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These field-based classes will offer plenty of opportunities for learning outdoors. Each workshop can be taken in series or separately.
Introduction to Permaculture
Location: Moose Pond Arts+Ecology, 35 Moose Pond Road, Otisfield, Maine 04270
Teacher: Scott Pittman
Dates: Friday 5pm, September 12–Sunday, September 14; classes are held 9am–5pm
Cost: $TBA, discount if taking both classes info@moosepondarts.com
Last Day to Enroll: Three days before the class start date
Deposits: Space is limited to 25 participants. A non-refundable deposit of $100 will hold your space. Please note: we don't refund program fees. Please plan your attendance accordingly.
Food and Accommodations: Workshop price includes tent camping on site (bring your own gear), and vegetarian lunches and snacks featuring food from our organic gardens. Other lodging options available in the area—contact info@moosepondarts.com for more information.
To Register: Visit the Registration Portal at www.permaculture.org
For More Information: Contact Arina at info@permaculture.org
Class topics will include:
· Overview of Permaculture and Sustainable Living Concepts
· Ethics, Principles & Methodology of Design
· Applications of Permaculture to All Aspects of Human Endeavor
This workshop is offered separately or in combination with Practical Permaculture Workshop (see below).
Practical Permaculture for Sustainable Farming and Gardening
Location: Moose Pond Arts+Ecology, 35 Moose Pond Road, Otisfield, Maine 04270
Teachers: Scott Pittman and Scott Vlaun
Dates: Monday, September 15–Wednesday, September 17; classes are held 9am–5pm
Cost: $TBA, discount if taking both classes info@moosepondar
Last Day to Enroll: One week before the class start date.
Deposits: Space is limited to 25 participants. A non-refundable deposit of $100 will hold your space. Please note: we don't refund program fees. Please plan your attendance accordingly.
Food and Accommodations: Workshop price includes tent camping on site (bring your own gear), and vegetarian lunches and snacks featuring food from our organic gardens. Other lodging options available in the area—contact info@moosepondarts.com for more information.
To Register: Visit the Registration Portal at www.permaculture.org
For More Information: Contact Arina at info@permaculture.org
This class covers the basics of growing organic food in an ecologically rich environment, with topics to include:
· Garden Design Strategies, Soil Building Techniques, Preparations of beds, Direct Seeding and Transplanting
· Irrigation, Intercropping, Gardening for Biodiversity, Cover Crops, Mulching, Pest and Weed Control
· Insectary Plantings, Seed Saving Basics and more
This class is for both beginning and experienced organic growers.
What is permaculture?
Permaculture (permanent agriculture, permanent and stable culture) is the harmonious integration of landscape and humanity, providing food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable system. It is also the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems that have the diversity, stability and resilience of natural ecosystems.
Site and Accommodations
The Moose Pond Arts+Ecology site is a relatively undeveloped rural location shared by 5 full-time residents, 2 dogs, a small flock of chickens and a few turkeys, as well as a host of wildlife including beavers, deer, raptors and yes, the occasional moose. We will be renting a large tent for a meeting space and will be able to use our office in downtown Norway, 15 minutes away, if weather is really bad. Primitive camping is available at various locations around the garden and in the surrounding forest. Motel accommodations are available in Norway/South Paris for reasonable rates. Potable water is available near the gardens and meeting location and a 7-foot wood-fired hot tub and solar showers will be available for bathing, but you might want to bring your own shower bag. Humanure will be handled in outhouse-style composting sawdust toilets. Parking will be available a short walk from the meeting area.
Moose Pond is great for kayaking and canoeing so bring a boat if you have one. We've got a couple that can be shared. There is also a mile or so of trails on the property for hiking, and more in the surrounding area.
Instructorts
Scott Pittman, one of the foremost teachers of permaculture in the US, has taugth the subject extensively worldwide on four continents. He is the founder of the Permaculture Drylands Institute and co-founder of the Permaculture Credit Union. Scott co-taught with the founder of permaculture Bill Mollison, and helped to establish permaculture movement in the US Southwest. His experience includes working with indigenous and traditional people worldwide, design projects that range from backyards to thousand-acre farms and activism in promotion of sustainable living
Scott Vlaun has been gardening organically for over thirty years in
both New England and New Mexico. Since 1992 he has been photographing
and writing for Seeds of Change and various gardening publications.
He began seriously studying permaculture in 2001 after he had the
good fortune to conduct an extended interview with Permaculture co-founder Bill Mollison (part 1, part 2). Scott received his
permaculture design certification in 2006.