Permaculture Homestead Design and Drafting
Each session will be followed by 4-8 hours of home design and study in order to keep pace with the design process during the series. Pre-series study in forest gardening, landscape design techniques, or other topics covered in the series will insure a life changing experience and enhanced skills for ecological design.
You will learn ecological landscape design language and technique while using the permaculture design principles and process to create an ecologically balanced residence, acreage, and abundant lifestyle. Your sustainable solutions will be specific to your site, practical and productive.
Nuts and Bolts of the Event
When:
March 2012
| Friday | 23 | 7 - 9pm | Pre-Series Evening Event. Ecological Design: Natures Beauty and Abundance. |
| Saturday | 24 | 8am-2pm | Design I: Base Plan and Residential Site Assessment |
| Sunday | 25 | 8am-5pm | Design II: Permaculture Concepts for the Urban Homestead |
| Tuesday | 27 | 6:30-9:30pm | Design III: The Design Progression |
| Thursday | 29 | 6:30-9:30pm | Design IV: Draft Design Workshop - Spaces, Plants and Abundance |
| Saturday | 31 | 8am-5pm | Design V: Final Design and Supervised Work Session |
1252 Wharf Street Victoria, BC V8W 3H9
Cost:
$350 +HST
Payment can be made in full using credit card. Click on the Register Now button below or contact us for alternative payment methods. There is non-refundable $100 fee for this course. Click here to learn more about our refund policy.
Course fee includes instruction and the Permaculture Sit e Assessment Workbook (3 4 pages) design process guide and property assessment plan with many resource lists and spaces for discovering the goals of the property.
Course fee does not include paper or drafting materials. A complete list of what is needed can be found at the bottom of this page.
Detailed Schedule
Classes 1- 4 are lecture and practice sessions with extensive homework assignments (4-8 hrs)
Class 5 is a final design workshop finishing the concepts with plants, materials, and final critique.
March 23 Friday 7pm – 9 pm
Ecological Design: Nature's Beauty and Abundance.
Pre-Series Evening Event. Open to the public, part of this design course.
March 24 Saturday 8am - 2 pm (Aprox.)
(UD1)
The observation principle of permaculture at its extreme. Everything needs to be accounted for in good design planning.
AM Internet Resources for Ecological Site Assessment
PM Site Assessment Workbook, Tools of the Table, Paper Language
Overview –Base Maps, Bubble Maps, Concept, Draft, Final Draft, Final Design
Demonstration - Site Assessment and Base Mapping practice
Assignment – Go home and measure, take notes, find lines for Homestead Base Mapping Measurements. Download aerials, plant maps... Finish Basemap!
March 25 Sunday 8am - 5 pm
(UD2)
Classroom Pencil Practice – Drawing Practice, Landscape Symbols, Complete Your Base Map, using Bum Wad, Mini-design charrette, students explanations for sites, Q&A,
Demonstration - Access and Water, Limitations and Design Drivers, Building Ecological Services, The Garden and Growing Fertility.
Assignment - Finish base map and start bubble maps
Determining plant size and placement, polycultures, ecological functions and seasonal access.
Assignment - Complete draft design, add plant spaces, plant width circles, groups, masses, crop types.
(UD5)
Demonstration - Plant Database Queries and Internet Resources
T-square 36”, Drafting tape, Triangles: 45-90 degree & 30-60 degree, Scissors, Compass, Drafting pencils – HB, B, 2H, 4H, 8 Scale Ruler, Large and Small circle templates, Tube for carrying drawings, 8-scale graph paper: sheet size 24” x 36” (approx. 4 sheets), 24'x36' vellum paper, - 2 sheets Bum wad paper, Glue stick or double-stick tape, Eraser, Black ink pens – minimum of 3 tips: narrow, medium, bold
- Proactive homeowners looking to make their property productive through professional drafting and design methods
- Landscapers that want to add professional permaculture design and drafting to their services
- Those considering a career in productive landscape design
- Permaculture students who want to take their design and mapping skills to the next level
- Motivated individuals who are ready to be part of a solution that makes landscapes practical and productive
A hard skill and a soft skill, drafting and design provides the interested home owner or renter or the seasoned professional with the ability to integrate permaculture and professional drafting into a product that clients seek and installers require. This is an opportunity to go beyond just putitng in retaining walls, nice pathways or more ornamental plants... here's a chance to utilizing the expertise and experience from Dan Halsey to experience how permaculture works in a professional design method.
We look forward to seeing you in class, pencils ready!
Be Fruitful and Mulch Apply,
Javan "Design Time" Bernakevitch
Saturday February 25th
Permaculture is a science based ethical design system. Used to answer the all encompassing question "How do we live sustainability?" Founded in three ethics - Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share practitioners of permaculture use nature inspired design with tools and methods based in science, engineering, agriculture, finances, community building to create sustainable regenerative human habitat. This design system uses organic agriculture, urban farming, regenerative design, and many other ways of knowing to teach and provide a practical framework for individuals to take responsibility for themselves, their children and their community.