Advanced Permaculture – Food Forest & Forest Ecology

Forest systems are critical for carbon sequestration, climate disaster mitigation, and a host of ecosystem services. Forests are also valuable elements in a design for food, fuel, building materials, and medicinal crop production. Join Starhawk and Charles Williams to learn about the ecology of forests and principles for designing and maintaining productive forest systems. This class can be taken as a stand-alone class for personal growth or as the fourth module in a four-part Advanced Permaculture certificate program.

Course will cover:

DEVELOPMENT & CARE OF FORESTS

• Forest Ecology: Explore the intricacies of forest ecology, disturbance and succession, forest architecture, and fungal/bacterial relationships. Gain skills in reading and understanding your local forests.
• Applied Forestry: Learn forest measurement, analysis and best management practices (BMP). Apply what you learn in class to your context, ranging from classic rural woodlands to complex urban forests. 
• Forest Management Plans: Apply concepts from class to write a forest management plan.

FOOD FORESTS & PERENNIAL SYSTEMS

• Designing and Building Food Forests: Learn how to approach food forest design, ranging from how to select cultivars to how to arrange your plans for beneficial relationships.
• Management of Trees and Food Forests: Gain tools and techniques for food forest maintenance and care. Learn how to adapt food forest theory to a range of places and spaces.
• Building a Design: Building off what was discussed in class, design a food forest for your region, and write a plan for management and maintenance.

To learn more, please visit the Advanced Permaculture – Food Forests & Forest Ecology webpage or register below.

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