Permaculture
Wild Plant Permaculture Class
July 10- 12, 2020
The Wild Plant Permaculture Class is 3 day intensive with hands-on instruction focusing on an integration of permaculture, wild edible and medicinal plants and holistic health as part of the daily practices. These practices assist in the alignment of harmony between our internal landscape and our external environment. This class highlights the wild wisdom of weeds as some of the best permaculture teacher examples. This class will visit several sites including: Turtle Lake Refuge Cafe to witness the power of health rooted in community, a food forest community garden close to Durango, Colorado at 7,000' elevation, and a mountainous hut in the La Plata Mountains at elevations of 8-9,000' where we will be staying both nights.
We will begin with reviewing the permaculture basics, and then dive in deeper to understand how wild plants embody permaculture and cooperate to enhance the environment for the benefit of all. We will experience hands-on projects and expand our understanding of permaculture design through explorations of sacred ecological practices. We will look to the wild wisdom for inspiration and support while we re-design own rhythmic patterns and participate more powerfully in a regenerative transformation of the world.
Suggested Donation is $333 which includes all instruction, food and lodging.
Contact Katrina Blair at 970-317-0988 for more information
Please Register for Class at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wild-plant-permaculture-class-tickets-19149512708
Or by emailing us at turtlelakerefuge@yahoo.com
Topics highlighted in the course
Preparing and Eating Wild Plant Foods as a Daily Practice
Sustainable Wild-crafting
Simple Medicine Making (juices, root vinegars, teas, salves)
Wild Body Care Products (tooth powder, lotion, shampoo)
Solar Dehydrators
Harvesting and Making Green Superfood Powder
Composting Toilet Designs
Fire Circle and Music Sharing
Nature Connection and Daily Practices
Myco-Ecology: Soil Health and Gut Health
Making Fermentations (both for the soil and for the gut)
Review of Permaculture Principals and Ethics
Basic Patterns in Nature’s Design
Wild Gardening and Food Forests
Organic Land Stewardship
Wild Wisdom of Weeds
Composting
Greenhouse Designs
Harmonizing Ourselves with Nature’s Cycles
Honey Bees and Wild Pollinators
Detoxification and Back to Basics Nutrition
Designing a Permaculture Life Map
Meet the Teachers
Katrina Blair
Katrina Blair began studying wild plants in her teens when she camped out alone for a summer to focus on eating wild foods. She later wrote “The Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants of the San Juan Mountains” for her senior project at Colorado College. In 1997 she completed a MA at John F Kennedy University in Orinda, CA in Holistic Health Education. She founded Turtle Lake Refuge in 1998, a non-profit, whose mission is to celebrate the connection between personal health and wild lands. Turtle Lake Refuge is a wild harvested, locally grown and living foods café and sustainable education center for the community. Katrina teaches sustainable living practices and wild edible and medicinal classes locally and globally. She is author of a book titled “Local Wild Life- Turtle Lake Refuge’s Recipes for Living Deep” and “ The Wild Wisdom of Weeds: 13 Essential Plants for Human Survival” published by Chelsea Green 2014.
Tyler VanGemert
Environmental Biologist, Acupuncturist, and Master of Traditional Oriental Medicine, Tyler VanGemert LAc uses elements of both eastern and western traditions to facilitate transformative, interactive classes. Methods include Functional medicine, herbalism, Qi Gong healing, Tai Chi for health and meditation to name a few. As founder of Mountain Medicine Acupuncture, Tyler teaches the practice of wellness to empower everyone to realize wellbeing in their lives. You can reach him by calling 970.247.1233 and by emailing MountainMedicine@Ymail.com or feel free to explore his website: www.mountainmedicineacupuncture.com.