Fresh out of my email Inbox courtesy of the P-Patch listserv!

The Eco Design class series is focusing on landscape design that teaches how people can design their own yards and community spaces to protect the environment and enhance natural systems. The first one is coming up on April 20, Intro to Eco Design: Conserving Resources.

During that class, students will have hands-on opportunities to build a rainwater garden in conjunction with Stewardship Partners, and also to work on the green roof on our greenhouse, and check out our water catchment system including rainbarrels and swales.

Permaculture Design Course with guest teacher Toby Hemenway. Permaculture uses ecological principles to create sustainable human communities that are harmoniously woven into the environment and that have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. This class is an intensive educational experience and a certificate program – two full days each month for six months.

Seattle Tilth provides all sorts of education and experience to create healthy landscapes and protect waterways, including……
the Children’s Garden to get ‘em while they’re young,
The Garden Hotline for info and referrals,
the Master Composter program providing education about composting and healthy soil to neighborhoods all over Seattle,
and the Demonstration Gardens in north and south Seattle and also on the Eastside.

For more information, contact:
Liza Burke, Outreach & Development Coordinator
Seattle Tilth Association
4649 Sunnyside Ave North, Room 120
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 633-0451 ext. 103 or lizaburke@seattletilth.org