Introduction to Permaculture at Siskiyou Seeds

Permaculture can be viewed as the toolbox which holds the tools of sustainable living. Much more than a gardening system, it can help us work with soil, water, nutrient flows, plants, animals, buildings, the sun and our community to design resilant, vibrant, life renewing and positive future. Given the challenges that lie ahead for meeting humanities’ needs, such as Peak Oil, Permaculture represents an important skill set and a new language of pattern literacy.

WHAT: This short format course will introduce the foundations of Permaculture, a whole systems design approach for sustainable human settlement. Permaculture (Permanent + Agriculture + Culture) encourages us to live with an understanding of place and how to work with natural forces on the landscape to try and meet our needs from the land with as little outside energy input as possible.

This course will cover the fundamentals of Permaculture, including ethics, principles, pattern understanding, zone and sector analysis, reading the landscape, observation, assessment and design skills. We will intersperse the theorhetical elements with hands on activities here on the farm to help bring the content into a deeper level of embodiment.

WHEN: Two day event begins on Saturday April 20, 9am - Sunday April 21, 5pm. People traveling from out of town can arrive Friday eve to set up camp (contact don@siskiyouseeds.com)

WHO: Gardeners, farmers, permaculturalists, homesteaders. No prior experience is necessary, however, some gardening familiarity will be helpful.

HOW: Includes delicious organic meals, camping, showers, instruction, handouts and a deeply nourishing dive into permaculture. Breakfast ingredients are provided but done self serve (or group coordinated) in our yurt. Farm based catered meals include: Lunch on Saturday and Sunday and Dinner will be catered on Saturday. If you are traveling from out of the area and would like to camp on Friday (4/19) night please email don@siskiyouseeds.com to pre-arrange that. Or if you'd prefer to do an Air BnB there are some in Williams HERE.

Course Fees: Full Price - $500 (if able to pay the full price you enable us to welcome more people through scholarships.) Includes instruction, excellent organic meals and camping. No refunds.

Early Bird discount available until 4/1/24 - $400

Farm Tour only included in workshop or a la carte (Saturday 4/20/24, 9 am-1pm) - $40

*please note that we do not offer refunds.

This 2 day primer course would pair well with the Permaculture Homestead Design Course later in the spring 5/3-5, 2024

SCHOLARSHIPS: No one turned away for lack of funds. We offer a limited amount of scholarship opportunities. The hope is to eliminate any barrier for folks who want to participate. Please send an email sharing a bit about why attending this course will benefit your journey to don@siskiyouseeds.com to apply.