Engage in the Healing Power of Nature…

This is a project oriented course in applying key principles from permaculture and the regenerative agriculture to create a medicinal herb garden. Learn to created living soil and a sustainable garden ecology. We will muse over edible and medicinal uses for many wild plants and common weeds as well as applications for each of the herbs selected for this garden. The garden location and design will be determined by the landscape, bringing us to ramble at herb walk pace in ecological discovery. We will spend ample time with our nose in the plants, deepening our relationship with them and sharing their many uses. 

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The purpose of this garden project is to create a sustainable ecosystem that contributes to the greater landscape. To achieve this goal our gardening practices will include disturbing the soil as little as possible, keeping it covered with organic matter, enhancing biodiversity through species, and the integration of compost, pollinators, and animal life for developing a garden ecosystem. Once established, the "soil sponge" creates a living food web which plays an important role in sequestering carbon emissions and producing amazingly healthy plants with little effort. This medicine garden project will apply elements to regenerate soil and create habitat for a healthy co-existence with wildlife. This dynamic establishes health for soil, plants, people, and the planet.

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