by Erik Ohlsen | Apr 15, 2020 | Ecosystem, Landscape, Pandemic, Resilience
On April 8, Erik Ohlsen was a guest on The Permaculture for the Future Podcast, a program of the San Diego Sustainable Living Institute. Host Josh Robinson talked with Erik about Globalized Localization and how we can look through the lens of permaculture to arrive at...
by Erik Ohlsen | Apr 2, 2020 | Ecosystem, Landscape, Pandemic, Resilience
In this video, we review the best ways to harvest so you can make the most of your gardening efforts! Thanks for joining me on this live tour and teaching from the Pandemic Resilience Garden. (You can also click here to watch the video: https://vimeo.com/408137727 Get...
by Erik Ohlsen | Mar 5, 2020 | Drought, Ecosystem, Landscape, Resilience
In Sonoma Magazine’s March/April 2020 edition, Erik Ohlsen was asked their “Gateway Question.” Read on for what he had to share! What’s the Latest in Eco-Friendly Design?by Nate Seltenrich It’s planting time in Sonoma, and local nurseries are busy....
by Erik Ohlsen | Feb 3, 2020 | Featured, Landscape
Greetings from Coastal California! Depending on your context you may be working too hard. Are your landscape aesthetic needs making you cringe at an over grown garden? I get it! I know that feeling to want to have a beautiful looking landscape and that itch to get out...
by Erik Ohlsen | Feb 22, 2018 | Landscape
Greeting from a 100 Year-Old Apple Orchard! I live on a small patch of what was once a fully functioning 80-acre Gravenstien apple orchard. The orchard was planted in 1916 (over 100 years ago!) and we have 10 of these old beauties still standing on our 1-acre...
by Erik Ohlsen | Apr 28, 2017 | Landscape
Landscaping is a massive industry in the United States grossing over 70 billion dollars in 2016. Most of these landscapes consist of water and maintenance intensive lawns and other non-sustainable landscaping methods. With a growing ecological crisis looming;...