PermaDyanmics Syntropic Food Forest Course

Syntropic Food Forest Course

Location: PermaDynamics Farm, Matapouri, Whangarei
(Free camping available)
$390 (incl. GST)

10am - 5pm Saturday : 10am - 5pm Sunday

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

Frida Keegan
Corse co-ordinator, Assistant Teacher

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

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