Dan Halsey, director of PRI-USA, Head Designer at Southwoods Permaculture co-author of Integrated Forest Gardening, sat down with us to talk about designing guilds and the Natural Capital™ Plant Database, a useful resource he helped Paula Westmoreland de
Beetle banks create beneficial habitat for biological control agents important to pest management. Since the effect of predation from the bank is passive and seasonally variable it is a strategy best used as part of an overall system of pest management.
Conference, convergence & edge events
The 2 day conference, 8-9 September 2015, will take place at The Light, Friends House in London where there will be formal presentations, workshops, academic papers, exhibitions, music, and art.
COMING SOON!!! We will be working with Daniel Halsey from SouthWoods Forest Gardens and folks from Little Earth Farm Garden to create paddocks around the big barn. Stay tuned for before, during and after photos as well as updates on this project.
Permaculture design is systems thinking. Everything is in a relationship and defined by its relationships. Plants and harvest crops thrive when provided with the correct relationships in the soil and above ground with beneficial habitat. The urban landsca
Jessi Bloom (nwbloom.com)took our photo at the fair. We set up the designs and the talk was non-stop. Many new and familiar faces on the homesteader/prepper scene. Seeing is believing.
Neil Bertrando joined me in the booth and got a good read on where
North America's first convergence may not have had the flash of a Renaissance Festival, but the content of the presentations and conversations eclipsed even the intermittent thunderstorms and driving rain. Brilliant minds, diplomatic discourse, and energy
Sunday August 17
SouthWoods-10 Years of Permaculture
Open House and Book Launch Party
Come see a permaculture homestead and talk to
permaculture designers and enthusiasts.
This farmer was intrigued by permaculture and was amazed at the benefits from transforming to an integrated Food Forest Grazing System. The minimal loss of open acreage returned increased forage crops, new livestock opportunities, and harvestable windbrea
Transitioning long fallowed fields to woodland pasture, perennial crops, and orchards requires a multi-layered agro-ecosystem design. After extensive site assessment accounting for climate, soil ecology, geology and existing ecological systems, we start
PRI/USA is proud to announce the publication of Sustainable Revolution by Juliana Birnbaum and Louis Fox. In 2009 PRI/USA supported Birnbaum and Fox by becoming their fiscal agent as they collected funds for the production of their new book and began to t
This book is the first, and most comprehensive, guide about plant guilds ever written, and covers in detail both what guilds are and how to design and construct them, complete with extensive color photography and design illustrations. Included is informat
The database is working very well and I encourage all permaculture designers to try it out. Especially the spreadsheet download. Let me know if you would like a free access for a time to try it out.
This year I have been in Haiti after a downgraded hurricane, and then in New Jersey a week after Sandy.While in New Jersey two tornadoes passed by my old house. What does they have in common?
After some years of working my way up the academic ladder (not far up really) and making permaculture a common topic, it is now a main component in a graduate horticulture course I will be teaching next summer.
In a recent class in Complex Adaptive Systems, I wanted to find a new way to relate the effects of diversity models on insect patterns and the resulting plant benefits.
Part 1.1 of the Advanced Permaculture and Digital Design Series with Daniel Halsey
Geoff visits SouthWoods 2014
Press Release, Grant Awards 2016
Touring the Cedars of Lebanon.
Heading Middleburg, VA for a design project
Building Better Plant Guilds with Dan Halsey: GLPPodcast
Dan Halsey, director of PRI-USA, Head Designer at Southwoods Permaculture co-author of Integrated Forest Gardening, sat down with us to talk about designing guilds and the Natural Capital™ Plant Database, a useful resource he helped Paula Westmoreland de
Beneficial Habitat: Beetle Banks
Beetle banks create beneficial habitat for biological control agents important to pest management. Since the effect of predation from the bank is passive and seasonally variable it is a strategy best used as part of an overall system of pest management.
SouthWoods Permaculture is now SouthWoods Design
International Designer
Get ready, get set for the 2015 International Permaculture Convergence.
Conference, convergence & edge events The 2 day conference, 8-9 September 2015, will take place at The Light, Friends House in London where there will be formal presentations, workshops, academic papers, exhibitions, music, and art.
Rotation Paddocks for 10 Acre Woods Permaculture Project
COMING SOON!!! We will be working with Daniel Halsey from SouthWoods Forest Gardens and folks from Little Earth Farm Garden to create paddocks around the big barn. Stay tuned for before, during and after photos as well as updates on this project.
The Magic of Integrated Forest Gardening & Other Permaculture Revelations
Permaculture design is systems thinking. Everything is in a relationship and defined by its relationships. Plants and harvest crops thrive when provided with the correct relationships in the soil and above ground with beneficial habitat. The urban landsca
At the Mother Earth News Fair in Topeka Kansas.
Jessi Bloom (nwbloom.com)took our photo at the fair. We set up the designs and the talk was non-stop. Many new and familiar faces on the homesteader/prepper scene. Seeing is believing. Neil Bertrando joined me in the booth and got a good read on where
North American Permaculture Convergence
North America's first convergence may not have had the flash of a Renaissance Festival, but the content of the presentations and conversations eclipsed even the intermittent thunderstorms and driving rain. Brilliant minds, diplomatic discourse, and energy
Open House for Designers and the Public
Sunday August 17 SouthWoods-10 Years of Permaculture Open House and Book Launch Party Come see a permaculture homestead and talk to permaculture designers and enthusiasts.
Daniel Halsey, Nationally acclaimed Permaculture Design for Homesteads and Production.
Integrated Forest Gardening, The Book
The Complete Guide to Polycultures and Plant Guilds in Permaculture Systems
Prime Homestead in the Virginia, USA Hills. Woodland, Pasture, and Creek supplying continuous resources.
Keeping the stream pure with all the activity is a challenge, but a priority.
Amish Farmer Turns to Permaculture for Design. A Seamless Transition
This farmer was intrigued by permaculture and was amazed at the benefits from transforming to an integrated Food Forest Grazing System. The minimal loss of open acreage returned increased forage crops, new livestock opportunities, and harvestable windbrea
First Food Forest for Minneapolis
Install date May 17-18, 2014 PDF at southwoodsforestgardens.blogspot.com
Virginia Homestead Design
More Ponds! More Ponds! I need more Ponds! How many cows can you rotational graze on 31 acres?
Dream of Wild Health Design
A ten acre farm turns from row crops to perennial harvests.
A Legacy Landscape
Transitioning long fallowed fields to woodland pasture, perennial crops, and orchards requires a multi-layered agro-ecosystem design. After extensive site assessment accounting for climate, soil ecology, geology and existing ecological systems, we start
Thermal Mass and Insulation, Local Conditions Dictate the Function
Notes from SouthWoods Advanced Permaculture Series Thermal Mass and Insulation, Local Conditions Dictate the Function.
SouthWoods Permaculture is now SouthWoods Design
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Sustainable Revolution
PRI/USA is proud to announce the publication of Sustainable Revolution by Juliana Birnbaum and Louis Fox. In 2009 PRI/USA supported Birnbaum and Fox by becoming their fiscal agent as they collected funds for the production of their new book and began to t
Time to update the original SouthWoods master plan.
Not everything is on there, but it is a pretty good representation of the functional spaces.
POLYCULTURE DESIGN
GRADUATE COURSE APS 5101
Integrated Forest Gardening
This book is the first, and most comprehensive, guide about plant guilds ever written, and covers in detail both what guilds are and how to design and construct them, complete with extensive color photography and design illustrations. Included is informat
Conference on Climate Adaptation Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul
250 people showed up for the conference. It was great information from an ecological standpoint. Horrific for the uninitiated.
The Natural Capital™ Plant Database
The database is working very well and I encourage all permaculture designers to try it out. Especially the spreadsheet download. Let me know if you would like a free access for a time to try it out.
They asked why we should be given start up funds for a community farm.
They just need the obvious in writing I guess.
Fascine, Revetments, and Wattle Hurdle
This year I have been in Haiti after a downgraded hurricane, and then in New Jersey a week after Sandy.While in New Jersey two tornadoes passed by my old house. What does they have in common?
Permaculture part of coursework at the University of Minnesota
After some years of working my way up the academic ladder (not far up really) and making permaculture a common topic, it is now a main component in a graduate horticulture course I will be teaching next summer.
Shipping Container Shed
Diversity Affecting the Fitness Landscape for Insects, A Complex Adaptive System
In a recent class in Complex Adaptive Systems, I wanted to find a new way to relate the effects of diversity models on insect patterns and the resulting plant benefits.
Perpetual Community Garden Design
Four installed. 4 more on the calendar. It is a combination keyhole and field crop design with vegetated fence.