Course curriculum

  • 1

    Intro

  • 2

    Climate Update

    • Climate Change Update

    • Renewable natural gas production from organic waste

    • We need to design and think about appropriate solutions! You cant just plant a tree, there more to it.

    • Farming Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

    • Highlights: Project Drawdown

    • Ecological Footprint

    • Inside the Food Forest of the Amazon Rainforest

    • The legacy of 4,500 years of polyculture agroforestry in the eastern Amazon
  • 3

    Design Process: Observing and mimicking nature's solutions

    • Design process and the squirrels

  • 4

    Soils

    • The Needs of the Garden and the Soil

  • 5

    Water Management

    • The Scale of Permanence: Water
  • 6

    Mandala and Keyhole Gardens

    • The Scale of Permanence: Access

    • Succession Planting Interval Chart for Vegetables

    • Succession Planting Principles & Practices
  • 7

    No Dig, Lasagna gardens and Herb spirals

    • Structure No dig gardens & Herb Spirals

    • Lasagna No Dig Gardening guide
  • 8

    Companion Planting

    • Companion Planting: Plants need friends too!

    • Companion Planting Guide

    • Understand your pests: Japanese beetle
  • 9

    Edible Landscaping and Food Forests

    • Edible landscaping, food forests and closing
  • 10

    Additional Resources

    • PDF Slides