The Permaculture Guild

Presents the Permaculture Design Course at
Sacred Lands Preservation and Education Center
Jan 5 thru 19, 2013 two week
72-hour Certification course
9:00am thru 9:00pm
Meals and Camping provided
Many local Permaculture Designers make up the Guild of instructors in this whole system design science experience.
A field trip to the First Annual Florida Permaculture Convergence on
Jan 11, 12 and 13.
We are excited to include this exciting event in our course.

Day one, Jan 5, 2013 is an open to the public Permaculture Introduction.

Permaculture design emphasizes patterns of landscape, function, and species assemblies. It asks the question, “Where does this element go? How can it be placed for the maximum benefit of the system?” To answer this question, the central concept of permaculture is maximizing useful connections between components and synergy of the final design. The focus of permaculture, therefore, is not on each separate element, but rather on the relationships created among elements by the way they are placed together; the whole becoming greater than the sum of its parts. Permaculture design therefore seeks to minimize waste, human labor, and energy input by building systems with maximal benefits between design elements to achieve a high level of synergy. Permaculture designs evolve over time by taking into account these relationships and elements and can become extremely complex systems that produce a high density of food and materials with minimal input.

Call Cristy Abbott 727-520-5303 or email cristy.thepermacultureguild@gmail.com
to find out about availability, tuition and registration. Check us out at

http://www.meetup.com/The-St-Petersburg-Permaculture-Guild/events/88398852/