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Sacred Garden
Ecological Place Making and Ancestral Traditions
With Erik Ohlsen
August 8th, 9th, & 10th
Come join this magical weekend of ecological landscaping, garden design, and traditional skills.
In this 3-day, hands-on program, learn how to design and manage a self-sustaining, ecological food forest combined with an herbal medicine farm.
Learn about ancient traditions of kitchen gardens and skill sets from around the world.
Explore vital systems of sustenance developed by ancient peoples, discover how these systems are in use today, and how to incorporate them into your life and land
about this course
overview
This course will look at magical and folk tradition practices for:
- Building a reciprocal relationship with the land
- Generating health and abundance for community
- Honoring the spirits of place through the giving of offerings
- Cultivating food, fiber, medicine, and fertility
Practical Skills
- Home-scale water harvesting – collecting and storing rain
- Seed saving – cultivating, collecting and storing seeds
- Soil building – tending plants and microbes for soil health
- Planting layout – strategies for what goes where
- Tree planting – techniques for planting perennials
- Food harvesting – bringing abundance from garden to table
- Medicine making – healing ourselves with what we cultivate
