intro to permaculture - home orchard society 2016
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What is Permaculture?
~ It is a design system for human settlement based on context.
~ Guided by the native ecology, we design our built environments for stewardship of our resources.
~ Permaculture design strives to meet human needs locally while caring for the other species and neighboring communities.
~ We begin with a thoughtful site analysis. We determine the unique climatic considerations, resources, limiting factors, to guide meeting the needs of inhabitants onsite.
Resilience is recognizing our interdependance.
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Bill Mollison
David Holmgren & Sue Dennet Rosemary Morrow & Robyn Francis
Masanobu Fukuoka
They paved Paradise and put up a Parking Lot……
HEPA,Ha Tinh Province,
Vietnam
Know your Climate:Hardiness zone: 8b (15 - 20 degrees F)
Average high temp. in summer: 77 degreesAverage low temp. in winter: 38 degrees
Record High Temp. = 107 FRecord Low Temp. = - 3 F
Average first frost: October 18
Average last frost: April 26
Portland, OR Jan Feb March April May June July August Sept Oct Nov DecHigh Temp: 45 51 56 60 67 74 78 80 74 62 52 45Low Temp: 34 37 38 41 47 52 56 56 52 44 38 34 Precip.: 5.4 3.9 3.6 2.4 2.1 1.5 .6 1.1 1.8 2.7 5.3 6.1
Annual Rainfall: 37.5”
Zones of Use
List Elements
Assemble based on beneficial relationships
* 1 in 4 children do not have enough to eat. * Many individuals who struggle with hunger are working and not homeless. * More than 2 million rural households experience food insecurity.* Hunger is increasing at an alarming rate in America.
Source: Feeding America: http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america.aspx
Design From Patterns to Details
Bunny Love Carrots, New Cuyama, CA
Design happens within a context
Many climate experts – from officials at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to sustainable environmentalist and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai – agree that allowing farmland to revert to its natural grassy or wooded states is the easiest and most direct way to slow climate change.
Permaculture Design provides ecosystem functions.
From the Permaculture Designers Manual by Bill Mollison
Analog Species provide design clues
Consider native food webs to enhance ecosystem
functions
Plants Provide Diverse Yields and Services:
~ Food~ Medicine~ Cut Flowers~ Habitat for wildlife~ Repels pests~ Nutrients in soil~ Makes soil more receptive~ Nitrogen Fixation ~ Mulch~ Fiber~ Fuel~ Weed Suppression
System Establishment Guild
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Mutual Support Guild
Resource Partitioning Guild
Multiple elements for a single function
Diverse soil building strategies are critical to support our gardens through
the drought of the summer
Local Water Filtration Strategies
Put in my own water catchment shot
Multiple functions for single elements
Case Study: My Home, Portland, ORtypical and easily replicable
One year later...The lawn is a vague memory...
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Two Years Later, we can get lost in the landscape
6.18.2014
Site Analysis
Zone Analysis
Current Conceptual Map
Principle of Cyclic Opportunity: every cyclic event increases the opportunity for yield. To increase cycling is to increase yield.
Zone 2: Fruit Trees, Berries,Perennials
Zone 2: Field Crops
Zone 1: Annual Vegetable Production
Zone 2: Field Crops, Compost
Zone 2: Fruit Trees, Berries, Rabbits, Chickens
Zone 1: Annual Vegetables, Gathering Space, Container Gardens
Abundance and resilience don’t come from how many elements you have in the
system….
Interrelationships between the
elements leads to abundance and
resilience.
Permaculture for International Development
Turning Problems into Solutions
Thank You!
For further information, visit permaculturerising.com
or email: [email protected]
My next workshop: Saturday, October 22:
Food Forest Workshop at Nana Cardoons Forest Grove, OR