Last year we launched our first Regenerative Landscape Design - Online Interactive Course. We had an amazing group from all over the world and have been encouraged and inspired by the excellent work the group produced throughout the course. During this 20 week course, it is our primary goal to provide confidence and inspiration to our participants to start building regenerative landscapes, gardens, and farms that produce food and other resources for humans while enhancing biodiversity. Judging by the design projects the participants completed at the end of the course it looks like we're on the right track and we're looking forward to our next course starting May 1st this year.
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Regenerative Landscape Design - Online Interactive Course - How to Design, Build and Manage Polycultures for Landscapes, Gardens and Farms |
With permission, we'll be sharing some of the final designs from the course with you over the next few months. This week, we're presenting a design from Carla Blackmar based on the development of an outdoor classroom of an elementary school in Ohio, US.
Kramer Elementary School, Oxford Ohio - Regenerative Site Design by Carla Blackmar
Existing and Historic Conditions
Site Constraints
- Water: poor soils on top of slope means water runs off instead of soaking in. Water is in wrong place for food forest.
- Soils: Possible construction debris/ compaction during construction have resulted in poor soils
- Economic: School district has no funding for this project, would need to be paid
- for with outside $
- Deer: very high deer population will make it difficult to “beat them” to theharvest in the forest. Fencing is prohibitively expensive.
- Social: past outdoor education projects on-site have been abandoned.
Site Goals and Designs
Food Forest Plan Detail
Native Food Forest and Compost Area
Outdoor Classroom Plan Detail
Final Site Images
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