Mark Shepard Workshop Schedule

Thursday 21st

Friday 22nd

Saturday 23rd

Sunday 24th

7:00 – 8:15 Breakfast

7:00 – 8:15 Breakfast

7:00 – 8:15 Breakfast

Travel

8:30
Candice Chaffee Certified Natural Health Practitioner
30 Minutes on State of Nation's Health

Mark Shepard -
Session 1
Fundamentals of Permaculture
Ethics
Concepts and Themes
Patterns in Nature
Site Overview
Design Methodology

8:30
Mark Shepard –
Session 4
Specifics of Permaculture
Climate
Sun
Soil
Water
Plants
Trees
Pest management
Small & Large animals

8:30
Permacultural Design
Classroom and Mark Shepard will brainstorm several designs for individual student's properties, or use this
time to do a more detailed permaculture design
for the Stelle pond,
orchard and community gardens.

Closing
The Heart of
Sustainability

12:00 to 1:00 Lunch

12:00 to 1:00 Lunch

12:00 to 1:00 Lunch

Arrival

…anytime after 3:00

3:00 to 5:00
Register at CSC
Set up tents / settle in

5:00 to 6:00
Informal Gathering
to meet fellow students

1:00 to 5:00
Mark Shepard
Session 2

 Permaculture Design Tour
Walk the Stelle pond, orchard, and garden area
to practice observing features in creating a permaculture design.

1:00 to 5:00

 Tour
Spence Farm:
Marty and Kris Travis will guide us through their family's 175 year old farm - and how they are returning it to its roots with crops from the woods, prairie, gardens and pastures.

Take Down Tents

Say Good-bye

6:00 to 6:45 Dinner

5:30 to 6:45 Dinner

5:30 to 6:45 Dinner

6:45
Intro to Stelle & CSC
Tour of Community with look at ‘green' home, solar powered telephone company, wind powered water plant, and organic community gardens.

8:30 Meet Mark Shepard
(and Family?)
A full history of their adventures into sustainable agriculture

9:45 End

Late Swim – Informal Campfire – Bed

7:00 to 9: 00 ish 

Mark Shepard
Session 3

7:00 to 9: 00 ish

Mark Shepard
Session 5