**Registration deadline: Oct. 31** REGISTER ONLINE or register by phone with Richard at 845-344-1234.
Join Cornell Cooperative Extension Agriculture Educator, Erik Schellenberg, and guest speaker, Mark Krawczyk, owner of Keyline Vermont, to learn about evaluating land with methods and techniques used in permaculture design. For a printable flyer, click here.
The workshop will cover the concept of the Scale of Permanence, developed by mining and agricultural engineer P.A. Yeomans.
Participants will spend the first part of the day indoors for a lecture-style class, and the remainder of the afternoon out on a site visit where we will identify the concepts and features discussed in the classroom.
You will learn how to identify important landscape features, and list assets and challenges to the land relative to your goals. The class will cover:
About the Instructor:
As a student of
permaculture design since 2000, Mark has explored tree crop and agroforestry
systems, coppice forestry, natural building, traditional woodcrafts, community
organizing and both small and broadacre site design. Additionally, he
works as a community educator/organizer with the non-profit he helped found, Burlington
Permaculture; as
the owner/operator of RivenWoodCrafts, a traditional woodcraft and natural
construction business; as a natural building educator with Seven
Generations Natural Builders; and as a builder and site design consultant with Eco Systems
Design Inc. and the
Natural Design/Build Cooperative.
Walk-ins are welcome but space is limited – register early to save your seat. Registration is $50 per person with a scholarship option if you cannot afford the fee (call for details).
How to register:
REGISTER ONLINE or by phone with Richard at 845-344-1234.
Sorry-no refunds. If you can't attend, please have someone come in your place.
For more information contact Richard at 845-344-1234 or email rt449@cornell.edu.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County provides equal program and employment opportunities. Contact our office at 845-340-3990 if you have any special needs.
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Last updated October 26, 2017