BO4133 Permaculture 3

This course focuses on land use systems for achieving self-reliance by integrating cultivated ecosystems, permaculture design techniques, and agroforestry practices. Topics include establishing and maintaining medicinal and edible food forests-–perennial and annual polycultures clustered amongst tree crops; animals and insects in permaculture systems, wildlife management and agroforestry practices including windbreaks, hedgerows and alleycropping, silvopasture, riparian buffers, and forest farming. A lab component explores practical elements of plant guild assembly, orchard design, and forest management as well as animal husbandry and beekeeping.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

BO4132 and admission into holistic landscape design program or permission of program chair.

Notes

Course fee $150