garden planning and design

The Garden Planning and Design class I’m teaching with Sharon Astyk starts this weekend and runs throughout the month of February. You can read more information about this and other classes we’re offering in 2009 by clicking here.

If anyone wants to participate in this particular class, we have a couple of spots remaining. Email Sharon at jewishfarmer@gmail.com if you are interested. Unfortunately, all the scholarship spots are presently filled. And obviously, there will be plenty to follow along with here on my blog, and at Sharon’s website www.sharonastyk.com - note, not all posts will be crossposted, so if you are interested, you’ll want to track both sites.

Also, if you are registered for this course and HAVE NOT received information about registering for the discussion group, please email Sharon ASAP, so we can get you set up. We have one registrant whose email address has been bouncing and we are anxious to get in touch.

Ready, Set, Go!

Garden Design Syllabus:

(pdf version available by clicking here)

Tuesday, February 3: Sun, Soil, Water; Taking Measurements; Mistakes We’ve Made; The Project of Design

Thursday, February 5: Meet Your Graph Paper ;-); Small Space and Urban challenges, Container Gardening; Gardening on the Cheap; Design Project 1 – A courtyard Garden

Tuesday, February 10: The idea of Permaculture, Calorie Crops, Trees, Bushes and other Perennial Provider; Seed Selection and Starting, Taking Inventory Making Gardening Accessible

Thursday, February 12: Transforming a City or Suburban Lot, Dealing with Zoning, Small Livestock and Polyculture; Design Project 2 – A Suburban Yard

Tuesday, February 17: Making Money From Your Garden or Small Farm; The Transition to Farmer; Mushrooms, Medicinals and other Possibilities; Pests and Diseases

Thursday, February 19: Community and Garden; Children’s Gardens; Succession and Long Term Planning; Season Extension; Garden Design Project 3: An Urban Farm – in Many Yards

Tuesday, February 24: Maximizing the Harvest, Marketing Your Products, Larger Livestock; Cycles & Long Term Fertility; The Realities of Feeding Your Family and Community

Thursday February 26: Visions for the Future, Becoming a Victory Farmer; After the Design Phase; Garden Design Project 4: A Larger Farm – In Smaller Pieces