Permaculture Design Certificate Course

Enjoy the bounty & beauty of an edible landscape… Reduce your dependency on fossil fuels… Replenish the water table…Tap your own natural resources: sun, wind, water, soil, flora & fauna…    

Home-scale Permaculture Design Certificate Course

Starting Sept. 15-16, 2012!!

Permaculture, a term originated by Australian ecologists, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, means permanent culture.  Using both ancient and modern knowledge, this methodology mimics universal patterns found in nature to create healthy human habitats.  Guided by ethical behavior, Permaculture is a system of designing ecologically inspired landscapes that integrate home food production, energy, shelter and water.  Participants will learn:

• A step-by-step design process that taps your creative genius
• Observation and site analysis to identify resource opportunities
• Bioregional ecosystems, diversity and natural patterns
• How to protect local watersheds and restore wildlife habitat
• Water harvesting and management in the landscape; detoxification with rain gardens  
• Nutrient recycling with grey water and composting toilets
• Identification of microclimates and zone planning for efficiency
• Renewable energy systems and small-scale appropriate technology
• Natural building and passive-solar home retrofitting
• Fruit growing with forest gardens and plant guild design
• Intensive no-till food gardening, soil regeneration and composting
• How to cultivate forests, grains and cash crops
• Integration of domestic animals and aquaculture
• Social/economic strategies for urban/community scale food, energy and water security

Instructor: As a Permaculture designer, architect, and life-long organic gardener, Patty Ceglia is passionate about finding the ecological balance for productive potential of every site.  She teaches at Wilson College, where her students practice hands-on strategies at the 160 acre Center for Sustainable Living.

Teaching Assistant: Kim Walsh serves as the Executive Director of Chesapeake Education, Arts, and Research Society, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Greenbelt, Maryland and supports the numerous volunteer driven projects that integrate the arts, inter-generational education, and environmental stewardship within the Chesapeake Watershed. 

Co-sponsored by:  SCHOOL OF LIVING, HEATHCOTE COMMUNITY and CHESAPEAKE EDUCATION, ARTS & RESEARCH SOCIETY (CHEARS).

Course location: Cromwell Valley Park, 2002 Cromwell Bridge Rd, Towson, MD (Baltimore County)

Six Weekends                                                               
Fall 2012 & Spring 2013                         
Sept. 15-16; Oct. 6-7; Nov. 3-4

                                  
Mar. 16-17; Apr. 13-14; May 18-19 

Sliding scale fee: 
Early bird $900 - $1,100
After August 15: $1,000 - $1,200

Group discount:  $50 per person if working on the same project

Register online at:  http://www.heathcote.org/cms/content/registration-form-home-scale-permaculture-design-course 

For more information: 
Visit:  http://www.heathcote.org/cms/content/home-scale-permaculture-design-course 
Call: 410-357-9523   
Email: education@heathcote.org

"Through the collective intentional efforts of many individuals, a healing momentum can transform our planet into the radiant life source it is intended to be."