Tryon Life Community Farm

TLC Farm will be hosting a full 72-hour Permaculture Design Course this summer. This course will be a two-week intensive that will meet from June 23rd to July 7th. The course can be taken as residential, or not. The fee for the non-residential option is $1000 - 850 sliding scale. The fee for the residential option is $1300 -1100. Limited work trade may be available.

More about the course:
A Permaculture Design Course explores sustainable human habitation. We begin with the ethics and principles of permaculture which support a philosophical reverence for life and provide a framework for making healthy choices.

The objective of a Permaculture Design Course is to provide a comprehensive overview of sustainable futures, based on permaculture philosophy, techniques, and strategies that one could incorporate into their everyday life, or enhance their career. These courses provide hands-on experience. The intention is to facilitate a systems approach to thinking about different issues, encouraging care for the earth and its inhabitants as a diverse community.

Topics Include:
* Permaculture Philosophy & Ethics
* Permaculture Principles
* Concepts and Themes in Design
* Permaculture methodology
* Pattern Understanding
* Reading the Landscape
* Climatic Factors
* Edible Landscaping & Organic Gardening
* Trees and their Energy Transactions, Tree Crops
* Water, Water Harvesting
* Soils & Composting
* Earthworking and Earth Resources
* Natural Building
* Animal Husbandry
* Urban Permaculture
* Appropriate Technology
* Intentional Communities
* Sustainable Forestry & Agroforestry
* Ethnobotany/ethnoecology
* Plant Propagation
* Ecosystem & Native Plant Restoration
* Mycology
* Permaculture Networks
* Bioregionalism
* Local Economics
* Ecological Design
* Ecovillages
* And more..

Instructor Bios:
Marisha Auerbach will be the lead instructor of the course. Marisha has been practicing, studying, and teaching permaculture in the Pacific Northwest for the past decade. She encourages sustainable futures through sharing knowledge with others on a variety of topics including: permaculture, polyculture gardening, seed saving, flower and gem essences, local economics, community building, ethnobotany, herbalism, edible landscape design, and organic gardening among others.

Leonard Barrett is a landscape designer, contractor, and educator based in Portland, OR. Through his firm, Barrett Ecological Services, he has collaborated on projects with some of the regions best and brightest in innovative design and planning, including Mark Lakeman (Communitecture), the City Repair Project, and the Springboard Social Innovation Forum. His current teaching activities include frequent presentations on behalf of Portland's growing Transition Initiative and facilitating various courses and workshops including 'Landscape Master Planning: A Permaculture Perspective' at Pacific University.

Laura Dvorak is an active resident at TLC Farm and will be co-facilitating the 2009 Summer Immersion Program in Community Sustainability at TLC. She received her Dual Masters Degree in Geography and Education with a focus in Leadership in Ecology, Culture, and Learning from Portland State University in 2007 and is a certified Permaculture Designer and Teacher.

Matt Bibeau is also an active resident at TLC Farm and is co-facilitating the Summer Immersion Program with Laura. Matt received his Master's Degree in Education with a focus on Leadership in Ecology, Culture & Learning from PSU in 2008 and is also a certified Permaculture Designer and Teacher.

For more information about this course, please email permaculture@tryonfarm.org or call Matt Bibeau or Laura Dvorak at 503-245-3847. To be considered for this course, please fill out the questionnaire below and send to permaculture@tryonfarm.org.

TLC Farm PDC Application

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1. What is your experience with permaculture? What do you hope to do with
this certification?

2. Do you have any dietary restrictions or allergies that we should know
about?

3. Do you have any medical conditions or physical limitations that we should know about? (TLC Farm is not currently an ADA-accessible site, so any alter-abled students should let us know about their needs and concerns).

4. Are you applying for the residential (camping) or non-residential (commuting) option?

5. How did you hear about the course?