement Techniques,
Keyline Soil Renovation & Pattern Cultivation
Contact for workshop bookings: Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network:, email:
margie at sbpermaculture.org, phone,
805-962-2571,www.sbpermaculture.org/upcoming.html
Please make checks out to Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network (SBPN) with a notation on it
that says KDC (Keyline Design course), and send to:
SB Permaculture Network,
PO Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190.
Please also note workshop you wish to attend.
While on tour, Darren is also available for
consultancy services for ranches & farms if you
want to share this info with anyone you
know. Contact info: Darren J. Doherty,
<mailto:darren at permaculture.biz>darren at permaculture.biz
Tour & Workshops co-sponsored by Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network, EarthFlow Design Works,
Quailsprings Learning Oasis and Permaculture
Farm, Yeomans Plow Company, and Australian Felix Permaculture.
SUGGESTED BOOK ON KEYLINE:
Yeoman's Book Water For Every Farm. by P.A. Yeomans. ISBN 0-646-12954-6.
www.yeomansplow.com.au
BEST ARTICLE ON KEYLINE www.yeomansplow.com.au/basis-of-keyline.htm
What is Keyline Water Management?
Keyline systems of water and soil conservation
were developed in Australia during the 1950's by
P.A. Yeomans as a response to increasing
desertification and erosion of the landscape. His
book Water For Every Farm is an important
resource on holistic farm design. Keyline is a
set of principles and techniques based on a whole
systems approach that works with natural patterns
to restore or increase the depth and fertility of
the soil, while increasing its water holding
capabilities. Keyline integrates terraces, ponds
and cultivation techniques with the natural
landscape to infiltrate water into the soil
efficiently and hold it on the land as long as
possible. In order to truly work with nature,
implementing a Keyline system requires careful
observation and assessment of a site.
>From Article in By Tobias Policha appearing in
the October 2001 issue of Oregon Tilth
www.foodnotlawns.com/keyline_water.html
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