Album: Herb Spiral
Our first group project was a herb spiral, which has 20 feet of bed in a 6-foot circle. It provides various levels of shade, moisture levels, and other microclimates to support a variety of plants.

Album: Building a Compost Pile.
In our second class, we made a compost pile from scratch, using items from groceries and neighbor's curbs.

Album: Making a Mulch Bed
This project was to build a mulch bed, in which plants can be plante in a minimum amount of soil.

Album: Chicken Tractor
Here is the chicken tractor at Selwyn's house. It serves to guide the energy of the chickens to a particular spot that needs tilling, weeding, insect removal, fertilization, etc.

Album: Structures
Here are some useful structures in the permaculture landscape.

Album: Planting a Tree
Permaculture greatly promotes planting trees, for food production, shade, evaporative cooling, oxygen production, water storage, and the many other benefits that trees provide. "Reforest the Earth" is the principle in a nutshell. Here we plant a pear tree.

Album: Building a Cob Oven
We added the finishing layer to a cob oven. Cob is an Olde English technique for building with mud and straw.

Album: Laying out a Contour Line
Building swales and berms is a way of slowing the water flow over your land to increase insoak, decrease erosion, and raise your water table. In this series, we show 2 techniques to lay out a contour line, which is the first step.

Album: Water Class
Photos from the day on water collection, management, aquaculture, etc.

Album: Permaculture Design
Patricia Michael taught us about Permaculture Design, both drawing techniques, and design principles.

Album: Graduation
The graduation ceremony for the Spring 2005 Permaculture class.