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Where Ecology and Economy Intersect

The Importance of Edible Landscaping

“Managing urban areas has become one of the most important development

challenges of the 21st century. Our success or failure in building sustainable cities will be a major factor in the success of the post-2015 UN development agenda.”

-John Wilmoth, Director of UN Director of UN DESA’s

Population Division

Mission Statement

• To connect & educate children, families, institutions, corporate clients, and municipalities to the production of their food through beautiful and sustainable designs.

• To provide support and maintenance for those designs to be successful.

The impact of green spaces on health

• Mental Health Benefits: • Stress and violence reduction• Improved concentration

• Physical Benefits:• Enhanced health• More rapid healing• Improved environmental conditions, increase in quality of life

• Social Benefits: • Crime Reduction• Increased workplace productivity• Safer Driving• Economic Stimulation

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Ethics of Permaculture

Care of Earth

Care of Community through Fair

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THE PRIME DIRECTIVE OF PERMACULTURE:

Permaculture’s Focus Regarding Land and Nature Stewardship

Plant Forests

Build

Store Water

Save Seeds

Educate ourselves,

children & others

Teach one

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1. Produce high yields of diverse products such as food, fuel, fiber, fodder, fertilizer, 'farmaceuticals' and fun;

2. Create a largely self-maintaining garden and;

3. Create a healthy ecosystem.

What it is not. It is not gardening in a forest.

It is gardening like a forest.

What it is or strives to be – a perennial polyculture of multipurpose plants.

Perennial: most plants regrow every year without replanting.

Polyculture: Many species grow together.

Multipurpose: Each plant contributes to the success of the whole by fulfilling many functions.

Strategies – Hugelkultur = Raised beds

Source: eatcology.com

Strategies – Sheet mulching

Source: igrowsonoma.org

Strategies – Arranging Guilds

Source: theresiliencyinstitute.net

Dynamic Nutrient Accumulators Latin Name Common Name Nutrients Accumulated

Betula lenta Black birch Ca, K, P

Carya ovata Shagbark hickory Ca, K, P

Chamemelum nobile German chamomile Ca, K, P

Cornus florida Flowering dogwood Ca, K, P

Juglans nigra Black walnut Ca, K, P

Nasturtium officinale Watercress Ca, K, P, Mg, Fe, Na, S

Rumex spp. Sorrels and docks Ca, K, P, Fe, Na

Symphytum spp. Comfreys Ca, K, P, Mg, Si

Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Ca, K, P, Cu, Fe, Mg, Si

Urtica dioica Nettles Ca, K, S, Cu, Fe, Na, N

Managing a Permaculture Landscape

• Maintenance is centered around soil preservation, wind and water management

• Understand plant life cycles, harvesting & processing, and pruning techniques

• Certain level of artistry and attention to detail required

Principles of

Permaculture Design

in City Gardens

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Where Ecology and Economy Intersect