How do we intentionally design our lives and landscapes in balance with natural and human cycles to create thriving selves, families, and communities in a vibrant, natural world?
The Vital Cycles Year:
Join us for six, three-day weekends throughout the year weaving together
permaculture design and personal ecology. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions, or call us at 831-288-2090.
Class sessions are Fridays noon to 7 PM, Saturdays 9 AM to 7 PM, and Sundays 9 AM to 5 PM.
2021/2 Dates and Topics
April 23-25: Breaking Ground
breath, soil, nourishment, ecotones & edges, principles & patterns, soil inoculants, compost strategies, sheet mulching
June 18-20:Radical Roots
sleep, water, earthworks for water infiltration, seeds, bioremediation, rainwater roof catchment, swales and berms
August 13-15: Emergence
movement, agroforestry, trees, transpiration, pollination, plant guilds, place making, awe, tree guild planting, personal energy
October 8-10: Full Flower
creativity, invisible structures, regenerative economics, land access and policy, urban permaculture, bioregionalism, grey water systems
December 3-5: Fruitful Harvest
connection, ancestors, preparing for catastrophe, animals, urban permaculture, energy creation, congruence
February 25-27: Cycle Propagation
healing, homesteading, pruning, fermentation, food as medicine, design project presentations
TUITION AND REGISTRATION
This is a PINA recognized Permaculture Design Course (PDC) and includes over 40 hours of additional materials and practice on Personal Ecology through Vital Life Skills.
Before March 6: $1395 / After March 6: $1595
Full-Time Teacher / Student / Elder: $1295 / $1395
Second Person in a Couple / Family: $1195 / $1295
Groups – please inquire at [email protected]
About the Instructors:
Anne and Lydia bring together extensive backgrounds in community health and permaculture education and activism. Curiosity about and study of Alchemy and Biodynamic herbs inspires a deep integration of the health of the land and the health of the individual. We have an action-based perspective that highlights skills, practices and resources necessary for growth, creativity, and vitality in person and place.
Anne Freiwald, MPH: Personal health and permaculture educator and design consultant, working for over 27 years with individuals and communities on personal and community resilience.
Lydia Neilsen: PINA certified permaculture educator, landscape and habitat designer, specializing in water cycle restoration and passionate polyculture.
In addition to this year long course, Anne and Lydia also offer permaculture landscape design consultations as well as signature and custom educational courses. Contact [email protected] for more information.
Register here for more information about upcoming workshops, introductory session or the complete Vital Cycles program.
You can also contact Anne and Lydia directly at [email protected] or (831) 288-2090
Lydia & Anne bring together extensive backgrounds in community health and permaculture education and activism. Curiosity about and study of Alchemy and Biodynamic herbs inspires a deep integration of the health of the land and the health of the individual. We have an action-based perspective that highlights skills, practices and resources necessary for growth, creativity, and vitality in person and place.
Our new site is being co-created as you read this!
For information about our upcoming 2021 year-round Permaculture Design and Personal Ecology Certificate starting April 23-25, as well as additional local events and opportunities, email Anne and Lydia at [email protected] or call/text at 831-288-2090.
We look forward to connecting with you soon!