Sam will be a facilitator at the four-week internship withGeoff Lawton atthe Dead Sea Valley Permaculture Projectfrom 17 November until 12 December 2019. ‘Greening the Desert – the Sequel’ is a small project located in Jawasari, Jordan, on less than 1 acre of ground. Join this immersive once in a lifetime experience, live and learn about permaculture in the lowest place on earth. Note: You must have completed a PDC prior to enrolling in this program. from 17 November until 12 December
Course Description
Students will be engaged in the ongoing development of the land as a demonstration site and education center. This is an opportunity to experience a Permaculture Master Plan project in action and learn directly from its main designer Geoff Lawton while it is still in the establishment phase of construction. Part of the time you will be engaged in practical daily work while other parts of the program you will be learning theoretical aspects of applied permaculture.
Practical course components will include
Construction of multiple wicking bed roof gardens.
Maintenance of existing food forests through chop’n’drop, pruning and mulching.
Working closely with small animal systems as functional elements within the overarching design.
Working with natural fertility systems with compost, compost tea, soil probiotics, natural fermentation and anaerobic natural fertiliser creations.
Maintaining and working in desert vegetable gardens.
Nursery and shade house work.
Reed bed maintenance.
Compost toilet maintenance.
A field trip to observe established gabion water harvesting systems in the desert landscape.
Some of the in-class subjects will be
Home garden and school garden design and maintenance