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Permaculture In Action: Residential Site Tour & Talk

Maybe you’ve heard about permaculture but don’t quite understand how it works – what does a landscape designed with permaculture principles in mind look like – and why? Get to know the basics about permaculture princples, site design, water catchment and more with two of the up-and-coming leaders in permaculture design in the Southeast.

Tour a couple of residential sites where permaculture practices have been put into place to get a better, real-life understanding of how these designs work with nature to facilitate a healthy, abundant, beautiful landscape that can help you have lush plants even in drought and save money and energy in the long run. And for a bit of fun, we’ll try to arrange light refreshments at the various sites (but we’re not making any promises!)

Learn more about The Homestead Atlanta & this class at: http://thehomesteadatl.com/classes/permaculture-in-action-residential-site-tour-talk/

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About the Instructors:
Brandy passionately engages communities through education, design, and installation of food forests and perennial farms and gardens through her ecological design firm, Shades of Green at www.shadesofgreeninc.org.

Benjamin Portwood is a co-founder of Edible Yard & Garden. He received training at the Montsant Permaculture Institute in Catalunya, Spain, where he spent 2 years in an apprenticeship program and learned how to use plants to develop ecologies and produce food. He has been practicing what he learned for the last 7 or more years since then.

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Along with Edible Yard & Garden, he is currently working on sustainable farm development projects. He derives great joy from designing garden beds and planting trees.

Location & Time:
Sunday May 18, 1:00-4:00
Map will be sent to registered participants; sites will be located near one another to cut down on driving/carpool time.

Learn more about The Homestead Atlanta & this class at: http://thehomesteadatl.com/classes/permaculture-in-action-residential-site-tour-talk/

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