Syntropic Food Forest Course​

Location:  PermaDynamics Farm, Matapouri, Whangarei  
​$390 (incl. GST)

Please note:  due to COVID 19 we will not be holding as many courses this year. Please register your interest to any of the courses above and we will get back to you for when we have a space available. ​

Syntropic Agroforestry
​Is a method of growing food that harnesses the natural drive of nature for complexity, density and diversity with carefully orchestrated techniques to create human inclusive ecosystems. 

​Klaus Lotz
Tutor

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​Frida Keegan 
Corse co-ordinator, Assistant Teacher

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Klaus has over 30 years of international Agroforestry consulting and implementation experience. His expertise extends to a wide range of countries and climates, having worked in South America, Europe and now New Zealand. 

Frida's understanding and synthesising of pattern in agroforestry provides this course with concise functionality that inspires others to be able to integrate and take on the practice themselves.  

​Course Content
We will focus on the four core principles of Syntropic Agroforestry​

Succession

Strata

Lifecycle

Soil Fertility

With the understanding of syntropy we can orchestrate income-providing, climate-resilient, food abundant and wildlife nurturing lifestyles. 

Amongst a 14 year old established subtropical syntropic food forest and the beginning years of a temperate syntropic market garden, this course will provide you with a sound understanding of the core principles of sytropy, skills in tool use, how to observe nature, design with intelligence and interact with dynamic awareness. 

10 am - 5pm​ 

• Introduction to Permaculture design principals.​​
• Food forest design layout  
• Role of nitrogen fixing plants
• Observation of climate and soil
• Plant requirements and use
• Water recycling and retention design
• Economic comparasons​​
•  Introduction to permaculture practical design principals. ​​​

• Plant species identification
• Soil observation, soil preparation and
  amendments 
• Tool selection and skills
• Hugle Beds
• Guild planting
• Banding
• Observation of nature to gain understanding of the environment and how to work with it. 

10 am - 5pm​

• Implementation and management of an established food forest and permaculture system.​​
• Pruning and stratification  
• Plant identification and propagation
• Disease identification 
• Harvest equipment, timing
• Management skills
• Maintaining Syntropy in a Food Forest​​

• In depth discussion on the principals of succession dynamic and stratification.​
• Syntropic farming
• Design feedback
• Diversification
• Soil condition, fertilisation 
• Microbial inoculation and biochar
• Animal incorporation​​

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​Please contact us below to register your interest in the course 

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