Ecological Gardening

Practical home gardens are a cornerstone for healing our culture and rebuilding neighborhood community.

Learn to design and grow a home ecosystem to get more food, medicine and peace from your garden. We will use the permaculture framework to cover the most important elements of effective natural gardening while workshopping comprehensive design and plan for your dream garden.

Membership registration is open now! The ecological gardening class will begin April 4th.

Topics covered

  • How to apply foundational permaculture principles and concepts

  • Creating new garden beds

  • Aesthetics and making the edible garden beautiful

  • Designing perennial plant communities or "guilds"

  • Perennial vegetables

  • No-till gardening

  • Design of outdoor rooms and social spaces

  • Gardening with minimal or no irrigation

  • Growing fertile soil in place

  • Garden-based community organizing

Instructor

Jason Padvorac

Jason Padvorac grew up with organic gardens and an amateur garlic farm in the backyard. Since he was a child he has always felt most at home in natural settings, hiking in the words and picking berries. A love for the science of life and desire to serve humanity with it led him to a degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Washington.

After graduation he continued independently by integrating the study of permaculture design, forest gardening, herbal medicine, economics, wildcrafting and many other topics to search for workable solutions to the challenges we face. Since 2017 he has been teaching community-focused experiences to connect people with the land.

Jason lives with his wife and two young daughters on their half-acre homestead, along with their beloved ducks, chickens and quail.

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