Larry & Linda's Backyard Food Forest Video Tour

Linda and Larry Saltzman, Founders of the Santa Barbara Organic Garden Club, share with us a Food Forest right in their suburban backyard. Produced by Jill Cloutier, Carol Hirashima & [...]

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Sudden Oak Death

This program examines the disease Sudden Oak Death (SOD) which is attacking oaks and now other trees and plants in the San Francisco Bay Area. Program shows the symptoms of SOD on oaks, explains the cause of the disease, and outlines steps people can take to help slow its spread. Includes interviews with UC horticulturist Pavel [...]

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Permaculture Hillside Transformation | Common Vision

In the eastern hills of Oakland, Common Vision joined forces with three classes at Merritt to transform a steep hillside into a permaculture food forest with 108 fruit trees! Before trees were planted a team of pickaxers and shovelers built swales, long on-contour ditches, designed to harvest 1000's of gallons of rainwater and store it deep [...]

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Planting Cherry Trees & Eco-Lawns: a Food-Not-Lawns Perma-Blitz in Forest Hills!wmv

Learn the secrets of properly planting a fruit-bearing tree from a suburban permaculture workshop led by Brendan and Gusti, two inspiring leaders of Tri-State Food Not Lawns. The eco-lawn saves you water, money and provides a varied visual; why didn't I think of that? Using sand and stones around the root ball makes it super-easy for [...]

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Permaculture In Lesotho.

Greg Felsen a Peace Corp member involved with Permaculture development [...]

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Growing Windbreaks at Trees That Please

The botanical garden of Trees That Please shows a native plant windbreak called a Woodland edge….Windbreaks sustainable landscapes greenbuilding xeriscaping Trees [...]

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