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1. Regenerative Design
& Edible Landscaping
www.appleseedpermaculture.com
Ethan C. Roland, AppleSeed Permaculture LLC
With Gratitude to Dave Jacke, Eric Toensmeier, and Dyami Nason-Regan.
Apios
Institute

2. GAIA UNIVERSITY
NORTHEAST
www.gaianortheast.org

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4. Prime Directive
“The only ethical decision is to take
responsibility for our own existence and
that of our children.
Make it Now.”
- Bill Mollison, Co-creator of Permaculture

5. Regenerative Design &
Edible Landscaping
• Why?
• Principles
• Plants
• Community

6. Permaculture:
meeting human needs while
increasing ecosystem health

7. Permaculture: Ethics
1. Earth Care
2. People Care
3. Resource Share
Developed in 1980’s, over 1,000,000 people certified, active in 140+ Countries,
more than 4,000 projects on the ground

8. Why Regenerative
Design?

9. BioDevastation
• Welcome to “6X”

10. Climate Chaos
50 million climate change refugees by 2010 - UN

11. 2004
Climate
Chaos

12. Hardiness Zones
www.arborday.org
Hardiness Zone

13. Food Insecurity
“...an impending crisis of soaring food prices...” - UN/FAO ISFP

14. Blood Boils
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009
• Climate has been a major driver of armed conflict in
Africa
• Future warming is likely to increase the number of
deaths from war
• Strife arises when the food supply is scarce in warm
conditions
• 400,000 extra deaths in African conflicts by 2030
• Human costs are likely to be staggering

15. Peak Petroleum

17. The Hirsch Report
• World oil peaking is going to happen, and will likely be
“abrupt and revolutionary”.
• Oil peaking will adversely affect global economies,
particularly those most dependent on oil.
• Effective mitigation will be dependent on the
implementation of mega-projects and mega-changes at the
maximum possible rate.
• Government intervention will be required, but economic
upheaval is not inevitable.
• Scenarios: 0, 10, 20 years before peak.

18. Why Regenerative
Design?

20. Edible Landscaping
Principles

21. 3 Principles
of Edible Landsaping
• Interconnection
• Diversity
• Organic & Biological Resources

25. Herbs/Flowers

26. Sweet Cicely
Myrrhis odorata

27. Daylilly
Hemerocallis spp.

28. Comfrey
Symphytum spp.

29. Echinacea
Echinacea purperea

30. Anisse Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum

31. Perennial Vegetables

32. Some (More) Common
Perennial Vegetables
Rhubarb
Rheum x cultorum
Asparagus
Asparagus
officinalis
Nettle
Urtica dioica French sorrel - Rumex acetosa

33. Sea Kale
(Crambe maritima)

34. Multiplier Onion (Allium cepa-aggregatum)
• Shallot, walking onion,
chive, garlic chives

35. Climbing Spinach (Hablitzia tamnoides)

37. Trees

38. Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)

39. Juneberry
(Amelanchier spp.)

40. American Persimmon
(Diospyros virginiana)

41. Chestnut

42. Pine Nut

43. Vines

44. Groundnut
Apios americana

45. Hops
Humulus lupuls

46. Hardy Kiwi
(Actinidia arguta)

47. Super-Hardy Kiwi
(Actinidia kolomikta)

49. Shrubs

50. Nanking
Cherry
Prunus tomentosa

51. Hazelnut
(Corylus spp.)

52. Hazelnut
(Corylus spp.)

53. Seaberry
(Hippophae rhamnoides)

54. Currants
(Ribes spp.)

55. Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis

56. Want to learn more
about these plants?
www.apiosinstitute.org
Visit the Edible Forest Gardens Wiki at the Apios Institute!

58. Community

59. Community

60. Community

63. Community

64. Community

66. Macedonia - Cegrane
Refugee Camp
Andrew Jones & Geoff Lawton
Photo: Andrew Jones

67. Photo: Andrew Jones

68. Macedonia ‐ Class+Design
Photo: Andrew Jones

69. Macedonia ‐ Design
Photo: Andrew Jones

70. Earthworks: Water Harvesting, Erosion Control
Photo: Andrew Jones

71. Earthworks‐ ‐ Swales
Photo: Andrew Jones

72. Strawbales
Photo: Andrew Jones

73. Strawbale Women
Photo: Andrew Jones

74. Photo: Andrew Jones

75. Early season seedlings raised in Cold Frames ‐‐ Duck and Goose pond posi@oned uphill from small crop gardens for
gravity fer@ga@on ‐‐ Garden Ponds add diversity and predator habitat
Photos: Andrew Jones

76. Diverse Organic
Productive Small Crops
Photo: Andrew Jones

77. Tomatoes
First Year:
6.5 Tons of Organic Tomatoes Produced
-- Solar-dried and sold to gourmet Italian Market
-- Economic Sustainability
Photo: Andrew Jones

78. Next Steps
www.appleseedpermaculture.com
Apios
Institute
• BOOKS
• Landscaping with Fruit - Lee Reich
• Gaia’s Garden - Toby Hemenway
• PERMACULTURE
• Design Certification Courses