May 5-week PDC in Community

May 21 – June 22 How the Lost Valley ‘PDC in Community’ course is different Most Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) courses are two weeks in length, or a series of weekends that equates to the same length. These courses cover all of the areas of permaculture that Bill Mollison says are required in a certificate course, but typically in an academic setting and without extensive exploration beyond the...

Garden Exploration Course

May 21 – June 22 (5 weeks) This course is designed to give you a hands-on introduction to permaculture gardening and land stewardship. You will work alongside the Lost Valley Land and Garden Crew, participating in their daily activities of growing food and managing the ecological health of our site. This is not an ‘academic’ course in that it does not follow a predetermined curriculum, but rather the needs...

Pond Building & Earthworks Workshop, June 22-...

Fresh water comprises less than three percent of the planet’s total water supply — and it’s always in motion – flowing and transforming through the landscape, percolating down into deep aquifers and up into wispy cloud vapors, and rolling relentlessly to the sea.  In fact, even our own bodies are mostly water.  So when the precious rains come down, we have to learn to catch them!  Depending on...

August 2-week PDC in Community

  August 6-19 The Lost Valley Difference Most Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) courses are two weeks in length, or a series of weekends that equates to the same length. These courses cover all of the areas of permaculture that Bill Mollison says are required in a certificate course, but typically in an academic setting and without extensive exploration beyond the standard elements. Lost Valley’s PDC in Community...

Permaculture Passport Program

Southern Willamette Valley August 6 – 26, 2012 The Permaculture Passport Program is a new course offering that goes beyond a PDC at a single institution, as is the norm. It is a collaborative regional permaculture sample program lasting 3 weeks, during which a student experiences many different sites and people implementing permaculture principles in different ways within 40 minutes of Eugene. It will consist of one...

Forest Gardening and Edible Landscaping Course Ser...

**Sign up now for our Summer Course: August 10th-11th** Forest Gardening and Edible Landscaping are new types of agriculture. Inspired by ancestral forms of food production, and informed by modern ecological understanding, Forest Gardening uses a pallet of perennial plants from around the world to create dynamic, beautiful, and productive food systems. It is currently at the frontier of conversations about what it means to...

Earthen Floor Workshop – August 16-18

Since 2006, Sukita Reay Crimmel has developed an amazing understanding of the installation and sustain­ability of earthen floors. Sukita’s love of working with clay has brought life to her natural building construction company From These Hands. Now, Sukita is offering an Earthen Floor workshop and her own select mix of earth to create the perfect natural floor for any space.   Register for this hands-on weekend workshop...

Wilderness First Responder, September 15-24

The WFR course is designed to provide you with the tools to make critical medical and evacuation decisions in remote locations. Classroom lectures and demonstrations are combined with realistic scenarios where mock patients will challenge you to integrate your learning. Learning takes place both in the classroom and on our 87-acre permaculture site and nature preserve, regardless of weather conditions. The end of September is...

Plant Identification, Wildcrafting and Medicine Ma...

Join us at Lost Valley for a weekend of communing with the plant kingdom!  Help yourself stop, listen, and feel your authentic way into relationship with the plants that surround you and sustain you.  Discover the medicinal value and edible potential of many common plants in our Northwest landscape, and learn to turn them into potent medicine for you and and your friends.  Come explore our 88 acres of forested land and go...

October 5-week PDC in Community

October 8 – November 9 How the Lost Valley ‘PDC in Community’ course is different Most Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) courses are two weeks in length, or a series of weekends that equates to the same length. These courses cover all of the areas of permaculture that Bill Mollison says are required in a certificate course, but typically in an academic setting and without extensive exploration beyond...