Eugene Permaculture Guild

Dear fellow plant enthusiasts,

We are happy to announce the schedule for the upcoming Native Plants and Permaculture Gathering at Lost Valley Educational Center. Early registration continues through March 31; regular registration continues until the event or until we are full. Check www.lostvalley.org/nature for updated information. We hope to see you there!

Native Plants and Permaculture: A Gathering of Plant Enthusiasts
May 11-13, 2007, at Lost Valley Educational Center, Dexter, OR
We will be seeking common ground between the Native Plant and Permaculture communities in developing ecologically-integrated self-sustenance and native habitat preservation in the Pacific Northwest.
Schedule (subject to change):

Friday, May 11: getting to know the site and one another
3 pm Registration and check-in begin
3:30 pm-6 pm Nature Trail, Permaculture, and Garden Walks, Tours, and Activities — Tobias Policha (Institute of Contemporary Ethnobotany), Devon Bonady (Fern Hill Nursery), Rick Valley, Marcus Lorusso, Chris Roth (Lost Valley Educational Center), and others
6 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Welcome and Meeting Circle facilitated by Michael Pilarski (Friends of the Trees Society), followed by Networking, Resource-Sharing, and Music

Saturday, May 12: natives, nonnatives, and finding common ground
7:30 am Breakfast
9 am Introduction — Michael Pilarski (Friends of the Trees Society), Melanie Rios (Maitreya Ecovillage), and Sharon Blick (School Garden Project)
9:10 am Why Native Plants?: A Brief Overview – Marcia Cutler (Native Plant Society of Oregon)
9:20 am False Brome Control at Buford Park: An Integrated Approach to Vegetation Management — Jason Blazar (Friends of Buford Park, Camas Educational Network)
9:40 am The Challenges of Native Habitat Conservation and Restoration — Ed Alverson (The Nature Conservancy)
10 am Sustainable Approaches to Ecological Restoration and Habitat Mending — Stephanie Schroeder (Walama Restoration Project)
(10:20 am break)
10:30 am Wildcrafting Weeds in the Pacific Northwest — Michael Pilarski (Friends of the Trees Society)
10:50 am Invasion Biology: Science or Pseudoscience? — David Theodoropoulos (author, Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience)
11:10 am What Did You Eat for Breakfast?: Native Plants, Local Foodsheds, and Wildlife Restoration — Toby Hemenway (author, Gaia’s Garden)
(11:30 am break)
11:40 am Finding Common Ground (panel and open discussion) with Heiko Koester (Eugene Permaculture Guild), Sharon Blick, Joshua Smith (Ecoscape Environmental Services), Aryana Ferguson (Native Plant Society of Oregon), Nick Routledge (Seed Ambassadors Project)
12:30 pm Lunch
2 pm-4:30 pm Breakout Sessions:
* Plant Walks – Marcia Cutler (Native Plant Society of Oregon), Aryana Ferguson (Native Plant Society of Oregon)
* Sustainable Local Foodsheds and the “Third Way” with Jude Hobbs (Agro-Ecology Northwest), Nick Routledge, Toby Hemenway, Tobias Policha (Institute of Contemporary Ethnobotany), Joshua Smith
* Invasion Biology: An In-Depth Look — David Theodoropoulos
4:30 pm Finding Common Ground: Preserving and Enhancing Diversity and Ecological Health (whole group and small groups)
6 pm Dinner
8 pm Concert — Laura Kemp (in lodge); Networking Opportunities (in classrooms)

Sunday, May 13: restoring and enhancing the roles of native plants in our lives
7:30 am Breakfast
9 am Introduction
9:10 am How Birds Select Habitats in Native Plant Communities: Who Lives Where and Why? — Dave Bontrager (Lane County Audubon Society)
9:30 am Native Plants and Butterflies — Sharon Blick (North American Butterfly Association, Eugene-Springfield chapter)
9:40 am Edible and Useful Native Plants and their Associations — Joshua Smith (Ecoscape Environmental Services)
10 am Substituting Natives for Nonnatives in Home Landscapes — Heiko Koester (Eugene Permaculture Guild)
10:20 am Native Plants in the Multi-Functional Hedgerow — Jude Hobbs (Agro-Ecology Northwest)
(10:40 am break)
10:50 am Kalapuya Uses of Native Plants — Bill Burwell (Kalapuya researcher)
11:10 am Ethnobotany of the Willamette Valley — Jerry Hall (ethnobotanist, Lane Community College)
11:30 am Bringing Back Native Food Crops — Rick Valley (Lost Valley Educational Center)
(11:50 am break)
12:00 pm Native Plants in Our Lives–Next Steps (discussion)
12:30 pm Lunch
2 pm-5 pm Breakout Sessions:
* The Influence of Nonnative Plants on Bird Populations (nature walk and discussion–please bring binoculars) — Dave Bontrager
* Indigenous Land Management — Bill Burwell, Jerry Hall, and Rick Valley
* Practical Plant Talks (some or all may be combined or occur consecutively):
- Natives and Nonnatives in Permaculture Zones 1 through 5 – Michael Pilarski (Friends of the Trees Society)
- Incorporating Nonnatives into Restoration Projects — David Theodoropoulos (author, Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience)
- Permaculture Uses of Native Plants in Urban and Rural Landscapes — Heiko Koester, Joshua Smith, Devon Bonady (Fern Hill Nursery), and Toby Hemenway (author, Gaia’s Garden)
5 pm Final Discussion and Closing Circle — Michael Pilarski, Melanie Rios (Maitreya Ecovillage), Sharon Blick, and whole group
6 pm Dinner

This event is supported in part by Lost Valley Nature Center, Eugene Permaculture Guild, Friends of the Trees Society, Tryon Life Community Farm, Walama Restoration Project, Institute of Contemporary Ethnobotany, Mt. Pisgah Arboretum, Fern Hill Nursery, Living Tree Paper Company, and others.

The early registration fee is $75 for the full weekend; regular registration (after March 31) is $90 for the weekend, or $50 for Saturday or Sunday only, $20 for Friday. Saturday evening’s concert is by donation to the artist. Meals, lodging, and camping are also available; see www.lostvalley.org/nativeplantspc/registrationonline.

For those wishing to do preparatory reading, article and website links are listed below. Additional material will continue to be added.

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: Conservation Strategy for Oregon
Oregon Department of Agriculture Plant Division
Oregon Flora Project
Native Plant Society of Oregon and Emerald Chapter, NPSO
Emerald Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon: Invasive Plants
Camas Educational Network
Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah
Friends of Buford Park: Invasive Weeds at Mt. Pisgah
Mt. Pisgah Arboretum
Oregon State University: False Brome Is a Rapidly Invasive Grass in Western Oregon
Oregon State University: English Ivy Is Invasive Weed In Pacific Northwest
Oregon State University: These Ornamentals Become Too Successful In Oregon
The Nature Conservancy in Oregon
Walama Restoration Project
Friends of the Trees Society
Michael Pilarski: Native Plants, Non-Native Plants, and Weeds in Permaculture Zones 1 through 5
David Theodoropoulos: Invasion of the Aliens!
Rick Valley: Invasion Biology Resources
Toby Hemenway: Pattern Literacy and Another Kind of Genocide
Joshua Smith: Permaculture and Exotics vs. Native Plants
Eugene Permaculture Guild
The Seed Ambassadors Project
The School Garden Project
Tryon Life Community Farm
Cascadia Food Not Lawns
Institute of Contemporary Ethnobotany
Tobias Policha: Rewilding the Garden
Nick Routledge: Bringing Back the Spirit of the Wolf
Nick Routledge: Making War and Peace
Toby Hemenway and Nick Routledge: Conscious Stewardship
Nick Routledge: Kinesthetic Mapping of Natives and Exotics Attitudes
Nick Routledge: Nazi Tie-In to Forthcoming Local Permaculture Gathering
Lane County Audubon Society
North American Butterfly Association, Eugene-Springfield Chapter
Sharon Blick: Butterfly Garden Species List
Jude Hobbs: Agro-Ecology Northwest and Hedgerows
Bill Burwell: The Kalapuyan Resource Base
USDA: Ethnobotany of Common Camas and Great Camas
Esther Stutzman: The Beginnings of the Kalapuya People
Margaret Robertson: The Kalapuya of the Upper Willamette Valley
Wikipedia: Kalapuya
USDA: References on the American Indian Use of Fire in Ecosystems
Oregon Oak Communities Working Group: Oregon White Oak
Kalapuya-Amin 2006 Symposium: Bibliography
Willamalane Parks and Recreation District: Whilamut Natural Area
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council, Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council, McKenzie Watershed Council, Long Tom Watershed Council, Fern Hill Nursery
Laura Kemp

Happy Spring!

Chris
Chris Roth
Coordinator, Lost Valley Nature Center
Lost Valley Educational Center
81868 Lost Valley Lane
Dexter, OR 97431
www.lostvalley.org/nature
nature AT(replace with @) lostvalley.org
541-937-2567 ext. 116

For many years, plant lovers have held widely varying opinions about the appropriate roles of native and nonnative plants in our ecosystems and cultivated landscapes. Native plant enthusiasts list some nonnative plants as dangerous invaders, while Permaculturalists may advocate the cultivation and spread of those same species. Some native botanists endorse the selective application of herbicides to eradicate aggressive weedy species, while Permaculturally-inclined gardeners seem more apt to embrace “weeds” and reject chemical means of control. Meanwhile, whatever our attitudes towards natives and exotics, all of our diets and many facets of our economy depend heavily on nonnative plants. Before the arrival of Europeans, however, native plants provided sustenance to indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest for thousands of years.

This weekend gathering will bring together plant enthusiasts of all stripes to learn from one another and explore common ground. We will examine current and potential ecological and economic roles of native plants, effects of exotics on ecosystems and how best to respond to those impacts, indigenous land management techniques, and more. We will use the 87-acre living laboratory of Lost Valley Educational Center, whose Nature Center features native flora restoration projects and extensive interpretive trails through largely native habitat, and whose Permaculture gardens and projects include both native and nonnative plants. We will assess how (and whether) the different outlooks and activities represented both at this gathering and on this land can form practical syntheses which will guide us into more sustainable ways of inhabiting our region. Please join us!

The Eugene Permaculture Guild’s 8th Annual Bioregional Spring Seedswap will be held at the Many Nations Longhouse on the University of Oregon campus at 10.00 a.m. on Saturday, March 24.

All are welcome. All is free. Feel free to come completely empty-handed. There is no charge.

Bring seed, plants, cuttings, root divisions, starts and other items to freely share. Bring envelopes in which to put seed. We will gather promptly at 10.00 a.m. and, after a brief welcome and introduction, the sharing will begin!

At 1.00 p.m. we will have a potluck which will be followed by an Open Space session. Open Space is a tried and tested approach to “self-organizing group discussion” which lets individuals “take responsibility for what they care for.” Please feel free to participate. No need to be nervous. Open Space is designed to be approachable, effective and engaging. This will continue until approximately 4.30 p.m.
The Many Nations Longhouse is at 1630 Columbia Street, located directly behind the UofO’s Knight Law School at Agate and 15th. Parking in university lots, which are plentiful around the Longhouse, is free on Saturdays. Meter parking is not free.

For a printable .pdf (801k) flyer advertising the event, go to:

http://www.seedambassadors.org/Images/Misc/freetheseed.pdf

For directions to the UofO campus, please see:

http://www.uoregon.edu/directions.shtml

For a map of the UofO campus, with the Longhouse situated at the Columbia St. and 16th, at the map axis of L3 (280K .pdf), please see:

http://www.uoregon.edu/documents/maps/scheduleMap.pdf

For an overview of the larger biocultural implications of seedswaps, please see “Seeding The Seed Families” in the Spring 2005 issue of Permaculture Activist magazine:

http://www.seedambassadors.org/Mainpages/seedingfamilies.htm

and “Seeding the Seed Families” which appears in the book, Food Not Lawns Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community, by H.C. Flores (Chelsea Green Publishing, October 2006):

http://www.seedambassadors.org/Mainpages/unityidiversity.htm

Minutes for March 12 EPG steering committee meeting at Bryna’s.

Present: Aleta, Julie, Bryna, Jude, Jan, Molly, Nick

Nick took minutes.

1. Nick reported on how the seedswap is shaping up. This year’s event appears to be sizing up as the largest ever, with attendance far exceeding previous seedswaps - which will ensure that the approach we have traditionally taken to “everybody introducing themselves” at the beginning of the event will no longer work. How, then, can we help attendees make the most of the event? Nick agrees to forward Tree’s initial brainstorming ideas on potential approaches. The events and programs committee (eprog) has reinstated the missing potluck element to the event. Aleta has extended our booking of the Longhouse until 5.00 p.m. to allow for the addition. Bryna has placed an announcement for the event in the Weekly. Nick suggests asking people for donations to support the event/Guild. Agreed on by those present. Nick will prepare supporting literature for the event such as some “how do seedswaps work” schtick for seedswap newbies. Jan will get the updated flyer advertising the Relocalization Conference readied for the seedswap: Aleta will ensure the Permie Guild brochure is readied for the seedswap. A pre-seedswap planning meeting is planned for 6.00 p.m. Monday March 19 at Jude’s office.

2. It was suggested that the Guild arrange a Potlatch as a future event. This idea was very warmly welcomed. It was agreed that we check in with the local Native American community around this notion - most especially if we use the longhouse for such an event. Perhaps we can do something collaboratively with the local First Nations crew. Aleta agrees to check in. Nick agrees to forward his report on the potlatch he attended at a Wellsprings School peace event.

3. Events and Program committee (eprog) report:

a) Earth Day: We confirm we will table at the event - we will be tabling by ourselves this time; eprog is working on sorting out a protocol for sharing our booth space in the light of recent events when our willingness to share the epg booth has been somewhat co-opted by groups we have invited to table with us. Jan will pay booth fee and claim reimbursement. eprog is looking for a tent to house our table. Bryna will post a request for a tent to the epglistserv.

b) Wintergreen Farm Hedgerow workparty: Julie and Jude are arranging a date for a workparty. Once that is done we will put out a call for volunteers.

c) Cosmic Pizza events: Jan is kicking off what may morph into a series of events (every 6-8 weeks) at Cosmic Pizza, on May 9, 6.30 p.m. For the first event, people will meet at 6.30 for pizza and then the event will kick off at 7.00 p.m.

d) May 5 bike tour: We are still lining up potential sites to visit. Julie will contact Jewel and Jenya about visits to their homes.

e) Eco-tourism. Aleta agrees to liaise with Sue Hodges of the city’s ‘conference support’ group, whose name currently escapes us, about how the Guild might play an organizing role in stewarding the interface between the local sustainability movement and visitors to town wishing to check it out. This connection was originally made at the Home Show when the Guild was approached by folks from the city. The guild strongly supports this dialog and any role the Guild might play in helping handhold this introduction.

4. The old cob booth structure needs to be removed from Sue Supriano’s basement. Bryna has offered to let the booth dissolve in her backyard. eprog will take care of shipment to the new site. eprog will consider how we might come up with a new display.

5. Membership application: Aleta made available the new membership form. The form was very well received. Feedback was provided. In future we hope to be able to provide a means for people to join the Guild electronically, using the web - with transactions handled through paypal on our website. But for now, people will need to pick up a form from us at an event, say, or print a copy of the form from our website, and mail it in with payment.

6. Aleta was voted volunteer of the month and every month.

7. Julie’s suggestion that the Guild arrange a presence in the Fall Eugene Celebration parade was warmly received, especially when we considered how the Guild might orchestrate involvement of other ’sustainability related’ orgs such as the food coalition, local farmers, the school garden project and suchlike, under a common banner. Enthusiasm for this idea was very strong indeed. Julie agrees to run with this ball.

8. Jan suggested that we do more to promote the work of the steering committee, and attendance at sc meetings. It was agreed that we would do more to pre-announce sc meetings publicly and, where possible, provide a brief summary of issues being considered at upcoming meetings. Alerts by email to the epguild listserv are the recommended outreach tool. The strong desire to see more people involved was also tempered by a sense of caution about needing to protect the working environment and level of trust the sc has steadily built up. It was agreed that people wishing to attend meetings for the first time need to check in with Bryna by telephone. A larger discussion about group protocol for newbies and the need to honor it followed. It was agreed that Nick would add details of sc protocol to a ’steering committee page’ on the Guild website, along with details of past minutes and suchlike, so that people can check out who we are, how we work, and what is expected of participants, prior to coming along to a meeting.

9. Process check in. It was agreed that the meeting went well and also that the very loose informality of the group is well supported by the rigorous ‘fallback’ protocol affording us the means of addressing sticky process if necessary.

April 2 at 10.00 a.m., events and programs committee meets at Bryna’s
March 19 at 6. 00 p.m. seedswap preparation meeting at Jude’s office
April 9 at 6.30 p.m. steering committee meeting at Bryna’s

Eugene Permaculture Guild
Steering Committee Meeting
February 12, 2007

Meeting started at approximately 6:40 PM, held at Jude Hobb’s office.

In attendance: Jude, Terra, Brad, Nick, Krishna, Julia, Bryna, Micheal, Jan and Aleta. Guests were Carol McBrian and Anastasia Sandow

Aleta volunteered to be facilitator, agenda was reviewed and prioritized.

1. 2007 Projects/Educational Opportunities
-McNail-Reily House Carol McBrian gave a handout outlining her proposal for permascaping the McNail-Reilly House at 13th and Jefferson. Her experience includes starting the Grassroots Garden at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Coburg Road back in 1990. Jude has plans from 2001 for the site that can be used. There is some discussion regarding who owns the property, funding and volunteer coordination. It is suggested that a working group of interested EPG members have another meeting to continue this work. Krishna adds that he knows some City of Eugene staff who can give more information regarding facility ownership and related issues. He will follow-up with a report via e-mail regarding his findings. Carol will coordinate those interested in being part of the project via e-mail; Aleta will send out the respective e-mail addresses Tuesday or Wednesday to facilitate this coordination.
-Skinner Butte Farm Anastasia Sandow represents this urban farm project by (duh!) Skinner Butte park. She shares the vision of outreach and education for city dwellers and school kids that the Farm aspires to. Additionally, the Farm would love to have more partnerships with other groups and organizations. As with many small non-profit groups funding is a challenge and unfortunately the Farm is not able to sell plant starts or cuttings directly to make money, but can ask for donations. She is interested in getting a work party together to do some pruning of the living fence on the site. The group could make cuttings/rootings that can then be offered for a donation later in the spring. Jude offers her help in this endeavor as well as Bryna. The need could also be posted on the website. Discussion then ensues regarding getting a demonstration for pruning with students then doing the cuttings. Jude will help Anastasia with getting something together with this proposal, even if it is merely 2 or 3 people that go to the Farm from the EPG. (Group decides other EPG projects will be discussed after Brad’s item regarding website stuff)

2. Website update including draft of endorsement/ sponsorship for EPG website Brad needs to deal with this issue and leave as his partner is quite ill and he needs to return to care for her (how sweet is that?) He relays the need for additional space for data-basing and the resulting increase in cost ($60/yr); Jude and Aleta recall that this request was addressed at a previous meeting and authorized. Brad is also working on some banner spaces for endorsements and sponsors for the website. Aleta’s draft proposal will discussed later in the meeting. Jude is interested in finding out about the plant list and shares a (precious) copy that she would like to be printable from the website. There is discussion about the ability to update information and being able to have scrutiny/authority over that process which is important to the SC members. The plant list, as such, is up on the EPG website, but could be enhanced with other features such as searchability. He reports on the photo gallery feature the site now has via Flickr from Yahoo. Brad wants to add other features to the list and site and lets everyone know that time is a factor and he works on it when he can. Much appreciation is offered by the group for his efforts and work.
2007 Projects/Educational Opportunities (revisited) The group decides as there is so much going on currently with projects that a sub-committee will be formed to address these items. The members of this group are as follows: Bryna, Jan, Julia, Terra, Micheal and Aleta as coordinator. Here is a list and brief info about the various projects proposed:
Seed Swap, March 24th, U of O Long House
Wintergreen Farm- Jude wants to do hedgerow trimming and report on the progress of this particular planting feature
Dharmalaya Permie Training- Jude will be offering classes
S. Eugene High School – has a new garden area and would love to have participation from EPG members
LVEC plant Gathering- report attached with update from Chris Roth. Still no definitive direction for EPG at this event as particulars are still being developed
3. Green Home Show Review Overall the event was given good marks. Some of the recommendations for next year, or other like events, are:
- a defined amount of participation from a group in order to have materials on the tables
- more plants and greenery; better overall embellishment; EPG stuff more prominent; better, more distinctive signage
- permaculture needs to be more dominant in the display
- amount of info seems overwhelming; better vertical display and access of information; more sitting area; selling items
- attractive eye-catching backdrop for display; demonstrating what permaculture can do for your life
- the seed balls were a great idea! other kinds of easy/simple give-aways
- emphasize to the event promoters that the groups/organizations represented vis-à-vis the EPG booth are the ‘non-commercialization’ of sustainability and as such give the public opportunities to engage in direct community building
experiences
4. Facilitation Training Event Update Nick reports there were 30 participants for the event. Tree did a wonderful job of presenting her material. Some feedback related that the event was long for some people.The Long House is a wonderful venue and resource for the EPG and the community at large. Nick proposes that we give the Long House a donation of $100 and an honorarium of $100 to Tree. Group discussion moves to what Tree received. Nick says he did not count the money and relays that Tree was satisfied with what she received. Tree works on a gift economy meaning whatever someone can willing and happily give to her for her services is fine with her. Nick reminds the SC we had agreed to pay someone for this training nearly a year ago and have it open to the community. The SC agrees to send Tree $100. The group also decides to combine another $100 for donation to the Long House for the upcoming Seep Swap.
5. What’s up with this year’s Gathering? Aleta reports that the meeting with the OCF general manager and site manager went well. The Gathering as such is being welcomed and encouraged. Opportunity is available for the EPG and others to reduce overall costs for the use of the OCF site by being part of a permaculture garden design and year round food production project with the existing OCF garden site. Much planning and organizing will be required for this to continue. The OCF will offer the Gathering a menu of choices for use of the site facilities and the related costs. We will pick and choose from this menu and develop the proposed cost. The EPG is of course welcome to be part of the process and production!
6. Membership Aleta hands out a draft of a membership form to be developed. People who signed-up with interest in becoming members at the Home Show need to be contacted. Aleta asks that those present please e-mail recommendations and corrections for the membership form and she will create a new one ASAP and send it out as a pdf for review by the SC and then sent out to this new list from the Home Show. Additional items to be included in the membership form or promo:
- newsletter (yes, Aleta will create an invitation to participate for the EPG website)
- all volunteer organization
- website with extensive plant list
- community, cooperative project, such as McNail-Reily and Skinner Butte Farm
- community bike and site tours
- tabling at various venues
- facilitation
- annual seed swap
- annual gathering
- networking throughout the bioregion
7. Items to be tabled Aleta suggests the following items be tabled: long-range planning including selling books, endorsements on the EPG website; a regional directory publication; a financial reporting sub-committee (as per Jude and Micheal Sunanda) The group agrees.
8. Feedback Nick and Krishna felt the facilitation of the meeting was good, especially considering the amount of items needing to be dealt with.
9. Appointments Next meeting will be March 12th, 6:30 PM, at Jude’s office. Meeting adjourned at ( I think) 8:50 PM.
Follow-up for:
- Carol McBrian proposal; e-mail will be sent out
- Skinner Butte Farm will be coordinated by Jude
- Membership form feedback to Aleta
- Event/Speakers Sub Committee coordinated by Aleta

Please join us for the Guild’s monthly Steering Committee meeting. All are welcome. We will discuss plans, review projects, share news of permaculture interest and have a nice sociable time. Creative ideas for advocating Permaculture are welcome.

The Steering Committee meets the second Monday of the month.

This month we will meet at Bryna’s at 7 PM. For directions e mail her at brynalivingston@yahoo.com

The Barn Raisers Home School Group is hosting the Third Annual Family and Children Seedswap, in the Jesse Maine room at Springfield Public Library from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. on Saturday March 10, 2007. Questions to: Myles at 541-744-0576.

Rookie question here. I have a raised bed for my new strawberries (thanks, Allen) and got most of ‘em planted yesterday. These are bare-root starts, so few if any leaves on them.

I want to cover the whole bed with nice clean straw. can I do that now?

Or do I have to wait until the plants get bigger and spread it around them? Will they grow just fine and come up through the straw (which is loose and light)?

Thanks in advance.

Saturday, March 3, 9 AM, Room 242 in the Law Building, location for most of the Conference

Join us for a fascinating panel- Suburban Renewal and Community Cohesion

Panel members Jennefer Harper, Teresa Damron and Jan Spencer will share a variety of timely perspectives and experiences about re-inventing suburbia.

First an overview of the state of suburbia- what are the connections- energy, foreign policy, capitalism, culture and cars.

Then what can a suburban property become with Permaculture re-design- grass to garden, rain water catchment, concrete removal, solar redesign, increase residential density,,, Jan

Also, how can we build community cohesion in the neighborhood- events, celebrations, education. Teresa

Also, how can we build cohesion in a suburban residential co-op?What are the challenges and what are the benefits?  Jennefer

for more info, call 686 6761 or e mail jan at spencerj@efn.org

The Cascadia Permaculture Institute invites you to join some of the Pacific Northwest’s leading permaculturists Jude Hobbs, Heiko Koester, and guests for this comprehensive Permaculture Design Certification course. ~ Gain a clearer understanding of theory, design, and practice of ecological design through lecture, discussion, slide shows, design projects, and hands-on experience. The course will be taught over 5 weekends.

Permaculture is a whole-systems method of design that offers ways to create permanent culture by conscious, sustainable use of resources in all aspects of living.

Course Topics Include:
• Permaculture Ethics & Principles
• Water Harvesting, Management, & Conservation
• Mapping and Design Exercises
• Soil Building and Ecology
• Natural Cycles and Pattern Recognition
• Animals in the System
• Observation & Site Analysis
• Forests, Agroforestry, & Tree Crops
• Reading the Land
• Eco-Building & Appropriate Technologies
• Garden Design & Establishment
• Urban Permaculture & Village Design
• Useful Plants and Planting Strategies
• Cooperative Economics

Fee:
$400-450 (Sliding Scale)

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
(541) 342.1160 permaculturerocks@yahoo.com