On week two of our advanced Permaculture Design Course, Nemawashi Permaculture with Rick Valley and Matthew English put together a hands on intensive design course focused on Forest Gardening and Orchard Remediation.
The course progressed through several iterations including survey, design, implementation, and evaluation. The design process spiraled between several projects of differing scales giving students the chance to integrate learning with hands on application as well as immersion in native forest systems.
Our focus for the course was participatory design and education, relying on the group for much of the scheduling and organization. At ties this approach can be challenging, but the rewards are immense when a group clicks and starts to integrate learning with leadership.
Our workshop covered propagation, planting, pruning, grafting, bamboo management in forest gardening, earthworks and trails for forest gardening, and orchard maintenance and remediation. The knowledge that was shared is being used to help continue propagating useful and edible plants in our nursery, regenerate the ample orchards on The Farm, and
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