[Sdpg] December PCDC 2003 , Oregon

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

13th Annual Permaculture Design Course at Lost Valley Educational  Center

December 1-12, 2003
in Dexter, Oregon
www.lostvalley.org

This intensive 2-week course brings together three of the leading
practitioners and teachers of permaculture in the US: Toby Hemenway, Jude
Hobbs, and Rick Valley. If you are seriously interested in permaculture,
this course is a great way to dive in.

In this course you will learn to weave ecologically sound design patterns 
that connect the earth, people, plants and animals. This intensive course, 
covering both the theory and practice of permaculture, will create in-depth 
learning that will give participants a  working knowledge of permaculture 
design and implementation. The course will include hands-on projects, 
lectures, discussions, slide shows, field  trips and design projects.

Topics will include:
         * Permaculture philosophy and methodology
         * Observation skills and site analysis
         * Natural cycles and pattern recognition
         * Ponds, swales and keyline systems
         * Soil building, erosion control
         * Animals and their place in the system
         * Edible landscaping, organic gardening
         * Integrated pest management
         * Agroforestry management and tree crops
         * Appropriate technology and housing
         * Energy conservation
         * Urban permaculture and village design
         * Community economics
         * And more

Certification: upon completion of the course, participants will be 
certified as Permaculture Design Trainees and entitled to use the term 
"Permaculture" in pursuit of a livelihood and for educational purposes.
Instructors:
Toby Hemenway is the author of "Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale
Permaculture" (http://www.patternliteracy.com) and associate editor of
Permaculture Activist. His writing has appeared in Whole Earth Review,
Natural Home, and other national magazines.
Jude Hobbs is a horticulturist, permaculture designer, and 
instructor.  Since 1982, Jude's landscape design business has provided 
environmental design solutions for urban and rural settings. She has 
written A Guide to Multi-Functional Hedgerows for Oregon State University 
Extension Service, and tends a forest garden in Eugene, Oregon. 
(cascadiapermaculture.com)

Rick Valley  has helped pioneer bamboo as a new crop in the Maritime 
Northwest for twenty years with his nursery Northern Groves.  He is 
particularly knowledgeable about wetlands restoration, underutilized 
plants, seed gathering, culinary herbs and fiber plants and working with 
design and construction of ponds and other earthworks.

Fee: $900-$1100 sliding scale (includes organic vegetarian meals and lodging).

  To register or for more info contact:
See our website http://www.lostvalley.org or call 541-937-3351 or write
Lost Valley Educational Center, 81868 Lost Valley Lane, Dexter, OR 97431


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