Pre-Event Workshops & Tours
Eugene Site Tours Sept 27, 2019 Companion to the Convergence
Join us to visit four Eugene residential properties with many green and resilient features. The site tours are free. The first site will be in north Eugene, the last site will be in south Eugene on the way out of town towards Lost Valley. The tour itinerary is most convenient [a side bar visit into Eugene] for out of town people from Corvallis, Portland and Washington State.
You can check suburbanpermaculture.org for details and a map.
You can join the tour at any location. Each tour will start on the hour.
11 AM - Jan Spencer's place at 212 Benjamin, park in the street or down the street either direction
12 Noon - East Blair Housing Co-op at 940 W 4th, park in the street, meet in the front open space
1 PM - Duma Co-op, 2244 Alder. Park in the street, meet out front
2 PM - David Stuckey's 3 properties, 2624 Harris, park in the street, meet in the alley west of Harris
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Jan Spencer's Place - Jan started transforming his place 20 years ago. Grass to garden front and back, lots of edible landscaping, much of it elevated, There are over 15 fruit and nut trees including a 7 foot in-the-ground lemon tree. The driveway was removed, garage turned into living space, south side patio turned into passive solar, 400 ft2 detached accessory structure, 6500 gal rain water system and water features.
East Blair Housing Co-op - Includes 40 residents. Both tour of East Blair and Block Planning. Community house, new property recently added, building up not out, many shared amenities, parking lot to social space and food production, garden spaces for townhomes at other locations on the co-op property, social and co-op management features of interest.
Duma Community - An intentional community demonstrating Permaculture principles in an urban setting. Started in 1990, Duma inspires people to live collectively by creating a dwelling and landscape that emphasizes both beauty and self-sufficiency. Visitors will get to see an established edible, medicinal, and native landscape; public art (including a kissing nook); water features; and a historic 10-bedroom home. Learn about the systems that have made Duma a successful community.
David Stuckey's Place - Three adjoining properties with extensive gardens, swales, espalier over sidewalk, nooks and crannies. This site contains many aspects of block planning. Imagine the entire block looking like these 3 properties. Fences down, backyards in sync.
Join us to visit four Eugene residential properties with many green and resilient features. The site tours are free. The first site will be in north Eugene, the last site will be in south Eugene on the way out of town towards Lost Valley. The tour itinerary is most convenient [a side bar visit into Eugene] for out of town people from Corvallis, Portland and Washington State.
You can check suburbanpermaculture.org for details and a map.
You can join the tour at any location. Each tour will start on the hour.
11 AM - Jan Spencer's place at 212 Benjamin, park in the street or down the street either direction
12 Noon - East Blair Housing Co-op at 940 W 4th, park in the street, meet in the front open space
1 PM - Duma Co-op, 2244 Alder. Park in the street, meet out front
2 PM - David Stuckey's 3 properties, 2624 Harris, park in the street, meet in the alley west of Harris
More Info
Jan Spencer's Place - Jan started transforming his place 20 years ago. Grass to garden front and back, lots of edible landscaping, much of it elevated, There are over 15 fruit and nut trees including a 7 foot in-the-ground lemon tree. The driveway was removed, garage turned into living space, south side patio turned into passive solar, 400 ft2 detached accessory structure, 6500 gal rain water system and water features.
East Blair Housing Co-op - Includes 40 residents. Both tour of East Blair and Block Planning. Community house, new property recently added, building up not out, many shared amenities, parking lot to social space and food production, garden spaces for townhomes at other locations on the co-op property, social and co-op management features of interest.
Duma Community - An intentional community demonstrating Permaculture principles in an urban setting. Started in 1990, Duma inspires people to live collectively by creating a dwelling and landscape that emphasizes both beauty and self-sufficiency. Visitors will get to see an established edible, medicinal, and native landscape; public art (including a kissing nook); water features; and a historic 10-bedroom home. Learn about the systems that have made Duma a successful community.
David Stuckey's Place - Three adjoining properties with extensive gardens, swales, espalier over sidewalk, nooks and crannies. This site contains many aspects of block planning. Imagine the entire block looking like these 3 properties. Fences down, backyards in sync.
Permaculture Earthworks, Ponds, and Swales on Contour Workshop
with David Ahlgren
Pre-convergence September 26-27, 2019 - Register on Eventbrite HERE!
Join world-renowned Permaculture Consultants, researcher and educator David Ahlgren as we learn how to design, plan and develop a natural water harvesting system, food forest foundation and Land restoration methods. Special Sessions will be taught by Pat Rasmenson and Penny Livingston-Stark
In addition to this class/workshop, David offers each of his students a full year of mentorship and works do site evaluations for each student as is viable within his schedule.
As we learn advanced methods of restoration with earthworks we will be initiating the second phase of earthworks for Lost Valley. The class will cover all aspects of this specific project along with covering the methods needed for any earthworks restoration project. Most sessions will be taught in a workshop style with open discussion and demonstrating on-site decision making practices.
Sessions/Break down of topics:
-Site Evaluation
-Access
-Planning
-Economics(surplus)
-Equipment
-Finding contours
-Swale Design and implementation
-Level Sills
-Swivel Joints
-Methods
-Equipment Demonstrations
-Pond integration and applications
-Round table discussion
Amenities: Camping on site and cooking in an outdoor kitchen are included in the price. Please bring food for yourself and/ or share with the group.
Registration: E-mail Pat Rasmussen edibleforestgardens@gmail.com with your name, e-mail, phone and what interests you about the workshop. Pay online with Eventbrite or send a check to Edible Forest Gardens, PO Box 13273, Olympia, WA 98508.
Contact Pat at 509-669-1549.
We hope all students who join us for this workshop, also join us all weekend for the 2019 Northwest Permaculture Convergence.
David Ahlgren’s Bio:
David Ahlgren is a seasoned and innovative permaculture consultant, educator, researcher and innovative land steward. He helped plant a food forest for the first time on the island of Guam at age 7. He was sent to the United States as an orphan when he was 16. In college, due to many city zoning citations for his agricultural and green-energy experiments on a small city lot, he purchased 13 acres for a home and permaculture research.
In 2007 David returned to the island of Guam for a consulting project to find his childhood food forest a self-sustaining and regenerating cornucopia of nutrient dense food. The contrast between the food forest and the surrounding conventional farms inspired David to dedicate the next 10 years to research and large scale food forest food production on his 120 acres in Oklahoma.
Thanks to both the education and mentorship of Geoff Lawton, the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia, and many others, David has succeeded at researching and developing methods of large scale food forest production using swales and insights from extensive observation and innovation.
David has a Bachelors in Business Administration with a study emphasis in Economics and International Trade. This equips David to teach and apply realistic designs that can be applied on a large scale. David's consulting portfolio includes over 26,000 acres of production across the nation. In 2011, he started research and development in off-grid solar power applied to permaculture. Over the past 6 years he has engineered, installed and managed over 100kw of solar power resulting in over 1000Mw of sustainable energy harvest. He has worked professionally in every major climate zone across the nation, consulting on homesteads, farms, cities and intentional communities.
Thanks to many great mentors, clients, friends, and our beautiful universe, today David lives, works and plays as Food Forest Designer, Permaculture Educator, Solar Power Engineer, Holistic Life Coach, Community Planner, and Friend.
REGISTER HERE!
with David Ahlgren
Pre-convergence September 26-27, 2019 - Register on Eventbrite HERE!
Join world-renowned Permaculture Consultants, researcher and educator David Ahlgren as we learn how to design, plan and develop a natural water harvesting system, food forest foundation and Land restoration methods. Special Sessions will be taught by Pat Rasmenson and Penny Livingston-Stark
In addition to this class/workshop, David offers each of his students a full year of mentorship and works do site evaluations for each student as is viable within his schedule.
As we learn advanced methods of restoration with earthworks we will be initiating the second phase of earthworks for Lost Valley. The class will cover all aspects of this specific project along with covering the methods needed for any earthworks restoration project. Most sessions will be taught in a workshop style with open discussion and demonstrating on-site decision making practices.
Sessions/Break down of topics:
-Site Evaluation
-Access
-Planning
-Economics(surplus)
-Equipment
-Finding contours
-Swale Design and implementation
-Level Sills
-Swivel Joints
-Methods
-Equipment Demonstrations
-Pond integration and applications
-Round table discussion
Amenities: Camping on site and cooking in an outdoor kitchen are included in the price. Please bring food for yourself and/ or share with the group.
Registration: E-mail Pat Rasmussen edibleforestgardens@gmail.com with your name, e-mail, phone and what interests you about the workshop. Pay online with Eventbrite or send a check to Edible Forest Gardens, PO Box 13273, Olympia, WA 98508.
Contact Pat at 509-669-1549.
We hope all students who join us for this workshop, also join us all weekend for the 2019 Northwest Permaculture Convergence.
David Ahlgren’s Bio:
David Ahlgren is a seasoned and innovative permaculture consultant, educator, researcher and innovative land steward. He helped plant a food forest for the first time on the island of Guam at age 7. He was sent to the United States as an orphan when he was 16. In college, due to many city zoning citations for his agricultural and green-energy experiments on a small city lot, he purchased 13 acres for a home and permaculture research.
In 2007 David returned to the island of Guam for a consulting project to find his childhood food forest a self-sustaining and regenerating cornucopia of nutrient dense food. The contrast between the food forest and the surrounding conventional farms inspired David to dedicate the next 10 years to research and large scale food forest food production on his 120 acres in Oklahoma.
Thanks to both the education and mentorship of Geoff Lawton, the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia, and many others, David has succeeded at researching and developing methods of large scale food forest production using swales and insights from extensive observation and innovation.
David has a Bachelors in Business Administration with a study emphasis in Economics and International Trade. This equips David to teach and apply realistic designs that can be applied on a large scale. David's consulting portfolio includes over 26,000 acres of production across the nation. In 2011, he started research and development in off-grid solar power applied to permaculture. Over the past 6 years he has engineered, installed and managed over 100kw of solar power resulting in over 1000Mw of sustainable energy harvest. He has worked professionally in every major climate zone across the nation, consulting on homesteads, farms, cities and intentional communities.
Thanks to many great mentors, clients, friends, and our beautiful universe, today David lives, works and plays as Food Forest Designer, Permaculture Educator, Solar Power Engineer, Holistic Life Coach, Community Planner, and Friend.
REGISTER HERE!