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JOIN US FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL PLANTING SEASON DESIGN INTENSIVE AT PROJECT BONA FIDE
This course takes place at Project Bonafide, a 43-acre permaculture site on the island of Ometepe in Nicaragua that has been in development for nearly a decade. It offers the standard PDC curriculum with a special emphasis on forest gardening in the tropics. Particular attention will be given to forest garden design, layout and planting, in addition to agro-forests, wildlife corridors, agro-silvo-pastoral systems and agroecology. Although we will be in a tropical setting, many of the techniques will transfer directly to any climate. Students should expect to receive resources and plant lists for many climates as part of the course content.
Planting season will be in full swing during the course! Students can expect significant hands-on experience putting knowledge into practice on the farm through planting, erosion and flood water management, adaptive tropical designs for living spaces in the tropics, and water catchment and storage strategies. Since this course also occurs at the height of mango season, students will also be involved in harvesting, post harvest handling, and processing of value-added products. This is big fruit time in the tropics, so expect to eat lots of delicious local fruit.
IN ADDITION, YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
- Principles and Ethics of Permaculture Design
- Site analysis and design, from the tropics to temperate regions
- Landscape master planning and microclimate design
- Reading the landscape and pattern recognition
- Design for climate change
- Regenerative Land Management and Stewardship
- Water catchment, storage, filtration, and distribution
- Biologically based treatment of greywater and blackwater
- Using greywater in the landscape
- Natural building techniques and vernacular architecture
- Plant propagation and grafting
- Organic horticulture
- Medicinal plant propagation, usage and preparations
- Biointensive gardening and seed saving
- Soil rehabilitation and fertility strategies
- Myco-forestry and myco-filtration
- Orchard design and maintenance
- Renewable energies and biofuels
- Local and Regenerative economics
- Urban and suburban permaculture strategies
- Ecovillage design and community building strategies
- Networking within the permaculture community and beyond
PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE PRICE: $1,250 USD
Please register early as the course can and does fill quickly • Course price does not iclude airfare • $400 USD non-refundable deposit required • Meals will include a mixture of traditional cuisine and farm foods • Academic credits are often available to undergraduate and graduate students • The course is taught in English and simultaneously translated into Spanish via FM-headsets
CONTACT JACKIE PITTS FOR MORE INFORMATION:
jackie@projectbonafide.com