Food Forests In Syntropy
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with Klaus Lotz​

​14th - 15th December
​​10am - 5pm Saturday : 10am - 5pm Sunday

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​This course focuses on the design, implementation and management of a food forest, contour and off contour terracing, hugle and swale systems as well as species identification, use and management.  
 
You will be learning  the philosophy of syntropic forest gardening in a permaculture food forest in its one to fourteenth year sequence.

Klaus Lotz has over 30 years of international permaculture consulting and implementation experience . This course is designed to empower you to transform any soil, slope, vegetation to its full natural potential through syntropic principals that can be applied anywhere in the world. 

Location:  PermaDynamics Farm, Matapouri, Whangarei 
Free camping available
 

10 am - 5pm
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​Morning
Lecture:  Introduction to Permaculture design principals.
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• 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

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Afternoon 
Practical: Introduction to permaculture practical design principals. 
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• 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
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Morning:
Lecture: In depth discussion on the principals of succession dynamic and stratification.
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• Syntropic farming
• Design feedback
• Diversification
• Soil condition, fertilization and Biodynamics
• Microbial inoculation and biochar
• Animal incorporation​​

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

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Booking:

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15% group discount on groups of 4 or more! 
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