Syntropic Food Forest
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With Klaus Lotz​


18th -19th January 2020 Booked Out 
15th - 16th February 2020 - Booked Out

Next available course: May 16th-17th
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​​10am - 5pm Saturday : 10am - 5pm Sunday
​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:
15% group discount on groups of 4 or more! 
-contact us below to apply
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