Past Events

Friday, January 15
6:30 to 8:30
Olympia, WA, Traditions Cafe
300 5th Ave SW
Olympia, WA
$10 - $7, sliding scale

How many kinds of nature spirits and fairies are there? What do they do? How can we communicate with them? Why would we want to? These are some of the questions we will explore. Michael is the founder of the Fairy & Human Relations Congress which has been held in Washington and Oregon annually for the past 9 years. The Congress brings together some of the world's leading fairy communicators. He is the compiler of the "Collected Fairy Manuscripts of Daphne Charters" and has lectured widely on the topic of fairies. No need to register, but an email that you are coming is appreciated.

For more information or to register, contact: Marisha_Auerbach

Monday, January 18
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Procession Studio
311 1/2 Capitol Way N, enter from alley
Olympia WA

$60-$40 sliding scale

The workshop will cover some of the most useful Northwest medicinals such as cascara, devil's club, oregon-grape, lomatium, usnea, osha, and yew, as well as lesser-known ones. We will have fresh and dry botanicals to examine. We will look at these plants in the contexts of sustainable wildcrafting, ethnobotany, ethnoecology, traditional and modern uses, and their uses in ecological restoration and permaculture systems. The workshop will touch on using native medicinal plants in urban, suburban and farm landscapes for production of food, fiber, fuel, and crafts as well as medicine and how these native medicinals can be planted for ecological functions such as windbreaks, sound buffers, erosion control, shade, water retention, etc. We will explore how to bring more wild habitats and native plants into human landscapes in a way that improves the quality of life for people as well as native flora and fauna. A win/win situation. The role of yards, alleyways, forest gardens, riparian zones, farmland, etc. We will look at a range of native medicinals which can be grown at the home scale, at the farm crop scale, for ecosystem restoration and for creating wildcrafting opportunities.

For more information or to register, contact: Marisha_Auerbach

Tuesday, January 19
9:00 am – 6:00 pm
$75 (limited to 16 participants). Registrants will be sent maps to the workshop location.
Bring a lunch. Please try to carpool. Let us know if you want, or can offer, a ride.

This workshop will be held at Wild Thyme Farm near Oakville. The farm is near the Chehalis River floodplain and contains a wide diversity of habitats including forests, pastures, gardens, forest gardens, riparian areas and agroforestry plantings. We will do hands-on wildcrafting and processing of a number of medicinal plants. Devil's club root and rootbark, Oregon-grape root, cottonwood buds, Usnea lichen, lungwort lichen, butterbur root, cascara bark, dandelion root and licorice fern are some of the things we will be looking for. We will discuss other medicinal and useful plants we come across. Information will be wide ranging including sustainability, ecology, ethics, uses, optimum harvesting times, harvesting tools, processing and propagation. Mostly we will be in the wild - experiential. The information is applicable to western Washington in general.

For more information or to register, contact: Marisha_Auerbach

Tonight, Marisha Auerbach will introduce us to Permaculture. Permaculture offers simple strategies to reduce your expenses, save energy, and enrich your life locally through connection with natural principles. Nature provides a grand blueprint of how interconnected systems work together efficiently. We will look at the systems that we use in our lives and how they are affected by fluctuations globally. We will identify solutions that can be applied on the small scale to enrich our lives.

Tonight, Marisha Auerbach will introduce us to Permaculture. Permaculture offers simple strategies to reduce your expenses, save energy, and enrich your life locally through connection with natural principles. Nature provides a grand blueprint of how interconnected systems work together efficiently. We will look at the systems that we use in our lives and how they are affected by fluctuations globally. We will identify solutions that can be applied on the small scale to enrich our lives.

Saturday, April 3
10 am - 4 pm
Wild Thyme Farm
Oakville, WA (45 mins SW of Olympia)
$75 - $65 sliding scale
potluck lunch
pre-registration requested

Mushrooms are an integral part of the environment in the Pacific Northwest. They are rarely used in landscaping. Permaculture draws on examples from nature to create abundant landscapes based in ecological systems. We would like to invite our fungal allies to return to the garden and assist us in creating abundance through their relationships.

During this workshop, we will discover the functions of mushrooms in an ecosystem and the different techniques for incorporating them in the home garden. Hands-on projects will include: log culture, establishment of outdoor mushroom beds, mycorrhizal inoculants, and other fun projects. Each participant will go home with an inoculated log.Please join us as we consciously welcome mushrooms into our landscapes and gardens.

For more information, or to register, contact: Marisha_Auerbach

Join in the Great Re-Skilling!

One weekend per month, March - October, in Seattle or Olympia,

Take one, take them all! Discounts for bulk registration...

Instructors: Jenny Pell, Marisha Auerbach, and special guests.

In this 7 month weekend workshop series, you will learn valuable skills that will provide the foundation for sustainable abundance in your homes and neighborhoods.

We are experiencing rapidly changing global economic and environmental shifts that impact our everyday lives. Each of these workshops showcase design elements that create decentralized, resilient, income-generating, and biodiverse systems that provide for our most basic needs.

Cost:

• One workshop - $195
• Any 3 workshops, prepaid - $600
• All 7 workshops, prepaid - $1,200
• Any one person may attend prepaid workshops. -}

  Course details and registration: http://www.permaculturenow.com
  Or contact Jenny Pell: (206) 949-0496, jennypell@gmail.com

  The Only Constant is Change – Get Ready

April 17 - 18 in Seattle
10:00am – 4:00pm
$195

Imagine transforming an urban lawn into an abundant garden in a weekend! This weekend, we will design an average urban yard to a diverse garden that meets the needs of the inhabitants. We will discuss soil preparation, plant selection, strategies for growing food in small spaces, and water saving strategies. We will be planting annual vegetables as well as perennial berries, edible flowers, medicinal herbs, and fruit trees.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBMpaWq4EKE&NR=1

Course details and registration: http://www.permaculturenow.com
Or contact Jenny Pell: (206) 949-0496, jennypell@gmail.com

May 1 - 2 in Olympia
10:00am – 4:00pm
$195

Imagine transforming an urban lawn into an abundant garden in a weekend! This weekend, we will design an average urban yard to a diverse garden that meets the needs of the inhabitants. We will discuss soil preparation, plant selection, strategies for growing food in small spaces, and water saving strategies. We will be planting annual vegetables as well as perennial berries, edible flowers, medicinal herbs, and fruit trees.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBMpaWq4EKE&NR=1

Course details and registration: http://www.permaculturenow.com
Or contact Jenny Pell: (206) 949-0496, jennypell@gmail.com

Monday, May 3rd, Portland OR
7 pm - 9 pm
$10 in advance, $12 at the door

In the Maritime Northwest, it is possible to grow all our own produce year-round with limited time to establish a system and limited effort. As petroleum becomes more expensive, this sort of system can provide an example to support our evolution to a more sustainable society. Marisha Auerbach specializes in converting properties from grass to to a perennial forage system. A perennial forage system functions much like a natural ecological system, and yields year round produce with minimal work. These systems are developed to meet the needs of the inhabitants on site. Marisha provides most of her diet and income from her garden and has surplus produce and crafts to give away and trade for other supplies.

This presentation is an invitation for you to visit Marisha's garden through slides and lecture. She will be discussing how you can work towards self-reliance in produce if you have property to work with as well as guerrilla tactics to grow more food and flowers in the greater Portland area. This lecture offers an opportunity to create cultural change through gardening.

For more information or to register, contact Leonard Barrett at (503) 425-9706 or mailto:leonard@barrettecological.com

Friday, May 7th, King's Books, 218 St. Helens Ave, Tacoma WA
7 pm - 9 pm
$10 - $5 sliding scale

In the Maritime Northwest, it is possible to grow all our own produce year-round with limited time to establish a system and limited effort. As petroleum becomes more expensive, this sort of system can provide an example to support our evolution to a more sustainable society. Marisha Auerbach specializes in converting properties from grass to to a perennial forage system. A perennial forage system functions much like a natural ecological system, and yields year round produce with minimal work. These systems are developed to meet the needs of the inhabitants on site. Marisha provides most of her diet and income from her garden and has surplus produce and crafts to give away and trade for other supplies.

This presentation is an invitation for you to visit Marisha's garden through slides and lecture. She will be discussing how you can work towards self-reliance in produce if you have property to work with as well as guerrilla tactics to grow more food and flowers in the greater Tacoma area. This lecture offers an opportunity to create cultural change through gardening.

For more information or to register, contact Kelda Miller at (253) 370-9946 or mailto:kelda@riseup.net

Sunday, May 16, 2010
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
OmCulture Studio
2210 N Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98103
http://www.omculture.com/directions
$50.00 per person, some work-trade and barter available

In this hands-on workshop we will learn techniques for growing climbing edible annuals, perennials and flowers, and build a variety of trellises suitable for balconies, backyards, and urban gardens. Kiwis, cucumbers, grapes, wisteria, roses, hops, beans, peas, berries, and more!

From an inviting archway twining with hops, to a covered walkway hanging with kiwis, berries, and fragrant flowers, trellises are useful, easy to make and beautiful. Trellising is a practical way to add a variety of desirable features to your home or garden, no matter how large or small your space.

This workshop is for renters and homeowners! All ages welcome; discounts available for family members.

Trellises:

• dramatically increase growing area
• create privacy
• build "outdoor rooms"
• serve as a wind-break
• are beautiful! -}

  Please pre-register!
  Jenny Pell: (206) 949-0496
  mailto:jennypell@gmail.com

  Learn more here:
  http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-Permaculture-Guild-Meetup/calendar/13389844/

May 23 in Olympia
10:00am – 5:00pm
$50

In Western Washington, we get abundant rainfall in the winter and scarce rainfall in summer when we need it most. In the winter, the excess water is directed from impermeable surfaces, like roads, to the stormdrains. In this workshop, we will reroute stormwater into an intentionally designed garden with select plants that produce a yield and enjoy lots of water in the winter as well as tolerate dry summers. We will inoculate our raingarden with mycelium to remediate any contaminants from the roadside. This workshop includes a discussion on working with the city for sustainable retrofits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0r4weoUSgI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Xfa1rXwVQ

Course details and registration: http://www.permaculturenow.com
Or contact Jenny Pell: (206) 949-0496, jennypell@gmail.com

Tuesday, May 25th, Traditions Cafe, 300 5th Ave, Olympia WA
7 pm - 9 pm
$10 - $7 sliding scale

In the Maritime Northwest, it is possible to grow all our own produce year-round with limited time to establish a system and limited effort. As petroleum becomes more expensive, this sort of system can provide an example to support our evolution to a more sustainable society. Marisha Auerbach specializes in converting properties from grass to to a perennial forage system. A perennial forage system functions much like a natural ecological system, and yields year round produce with minimal work. These systems are developed to meet the needs of the inhabitants on site. Marisha provides most of her diet and income from her garden and has surplus produce and crafts to give away and trade for other supplies.

This presentation is an invitation for you to visit Marisha's garden through slides and lecture. She will be discussing how you can work towards self-reliance in produce if you have property to work with as well as guerrilla tactics to grow more food and flowers in the greater Olympia area. This lecture offers an opportunity to create cultural change through gardening.

For more information or to register, contact Marisha_Auerbach

June 11-27, 2010
Tryon Life Community Farm
Portland, OR

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 this Permaculture Design Course, taught by Marisha Auerbach and others, 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.

TLC Farm's two-week intensive Permaculture Design Course course can be taken as residential or commuter. 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.

For more information about this course, please see http://tryonfarm.org/share/node/881, email mailto:permaculture@tryonfarm.org or call Matt Bibeau 503-351-2075.

"The course at Tryon was one of the most cohesive and empowering two weeks of my life."
"I've learned so much from this course that will change my life!"
"This was a very inspiring and empowering course. The teachers were amazing"
-reflections from last year's PDC participants

June 12 - 13 in Seattle
10:00am – 5:00pm
$195

Everyday, each household dismisses slightly used water from sinks, laundry, and showers (called graywater) to the sewer. This valuable water can be diverted and re-used to water the garden. Graywater may have cleansers and/or food particles in it: with intentional planning, these can be turned into a resource for watering and feeding our gardens. We will design and install a legal graywater system during this workshop, calculate the outflow of water, discuss permits and legal issues, practice plumbing as we install the system, and test it out! During this workshop, we will explore different strategies to install a graywater system in your own home or workplace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBMpaWq4EKE&NR=1 (same video as urban yard)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWB9DQLhIsY

Course details and registration: http://www.permaculturenow.com
Or contact Jenny Pell: (206) 949-0496, jennypell@gmail.com

Saturday, June 19, 1 pm - 2 pm
Portland Nursery, 9000 SE Division, Portland, OR

Free!

Come join us to delight in the diversity of culinary flowers. Marisha will introduce the class to various types of edible flowers and discuss how you can include them in your diet. Raw and cooked, edible flowers enhance every meal!

To register, contact Portland Nursery at 503-788-9000 or go to the registration page: https://portlandnursery.wufoo.com/forms/m7p9a5/

June 26 -27 in Olympia
10:00am – 5:00pm
$195

Everyday, each household dismisses slightly used water from sinks, laundry, and showers (called graywater) to the sewer. This valuable water can be diverted and re-used to water the garden. Graywater may have cleansers and/or food particles in it: with intentional planning, these can be turned into a resource for watering and feeding our gardens. We will design and install a legal graywater system during this workshop, calculate the outflow of water, discuss permits and legal issues, practice plumbing as we install the system, and test it out! During this workshop, we will explore different strategies to install a graywater system in your own home or workplace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBMpaWq4EKE&NR=1 (same video as urban yard)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWB9DQLhIsY

Course details and registration: http://www.permaculturenow.com
Or contact Jenny Pell: (206) 949-0496, jennypell@gmail.com

Friday, July 2, 7 pm - 9 pm
King's Books, 218 Saint Helens Ave, Tacoma, WA

$10 - $7 sliding scale

Seed saving gives us the unique opportunity to dance with life and play a distinct role in our nourishment. We can nurture plants for the special qualities that sustain us in uncertain futures. As corporations attempt to take control of our genetic diversity, seed saving becomes an important political act. Come join us to learn how you can take responsibility for your own food supply by saving your own seed from your garden. We will be discussing harvest of cultivated and native seeds as well as flowers and vegetable crops. Seed saving is a great localized buffer against the globalization of our food supply as it encourages diversity and increases the resilience in our gardens from pests and disease.

For more information, or to register, contact, Marisha_Auerbach

July 9, 10, & 11

A seed exchange is a hub for generating community food security. The diverse community at the Oregon Country fair represents unique microclimates from Cascadia and beyond. Many of us already cherish heirloom seed varieties and grow them in our gardens year after year. We are a new booth this year, offering free heirloom seeds and seedsaving information to the greater community. This booth holds the intention as a space for faire family to share and expand the surplus from our gardens as we provide a location for exchange of the diverse varieties of unique seed. We offer a non-commercial grassroots way for people to learn how and have the supplies to save seed.

Background Statistics: (Food insecurity means that these households were unsure of where their next meal is coming from)

• 14.6% of households in the United States were classified as food insecure last year.
• 13.1% of households in Oregon are classified as food insecure last year.
• 6.6% of households were classified as hungry, which means that they missed meals or need to make significant choices concerning food.
• Oregon is among 5 states with the highest food insecurity rate. -}

  Access to resources, such as seeds and information, could minimize some limiting factors for marginalized families. Individuals who grow more food can share the surplus with their neighbors and local food banks.

Friday, July 23, 7 pm - 9 pm
Traditions Cafe, 300 5th Ave. SW, Olympia, WA

$10 - $7 sliding scale

Seed saving gives us the unique opportunity to dance with life and play a distinct role in our nourishment. We can nurture plants for the special qualities that sustain us in uncertain futures. As corporations attempt to take control of our genetic diversity, seed saving becomes an important political act. Come join us to learn how you can take responsibility for your own food supply by saving your own seed from your garden. We will be discussing harvest of cultivated and native seeds as well as flowers and vegetable crops. Seed saving is a great localized buffer against the globalization of our food supply as it encourages diversity and increases the resilience in our gardens from pests and disease.

For more information, or to register, contact, Marisha_Auerbach

July 27 - August 13, 2010
Big Bend Hot Springs,
2 hrs east of Redding, CA

We are excited to announce this first Holistic Permaculture Design Certification Course with a focus on InterGenerational Ecovillage Development. With a focus on tending the inner, outer, and community landscapes... this course will include the standard 72-hour permaculture design curriculum based upon the original Mollison and Holmgren ideas and design philosophies published in The Permaculture Designer's Manual, as well as be a nourishing retreat and hands-on immersion experience in Ecovillage Design & Development. In addition to the standard Permaculture Design Certification curriculum, we recognize permaculture as a holistic design philosophy expanding in symbiosis with many related fields. Accordingly, this permaculture design course will integrate additional content and activities such as nature awareness, indigenous wisdom, holistic nutrition, embodiment practices, inner work, group process, and much more. During this intensive 17-day course participants will be immersed into an amazing and nourishing learning environment practicing skills to transform our lives and our communities into regenerative systems while contributing to the design & activation of an exciting Ecovillage project, living in community as a village, and experiencing profound personal renewal at this oasis of natural beauty and magic.

To register, visit http://bigbendecovillagepermaculturedesigncourse-herbnwisdom.eventbrite.com

For questions and more information regarding the course e-mail: mailto:education@livingmandala.com or phone: (707) 634-1461

Permaculture Design Certification Course
With Andrew Millison and Marisha Auerbach
Portland, OR

Every Saturday: October 2 - December 17, 2010

Attend all 11 Saturdays for a Permaculture Design Certificate, OR take the 4-day introduction: 10/2, 10/9, 10/16 & 10/23.

***** Offered in cooperation with a local Portland School, Master Gardeners, and Oregon State University, this course aims to reach folks with diverse interests, busy lifestyles, and families. The extended format offers time for digesting the material and incorporating it into your life. It is possible to receive extended education credit from Oregon State University for this course. The full course contains all the necessary curriculum to receive an internationally recognized Certificate of Permaculture Design.****

This Saturday course caters to diverse learning styles by blending hands-on skills with discussion, design projects, group exercises, games, and presentations from prominent local experts and practitioners.

You can participate in the entire course to earn a Certificate of Permaculture Design. Alternatively, you may attend the first 4 sessions as an introduction and drop in on any other class or presentation. If you do not attend every session, you can earn the certification by attending the classes that you missed during next year's course.

Permaculture for Master Gardeners highlights horticultural solutions to the issues of our time, from soil improvement, to maximizing landscape productivity, to designing for healthy water management. Permaculture design is a method of planning that works at all scales from garden to farm and village to city. It is an ethically based holistic design system that uses principles derived from ecosystems, native peoples, and proven strategies to create sustainable settlements and organizations.

Rooted in agriculture and horticulture, permaculture design is interdisciplinary, touching on many subjects including regional planning, ecology, animal husbandry, appropriate technology, architecture, and international development.

Pricing: Please register by Sept.1

September 17 - 19
South Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA

This year we are forging an exciting new pathway in an urban setting by converging at South Seattle Community College. Camping and home stays will be available. With an 87 acre campus and cabins at nearby Camp Long, this will be an experience of an oasis in the city. Not only are the SSCC gardens and meadows waiting for us, you will find warm and fuzzy interior spaces as well.

Mark Lakeman, activist architect and urban placemaking guru, will be our keynote speaker this year! Mark has been an instigator of Portland's City Repair and the annual Village Building Convergence there. Other presenters include: Michael Pilarski, Jenny Pell, Marisha Auerbach, Jonathan Scherch, Kelda Miller, Nala Wala, Rick Valley, Chuck Estin, Josho Somine, Dave Boehnlein, Albert Postema, Deston Denniston, Paul Wheaton, Tom Allen, Laura Sweany, and Art Donnelly.

The Cascadia region's Transition Towns initiatives will be integrating their own summit into the Convergence. SCALLOPS (Sustainable Communities ALL Over Puget Sound) will hold a presence as well. We are very pleased to be making this year's NW Convergence a truly regional event!

We are building this event as we go. We welcome with open arms all those interested in permaculture, as well as those working in permaculture. Tickets for the 2010 Convergence are $65 through August 1, $85 August 2 through Sept 15, and $100 at the door. Many work trade and volunteer opportunities are available. As in years past, we are asking you to pitch in and do your part to help by volunteering for a couple of hours during the event and bringing your fabulous homegrown food to share.

Check out: http://nwpermaculture.org for registration and other details.

Permaculture Design Certification Course
With Andrew Millison and Marisha Auerbach

Every Saturday: October 2 - December 17, 2010
Portland, OR

Attend all 11 Saturdays for a Permaculture Design Certificate,
OR take the 4-day introduction: 10/2, 10/9, 10/16 & 10/23.

***** Offered in cooperation with a local Portland School, Master Gardeners, and Oregon State University, this course aims to reach folks with diverse interests, busy lifestyles, and families. The extended format offers time for digesting the material and incorporating it into your life. It is possible to receive extended education credit from Oregon State University for this course. The full course contains all the necessary curriculum to receive an internationally recognized Certificate of Permaculture Design.****

This Saturday course caters to diverse learning styles by blending hands-on skills with discussion, design projects, group exercises, games, and presentations from prominent local experts and practitioners.

You can participate in the entire course to earn a Certificate of Permaculture Design. Alternatively, you may attend the first 4 sessions as an introduction and drop in on any other class or presentation. If you do not attend every session, you can earn the certification by attending the classes that you missed during next year's course.

Permaculture for Master Gardeners highlights horticultural solutions to the issues of our time, from soil improvement, to maximizing landscape productivity, to designing for healthy water management. Permaculture design is a method of planning that works at all scales from garden to farm and village to city. It is an ethically based holistic design system that uses principles derived from ecosystems, native peoples, and proven strategies to create sustainable settlements and organizations.

Rooted in agriculture and horticulture, permaculture design is interdisciplinary, touching on many subjects including regional planning, ecology, animal husbandry, appropriate technology, architecture, and international development.

Pricing:

• $850: all 11 Saturdays and Permaculture Certification.
• $350: first 4 Saturdays, Introduction to Permaculture
• $85: each additional class after taking the introduction -}
  • 10% Couples discount
  • 5% Senior Discount
  • 5% Student Discount
  • 5% For non-polluting travel to every class -}

    Registration information: http://hort.oregonstate.edu/Permaculture_for_MGs

    For more information, contact:

    • mgpermaculture@gmail.com
    • Andrew Millison (541)752-9118 www.beaverstatepermaculture.com
    • Marisha Auerbach (360) 273-7117 www.herbnwisdom.com -}

      Introduction to Permaculture
      Oct. 2: What is Permaculture? - Introduction and Landscape Observation

      Oct. 9: Sense of Place - Permaculture Site Analysis

      Oct.16: Planning for Resilience - The Permaculture Design System

      Oct.23: How Does Your Garden Grow? - Plants and the Permaculture Garden

      The Path to Design Certification
      Oct.30: Spread It, Sink It, Cycle It - Water Management in Permaculture Systems

      Nov. 6: Nourish the Roots - Strategies for Feeding the Soil Food Web

      Nov.13: It Takes a Village - Community and Economics of a Permaculture System

      Nov.20: Feeding the Village - Large-Scale Permaculture Strategies

      Dec. 4: Sustainable Cities - Urban Permaculture

      Dec.11: Permanent Culture - International Development and Relief

      Dec.18: Designers Activated - Summary, Graduation, and Design Presentations

December 2 - December 15
Lost Valley Education Center
Dexter, OR (near Eugene, OR)

Permaculture offers a positive response to the uncertainties of the future. It is a method of design that offers ways for you to create permanent culture by conscious, sustainable use of resources in all aspects of living. The time to plan for a resilient and prosperous future is now.

Course Topics Include:

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

  Cost: $1250 including accommodations and prepared organic meals.

  For instructor bios, visit: http://www.lostvalley.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=132

  To register, contact Marisha Auerbach (360) 273-7117 or queenbee@herbnwisdom.com
  Register now to reserve your space in this inspiring and informative course!

Permaculture Soil Improvement Techniques: Put Your Carbon Into the Soil, Not the Air

Tuesday, February 15th
Taborspace: Copeland Commons Room, 5441 SE Belmont, Portland, OR

$12 in advance, $15 at the door

This evening's presentation will inspire and inform you with permaculture strategies to build soil. Learn about the critters that live in the soil and how they make nutrients available for plants. Learn strategies for enhancing their habitat and thus, increasing nutrients in your soil. We will discuss a diversity of ways that you can use local resources and plants to enhance your fertility in your garden beds including:

• Sheet Mulching
• Compost
• Vermiculture
• Hugelkultur
• Manures
• Green Manures
• Terra Preta
• Mycology
• Effective Microorganisms
• Dynamic Accumulators -}

  For more information, or to register, visit: http://www.meetup.com/Portland-Permaculture-Meetup/calendar/16176979/ or contact Leonard Barrett at leonard@barrettecological.com

Permaculture Design Course

February 27 - March 20, 2011
Wild Thyme Farm, Oakville, WA

with:
Marisha_Auerbach , Dave_Boehnlein ,
and Kelda_Miller
Special Guests include:
Michael_"Skeeter"_Pilarski , Jenny_Pell , Rick_Valley , Leonard_Barrett , Mark_Lakeman ,
John Henrikson, Kirk_Hanson , and more...{^/center^}

Globally, we are experiencing unpredictable changes in climate, economy, and resources. Through intentional design, we can anticipate what adaptive skills will be necessary for a joyful and abundant future. In this permaculture design course, students will be immersed in strategies to build community resilience and respond to uncertainties of the future. Our stellar teaching team will offer an over 144-hour permaculture curriculum with a focus on hands-on skill-building in food production, plant propagation, and energy systems. The Wild Thyme Farm, a premier permaculture demonstration site, offers an immersion in examples of beautiful and productive polyculture gardens, a 100 acre FSC certified forest, and strategies for rural revitalization. Through presentations, slides, games, lectures, field trips, and hands-on opportunities, this permaculture course will offer diverse learning styles to emphasize ways that students can design their lives and engage their communities in strategies for a sustainable future.

Course Topics Include: {* Permaculture Ethics & Principles * Observation & Site Analysis * Energy Conservation * Natural Cycles & Pattern Recognition * Mapping & Design Exercises * Animal Husbandry * Forests, Agroforestry, & Tree Crops * Soil Building & Ecology * Cooperative Economics * Plants, Propagation & Planting Strategies * Eco-Building & Appropriate Technology * Water Harvesting, Management, & Conservation * Urban Permaculture & Village Design *}

{^center^} Cost: $1950 including accommodations and prepared organic meals.
Early bird registration: $1800 by January 15, 2011

For more information, check out: http://www.herbnwisdom.com
To register, contact Marisha Auerbach
(360)273-7117 mailto:queenbee@herbnwisdom.com {^/center^}

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March 12 - 20th & 15 - 27th, 8:30 am - 6 pm
Raindrop Retreat Center, Bellevue, CO (near Ft. Collins)

$950 non-residential, $1200 residential

Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Association and Home Grown Food are thrilled to offer a 12-day, intensive Permaculture Design Course certification near Fort Collins.

This well-rounded permaculture course is an excellent opportunity to build community and get your heart, hands and head engaged in learning how to design sustainable communities and systems through permaculture -- an ecological design system inherently rooted in nature and applicable virtually everywhere: gardens, homes, businesses, communities, and relationships.

Permaculture teaches the language of nature, how to communicate within the systems we depend on, and how to redesign them with innate intelligence that supports life and abundance. The full certificate course, led by seasoned permaculture instructors, is offered over 12 days in northern Colorado at the mouth of the Poudre River Canyon. This site is located on 30 acres, offering numerous hands-on, practical how-to's, for course participants. A greater consciousness of the interconnectedness of human life with the environment is the next great learning curve that we are all a part of.

Raindrop Retreat Permaculture Project

Course Program broadly covers:

• Permaculture design principles & installation
• Organic growing methods (vegetable gardens, herbs, animals, fruit)
• Rural land management (orchards, pastures, trees, water systems)
• Ecological building, 'waste' recycling & renewable energy systems
• Sustainable community design
• Wildlife habitat & degraded land restoration
• Wild craft & nature connection -}

  Registration in advance at http://www.SustainableLivingAssociation.org
  Cost: $950 registered and paid in full by Jan. 20th - $1200 after 1-20-2011

  Permaculture Credit Union: offers loans for students who wish to take a Permaculture Design Course and cannot afford the program fees. Call 866-954-3479 to talk to a credit union representative or apply online at: http://www.pcuonline.org/home

Saturday, April 2, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Portland Nursery, Portland, OR

Join Marisha Auerbach, of the Cascadia Permaculture Institure, for this fabulous opportunity to familiarize yourself with beneficial insects in your garden. Beneficial insects perform specific ecological functions such as pollination and natural pest control to enhance the productivity of your garden! In this workshop, you will become familiar with these important critters and some of the plants that you can grow to entice them into your garden.

For more information, or to register, visit http://www.portlandnursery.com/events/index.shtml

Sunday, April 17, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Portland Nursery

$15

Do you think permaculture concepts can't work in the city? Think again! In this unique workshop, Marisha Auerbach, of the Cascadia Permaculture Institute will provide fabulous suggestions for incorporating permaculture and ecological principles into your urban lifestyle. Topics will include: urban design strategies, small-scale food production, soil -building techniques, water strategies, and community food production. Seeds will be shared in this class to help kick start your spring gardens. You will receive an extensive list of helpful resources for support during the growing season. Come join us to learn how you can incorporate permaculture principles into your life while enhancing your connections with nature and your neighborhood!

For more information, or to register, visit http://www.portlandnursery.com/events/index.shtml

Friday, April 29 - Sunday, May 1, 7 pm Friday - 3 pm Sunday
Wild Thyme Farm, Oakville, WA (outside of Olympia, WA)

$160, if registered by 3/28 - early bird discount
$175, if registered by 4/15
$200, if registered after 4/15

Food production and ecology come together in the permaculture concept of a food forest. Using nature as our template, these intentional ecosystems offer an abundance of food, medicine, habitat, and so much more. Please join us for this workshop and learn how you can apply permaculture principles in a high-yielding orchard with diverse understory and minimize your work over time. Learn design strategies for creating guilds, smooth succession, and ease in harvest. Attract wildlife and grow plants that create self-renewing fertility for your garden.

This workshop will discuss the permaculture concept of Food Forests. We will discuss species selection, community dynamics, various methods of implementing a Food Forest for the home landscape. We will spend the afternoons with hands-on work in the Food Forest to implement some of the techniques discussed.

Instruction will include slideshows, discussion, lecture, tours, and hands-on practicums

More info, and to register:
Marisha Auerbach 360-273-7117
mailto:queenbee@herbnwisdom.com

The Seed Exchange - A New Booth at the Oregon Country Fair in Energy Park

Friday, July 8 - Sunday, July 10
Veneta, OR
http://www.oregoncountryfair.org
http://www.energypark.org

A seed exchange is a hub for generating community food security. The diverse community at the Oregon Country fair represents unique microclimates from Cascadia and beyond. Many of us already cherish heirloom seed varieties and grow them in our gardens year after year. We are a new booth this year, offering free heirloom seeds and seedsaving information to the greater community. This booth holds the intention as a space for faire family to share and expand the surplus from our gardens as we provide a location for exchange of the diverse varieties of unique seed. We offer a non-commercial grassroots way for people to learn how and have the supplies to save seed.

If you are not going to the Oregon Country Fair and would like to donate seeds for this endeavor, please contact Marisha Auerbach at 503-454-6656 or mailto:queenbee@herbnwisdom.com

The Olympia Village Building Convergence

August 11 - 14

Imagine living in a beautiful neighborhood that you have designed and co-created with your neighbors. The Olympia Village Building Convergence (OlyVBC) envisions Olympia as a network of neighborhood villages that share, preserve and celebrate culture, skills and resources; honoring the earth and building resilience for future generations. Their mission is to organize a cohesive effort that invites the Olympia community to engage in meaningful conversation and creative placemaking, a process that involves shaping public spaces in a way that creates a sense of communal stewardship.

This year, the OlyVBC will take place from August 11-14 all over town. There will be community projects taking place during the day, and evening events full of inspiration and entertainment. All projects are founded on developing strong local relationships, social capital and equity, placemaking, ecological design, supporting the local economy, and creating our village.

Many successful neighborhood projects begin with a few inspired individuals. The key to any community project, however, is to shift that inspiration to a whole community and involve all of the stakeholders throughout the whole process. OlyVBC is in search of sites for neighborhood projects.

For more information, visit: http://www.olyvbc.org

Northwest Herbal Faire

August 19-21

Providing educational, networking and marketing opportunities for the herbal community and general public in a fun and festive atmosphere!

• Over 100 workshops
• Over 70 teachers – herbalists, healers, wildcrafters and health practitioners
• Herbal Marketplace, 50+ vendors
• Entertainment, musicians, singing and dancing
• A fun-filled weekend of camping -}

  Held at the Fire Mountain Scout Camp in the Skagit Valley, between Seattle and Bellingham.

  The 11th Northwest Herbal Fair (NWHF) will be held August 19-21 near Mount Vernon, Washington after a five-year hiatus. The NWHF is herbal education galore amid a festive tribal atmosphere.

  Some facets of the Northwest Herbal Faire include:

  • Enhancing Community and Sharing Knowledge
  • Continuing Education
  • An Introduction to Herbal and Natural Medicine
  • Making Your Garden Grow -}

    For more information, visit: http://www.nwherbalfair.com/

Seedsaving Retreat Weekend at the Wild Thyme Farm

Friday August 26 - Sunday, August 28
7 pm Friday - 3 pm Sunday
Wild Thyme Farm, Oakville, WA (outside of Olympia, WA)

$160, if registered by 7/22 - early bird discount
$175, if registered by 8/12
$200, if registered after 8/12

Seed saving gives us the unique opportunity to dance with life and play a distinct role in our nourishment. We can nurture plants for the special qualities that will sustain us in uncertain futures. By saving seeds, we ensure that our garden seeds are adapted in a changing climate. We can learn how to breed varieties for the unique traits that we enjoy most.

As corporations attempt to take control of our genetic diversity, seed saving becomes an important political act. Come join us to actively learn how you can take responsibility for your own food supply by saving your own seed from your garden. We will be discussing and engaging in harvesting of cultivated and native seeds as well as flowers and vegetable crops. Seed saving is a great localized buffer against the globalization of our food supply as it celebrates our unique microclimates and encourages diversity while increasing the resilience in our gardens from pests and disease.

This workshop has an active hands-on component. You will be saving lots of different varieties of seeds and each participant will go home with a small collection gathered from this event. Please join us to learn about how to select and save seeds from your garden.

For more information, or to register, contact Marisha Auerbach at 503-454-6656 or mailto:queenbee@herbnwisdom.com

Eight weekends spread between September 2011 and February 2012 Sliding Scale $900 - $700. Some worktrades available.

Permaculture is a solutions-oriented approach to sustainable living. It honors diverse earth-based traditions while nurturing a positive vision of our collective future.

Topics: perennial gardens, self-reliance skills, food forests, wildcrafting, emergency preparedness, pattern design, soils & composting, analog ecosystems, appropriate technology, natural building, animal habitats, design for villages, right livelihood, urban watersheds - all with an urban focus

When: Fridays 7-9pm, Saturdays & Sunday 10am-5pm on the following weekends
9/9-11, 9/23-25, 10/7-9, 11/4-6, 12/2-4, 1/14-16, 2/3-5, 2/17-19

Where:

• Most Friday evenings: Kings Book's, 218 St. Helens, Tacoma
• Weekends: First Congregational, 918 Division, Tacoma -}

  Cost: $900-$700 Sliding scale. Includes tuition, handbook, lunches.
  Contact: Patricia 253-565-2599, sustainabletacomapierce@gmail.com
  Childcare available: we're still working out details

  Website:
  http://www.divinearthgp.com and http://www.sustainabletacomapierce.net

Cultivate your love of plants and the planet into a unique and important skill set that combines ecological landscape design, regenerative, local food systems and community garden apothecaries.

Be part of the REAL grassroots healthcare movement!

Bastyr's Certificate in Holistic Landscape Design (CHLD) is 1-year, four-season program that uniquely integrates:

Convenient Friday evening & weekends format

• Site visits, regional experts, guest instructors and hands-on education
• Over 140 hours dedicated to the ecological principles & practices of Permaculture Landscape Design
• More than 30 hours focused on the theory and practice of Rudolph Steiner's Biodynamic farming methods
• Horticulture series focused on the cultivation and utilization of a wide variety of medicinal & edible plants from various traditions and cultures
• Emphasis on the Soil-Foodweb through classes like Soil Ecology, Mycology, Biointensive IPM & Plant Health
• Skills for creating a livelihood working with plants through classes like Horticultural Business Practices, Horticultural Research & Grant Writing and the HLD Practicum
• Electives include:
  • Herbal Medicine Making for All
  • Asian Medicinal Plant Horticulture
  • Medicinal Field Botany & Plant Identification
  • Herbal Medicine throughout Oregon
  • Cascade Herb Experience
  • Flower Essences
  • Introduction to Aromatic Medicine
  • Whole Foods Production
  • The Chef's Pantry
  • Northwest Herbs
  • Ethnobotany -} -}

    Pre-requisites courses include college level Plant Biology/Introduction to Botany and Organic Gardening coursework or equivalent experience/competencies

    Federal financial aid is available for those who qualify

    For more information, check out http://www.bastyr.edu or
    Contact Jenny Perez, Bastyr Herb Garden Manager & CHLD Director
    (425) 602-3153 or jperez@bastyr.edu

Sunday, September 18: Eugene, OR

This presentation will provide a detailed, "how-to" overview of numerous "repair" strategies that engage local communities in the re-visioning and re-creation of cities and neighborhoods. Drawing from City Repair models such as "intersection repair" and 'block repair", we will learn numerous principals and strategies for building local community networks, developing urban agriculture systems, and numerous other concepts for grassroots-style, sustainable urban transformation.

For more information, contact Jane Gray at: a.janegray.m@gmail.com

Monday, September 19: Big Bend, CA

This presentation will provide a detailed, "how-to" overview of numerous "repair" strategies that engage local communities in the re-visioning and re-creation of cities and neighborhoods. Drawing from City Repair models such as "intersection repair" and 'block repair", we will learn numerous principals and strategies for building local community networks, developing urban agriculture systems, and numerous other concepts for grassroots-style, sustainable urban transformation.

For more information, contact Jane Gray at: a.janegray.m@gmail.com

Saturday, September 24: Santa Barbara, CA

This presentation will provide a detailed, "how-to" overview of numerous "repair" strategies that engage local communities in the re-visioning and re-creation of cities and neighborhoods. Drawing from City Repair models such as "intersection repair" and 'block repair", we will learn numerous principals and strategies for building local community networks, developing urban agriculture systems, and numerous other concepts for grassroots-style, sustainable urban transformation.

For more information, contact Jane Gray at: a.janegray.m@gmail.com

Sunday, September 26: Ojai, CA

This presentation will provide a detailed, "how-to" overview of numerous "repair" strategies that engage local communities in the re-visioning and re-creation of cities and neighborhoods. Drawing from City Repair models such as "intersection repair" and 'block repair", we will learn numerous principals and strategies for building local community networks, developing urban agriculture systems, and numerous other concepts for grassroots-style, sustainable urban transformation.

For more information, contact Jane Gray at: a.janegray.m@gmail.com

Tuesday, September 27 - October 1: Los Angeles, CA

• Full day Guerrilla Gardening Workshop on Thursday, September 29
• Full day Placemaking workshop on Saturday, October 1 -}

  This presentation will provide a detailed, "how-to" overview of numerous "repair" strategies that engage local communities in the re-visioning and re-creation of cities and neighborhoods. Drawing from City Repair models such as "intersection repair" and 'block repair", we will learn numerous principals and strategies for building local community networks, developing urban agriculture systems, and numerous other concepts for grassroots-style, sustainable urban transformation.

  For more information, contact Jane Gray at: a.janegray.m@gmail.com

Monday, October 3: San Francisco, CA

This presentation will provide a detailed, "how-to" overview of numerous "repair" strategies that engage local communities in the re-visioning and re-creation of cities and neighborhoods. Drawing from City Repair models such as "intersection repair" and 'block repair", we will learn numerous principals and strategies for building local community networks, developing urban agriculture systems, and numerous other concepts for grassroots-style, sustainable urban transformation.

For more information, contact Jane Gray at: a.janegray.m@gmail.com

Wednesday, October 5: Sacramento, CA

This presentation will provide a detailed, "how-to" overview of numerous "repair" strategies that engage local communities in the re-visioning and re-creation of cities and neighborhoods. Drawing from City Repair models such as "intersection repair" and 'block repair", we will learn numerous principals and strategies for building local community networks, developing urban agriculture systems, and numerous other concepts for grassroots-style, sustainable urban transformation.

For more information, contact Jane Gray at: a.janegray.m@gmail.com

Friday, November 4
Tacoma, WA
King's Books
218 St. Helen's Ave.
7 pm - 9 pm
$10 - $7 sliding scale

In the Maritime Northwest, it is possible to grow all our own produce year-round with limited time to establish a system and limited effort. As petroleum becomes more expensive, this sort of system can provide an example to support our evolution to a more sustainable society. Marisha Auerbach specializes in converting properties from grass to to a perennial forage system. A perennial forage system functions much like a natural ecological system, and yields year round produce with minimal work. These systems are developed to meet the needs of the inhabitants on site. Marisha provides most of her diet and income from her garden and has surplus produce and crafts to give away and trade for other supplies.

This presentation is an invitation for you to visit Marisha's gardens through slides and lecture. She will be discussing how you can work towards self-reliance in produce if you have property to work with as well as guerrilla tactics to grow more food and flowers in the greater community. This lecture offers an opportunity to create cultural change through gardening.

This slideshow will be an updated version, including Marisha's experience and reflections on moving to Portland this year in mid-June and her tiny yard. We hope you can join us...

For more information or to register, contact Kelda Miller at (253)370-9946 or kelda@riseup.net

Spokane, Washington
Spokane Falls Community College

Bringing together permaculture people from around the Inland Northwest as well as people who are working towards a positive future in related fields. The theme is 'Exploring Pathways to a Positive Future' and there will be lots of workshops on practical topics and pathways to get us there. We anticipate around 40 presenters and 60 workshops. Our vision is an annual conference that moves around the Inland Northwest. There is always something historic and magical about the first one of an event series. We expect permaculturists and interested people to attend from around our vast region. Because of the vastness of the Inland Northwest (and ruggedness of much of it) there has not been much communication between permaculture people in the region. INPC aims to increase communication and collaboration. Symbiotic, mutually-beneficial relationships are a hallmark of permaculture. If you are interested in permaculture and live in the Inland Northwest then you should strongly considering attending the INPC in November.

Details at www.inlandnorthwestpermaculture.com

Event page on Facebook

Sunday, November 20
HARP: 2926 Ne Flanders St, Portland, OR

December 1 - 14, 2011
Near Eugene, OR

Permaculture offers a positive response to the uncertainties of the future. It is a method of design that offers ways for you to create permanent culture by conscious, sustainable use of resources in all aspects of living.

The time to plan for a resilient and prosperous future is now.

Course Topics Include:

Monday, January 2, 2012, 7:00 pm
TaborSpace, 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR

$5.00 suggested donation

Sepp Holzer was blazing new trails in permaculture theory and practice before it even had a name. He has consulted with projects on six continents, but is best known for his own homestead in the Austrian alps, Krameterhoff. There, at an altitude of over 4500 feet, he has masterfully transformed a rocky alpine slope into a diverse farm that produces an abundant array of fruits, vegetables, grains, and animal products.

This is a short video, around 40 minutes, so discussion and networking will be encouraged afterwards.

To register, or for more information, visit: http://www.meetup.com/Portland-Permaculture-Meetup/events/42271552/

Oregon State University Extended Campus

January 6, 2012 - March 23, 2012

This online Permaculture Design Certificate Course focuses on the Permaculture design system: fundamental tools and strategies that can be applied at scales from the home garden to city block to village to farm. Although rooted in horticulture and agriculture, Permaculture design is interdisciplinary, touching on a wide range of subjects including regional planning, ecology, animal husbandry, appropriate technology, architecture, and international development.

The combined Hort 285 & 286 certificate course takes students on a journey to design the site of their choice, where the curriculum and assignments all build towards the creation of an integrated site design.

The course consists of narrated slide shows by experienced Permaculture instructors, educational video tours with knowledgable guides, and interactive assignments, working towards the completion of a Permaculture site design.

Students present their work on individual blogs, which are visible for other students to comment on, and through discussion boards the community of learning is encouraged.

To register, visit www.beaverstatepermaculture.com or call 800-667-1463

Introduction to Permaculture series

Thursday evenings, January 26 - February 23
TaborSpace: 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR

Want to learn more about Permaculture, but not ready for a full design course?

Permaculture principles and design tools can be utilized to re-envision just about any aspect of human settlements in new and exciting ways that not only meet our present needs, but actually enhance the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In other words, Permaculture goes beyond mere sustainability (leaving things no worse than you found them), to regenerativity (leaving things much better than you found them.)

This workshop, taught over five 2 1/2 hour evening sessions, is intended to give participants a thorough overview of this whole systems approach to the design of human infrastructure, from gardens and housing to work and local economics. This is the perfect opportunity for folks who have not had the time or resources to invest in a 72-hour certificate course, but would like to obtain a firm understanding of the basic underpinnings of Permaculture.

Participants will learn about a wide range of permaculture strategies through lecture, slideshow, and interactive activities. The information taught in the course is, by nature, applicable across contexts and scales, from single urban lots and blocks, to regional planning, as well as many "invisible structures" such as local economies, community organizations, etc.

Topics will include:

Value Added Floral, Nursery, and Medicinal Herbs

Consumer Trends and Market Diversification Opportunities for Specialty Crop Producers

Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 9:00AM to 4:30PM
WSU Mt. Vernon Research Center
16650 State Route 536, Mount Vernon, WA 98273011

The Northwest Agriculture Business Center will provide an interesting and engaging day in which participants will learn about the current market and product trends in the floral, nursery and medicinal herb category, what to consider in the development of these products, and how to meet food safety and regulatory requirements.

Medicinal Herbs, Business and Market Development Opportunities in the Puget Sound Region

Presenter-Marisha Auerbach, Owner Herb N' Wisdom, Adjunct Faculty for Bastyr University and Oregon State University
Nationally, consumers spent more than $12 billion on natural supplements last year--nearly double the amount spent in 1994, and sales continue to grow at better than 10% a year. Marisha will provide information and recent data on the nation's top medicinal herbs under cultivation and fine-tune it for this region based on her ten years of experience in cultivation, permaculture, and agroforestry.

Cut Flower Growers School, Building a Viable Business and Capturing Local Markets

Presenter-Diane Szuchovathy, co-owner of Jello Mold Farm and founding member of the Seattle Growers Wholesale Market (a regional floral producer marketing Cooperative)
Most consumers aren't aware that more than 80% of the cut flowers sold in the U.S are imported. As well as sharing some land and water stewardship strategies that can help to capture the local sensibilities of the Puget Sound region's consumers, Diane will share the nuts and bolts of her farming, production, and business operation's experience.

Tickets must be purchased in advance from the NABC website

The Presenters:

Marisha Auerbach:
Marisha has been actively practicing, studying, and teaching Permaculture in the Pacific Northwest for over a decade, specializing in food production, herbalism, seedsaving, ecology, and useful plants. She graduated from The Evergreen State College in 1998 and continued her studies to receive a Diploma of Herbal Studies from the Australasian School of Herbal Studies in 2000. Marisha is passionate about creating land-based businesses that focus on medicinal herbs and other useful plants. She has developed a number of businesses, including Queen Bee Flower Essences and Growing Greetings plantable cards. Marisha currently teaches an Online Permaculture Program at Oregon State University and is adjunct faculty for the Certificate in Holistic Landscape Design program at Bastyr University.

Please Note: Due to an unexpected family obligation, our original presenter Jenny Perez, Herb Garden Manager for Bastyr University is unable to present. Fortunately, Jenny put us in touch with Marisha who will bring a wealth of knowledge, experience, and useful information to our workshop.

Diane Szukovathy:
Diane owns and operates Jello Mold Farm in Mount Vernon, WA with her husband, Dennis Westphall. They use sustainable growing practices to produce a wide variety of field and hoophouse grown annuals, perennials and woody crops. They purchased their seven acre farm in 2000. Coming from a background in fine arts, graphic design and 15 years experience in landscape design, construction and maintenance, Diane brings a creative and diverse approach to flower farming and marketing. She serves on the Board of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers as Northwest Regional Director and is President of the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market Cooperative, a 20 member trade association which facilitates direct marketing of member produced floral crops to florists, shops and businesses in the greater Seattle area.

For more information see Product Development on the course webpage.

Cost: $95 general registration / $85 with PSFN Member discount (membership will be verified). Includes box lunch and handouts

Class is limited to 25 attendees For more information or questions, please contact

Jeff Voltz,
jeff@agbizcenter.org
360-593-4744

Sunday, February 12th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
West Hills Friends Church, 7425 SW 52nd Ave., Portland, OR

Sponsored by Transition Westside Portland
Requested donation $15, no one turned away for lack of funds

Join us this evening to learn about growing vegetables during the cooler months of the year. The time from fall equinox to spring equinox in our climate requires unique strategies to meet our dietary needs. Marisha will share the various vegetables that she has grown and harvested during these months to extend the growing season and her harvest. We will also discuss strategies for storing and preserving the summer harvest for winter nourishment.

For more information, contact Kelly at kjsreece@comcast.net