Introduction to Permaculture

DJ and staff in garden

Date: Wednesday, November 4/26, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
Arrival: Please arrive early; we’ll begin promptly at 6:30 PM.
Location: Castleton Town Hall, 1780 Percy St. Cramahe, Ontario K0K 1M0.

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Overview

Join Living Ways Foundations Garden and Ecosystem Manager, DJ Lewis as he discusses some of the basics of permaculture, what it is and how they can relate to everyday life as well as the natural world. DJ will take you through the Ethics and Principles of Permaculture and how you can use this holistic system for wherever you are planted in this world and answer your questions.

Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems which includes a set of design principles derived using whole-systems thinking. These principles in fields such as regenerative agriculture, town planning, rewilding, and community resilience. The term was coined in 1978 by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, who formulated the concept in opposition to modern industrialized methods, instead adopting a more traditional or “natural” approach to agriculture. DJ will talk about Permaculture as a whole and how the basic principles are a set of guidelines for how to plant a garden that mimics natural ecosystems for greater resilience and sustainability, but also how they can relate to our day to day lives outside of the garden.

DJ Lewis was born and raised on a small suburban hobby farm that was striving for self sufficiency on the northern outskirts of the Adelaide metropolitan area in South Australia. A lasting impression resulted from this upbringing, that formed the foundation of his passion for Permaculture and Sustainable Living. With the help of his wife and two children, this passion is lived everyday on their 2.5-acre homestead on the outskirts of Campbellford. Growing good things, by living and practicing Permaculture using sustainably resilient methods that align with the base Ethics and Principles of Permaculture and stewardship of the land and its many ecosystems.