Design Your Dreamstead
Plan your best homestead year.
Do you feel a bit overwhelmed by the work that needs done on your homestead?
Are you unsure you're doing things efficiently?
Are you not confident you're being effective with your time & resources?
Do you want to be certain you're doing the things that will have the biggest returns?
With 20+ years of experience in permaculture design, herbal & perennial gardening, regenerative grazing and practical application on our urban, and now more rural homesteads--we will to help you design a thriving homestead eco-system that supports your visions, dreams & daily life. Holistic Homestead Mapping is the solution to what can feel both chaotic & overwhelming, let's retreat together, dream together so you can return to your homestead with a refined vision, resource list and a step by step get-to-business plan you can implement immediately.
Jan 19th 9am-6pm
Optional dinner on Jan 18th
Sparta, NC
One day of planning for years of happiness on the homestead.
This day long retreat will be the perfect way to create a master plan for your homestead, not just for this upcoming season, but for the next 3, 5 & 10 years!
All on an idyllic & remote creekside property in Western NC!
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Create a Grazing Plan
Get the most out of small acreage with your livestock. finally understand what it means to grow and manage grass.
Map out your perennials and annuals
Perrenials are like a homestead bank account. make a plan for the best ones on your homestead and where to put them.
Water and Land Management
Create a plan for where the water goes on your property. The best ways to store it, use it, how to create natural flow around your property.
Holistic Context
Spend some time writing a context that is meaningful for you and your family. This context will be the guiding light for all decisions on the proprty.
At the end of the day you'll walk away with a map of your property that has plans for your future.
Your design will be a holistic plan for the entire property and will include:
- water (swales, ponds, rain barrels)
- perennial plant locations
- fences
- livestock paddocks
- family spaces
- annual locations
- wood lots
- wildlife areas
You'll leave all but qualified as a Permaculture Design Specialist.
Not to mention--community.
Have you heard this? Your net worth = your network. We know it's true. The more diverse our connections, the deeper our roots, the broader our growth can be!
This retreat will help you nourish your need for community support--the magic of masterminding cannot be beat & will be an important element of this event!
Plus, upgrade to include Saturday afternoon/evening for even more time behind the scenes, eating locally sourced deliciousness and building connections with other folks doing similar things around the region.
*2 VIP Packages will be available for staying on the property--and we have recommended stays nearby for those staying off site.
A full day of planning and dreaming
$250
$47 for a second ticket use code "onemore"
- Create a water plan
- Create a perennial plan
- Create a grazing plan
- Write a holistic context
- Bring it all together for a master plan
- In person learning and community building
Tentative Agenda:
Jan 18th (optional)
- Optional dinner at Holler Hall
Jan 19th:
- Coffee & Pastries on the porch & intros!
- Open: Homestead Dreaming
- First session--identifying the tells of your property
- strengths/weaknesses
- efficiency planning
- defining zones
- developing ecosystem stability
- Second Session--
- Guilds & edges
- Perennials, annuals & herbals
- Guilds & edges
- Lunch Provided
- Third Session--animal management
- livestock
- chickens, goats, sheep, cows, pigs, etc.
- guardian animals
- fencing/boundaries
- livestock
- Fourth Session--priorities, investing for bigger returns.
- Trees & perennials
