Permaculture Design Certificate Course
Wednesday, June 11 – Thursday June 19, 2008
Plowshare Farm, Greenfield, NH

What: 9-day course led by noted Permaculture Instructor, Dick Pierce, and Southern NH
designers/practitioners/farmers. Offering practical training and skills in sustainable living. We will cover design principles and technologies that you can easily apply
to your home, farm, workplace, and community to help you live well in the city or the country.

Who: Professionals and amateurs: homeowners, apartment dwellers, gardeners, farmers, land owners, developers, city planners, architects, designers teachers, and many others.

Why: To learn techniques, tools & design ideas to…
* Mimic nature to design solutions to problems;
* tune observation skills and knowledge of climate, water, soil, plants, trees, techniques…
 * Capture and effectively use and re-use water
* Build an Herb Spiral; Compost/Compost Teas
* Learn about ponds, wetlands, water features
* Natural & Green Building techniques
* Read a landscape to determine optimum placement of design elements
* Maximize food output - compact growing areas
* Encourage natural cycles - plants, animals, etc.
* Design homes and landscapes that serve people, attract wildlife, and create restorative habitat.
* Implement landscapes that are self-tending.
* Considerations & designs for rural land, farms, ranches, animals, orchards, woodlots

Course fees: $500 for course, plus $100 facility fee.
Meals at Farm: $200; Rooms: $15, cabin/dorm; $25,
double; $40, single. Sched. is prelim, sub. to change.

For more information:
www.permie.us
Contacts:
Jenny Nazak 512-619-5363
jnazak@yahoo.com
DickPierceDesigns@gmail.com
Dick Pierce 512-992-8858

http://www.permie.us/downloads/pdcsept08.pdf