Forest Garden Walk-Abouts
Forest Garden Permaculture Walk-Abouts, Consultation & Design
Walk-Abouts & Ecological Design Services
What is a Forest Gardening Walk-About? During the initial session, Shantree Kacera, a Permaculture Educator and Forest Gardener, will explore with the property owner(s) how to take advantage of the abundant natural resources surrounding their home or property (such as the sun, rain, wind, climate, and soil). The goal is to assist the homeowner in exploring what elements they would most benefit from by implementing a forest gardening permaculture design for their home and/or lot. This is a verbal assessment of the property.
There are Three Package Options:
Walk-About Package
Consulting & Design Package
Customization Services
1) Walk-About Package ($380 plus Mileage & HST)
This package would cost 4 hours at $95 per hour plus 50 cents per km plus HST.
Now, there are two ways you can organize an event such as this: a half-day workshop for $50 per person, or if 12 individuals come out, that’s $600, which would cover my costs, and you attend for free.
If you decide to organize a one-day workshop for $120 per day and perhaps $95 for the early bird special, let’s say you have 12 individuals for $95 each, which is $1140. If I am teaching a 7 hr. day plus one hour for lunch (9 to 5 pm) that would be $665 plus mileage and the rest is yours to cover your time organizing the event and once again you get to attend for free. And as for lunch, that can be a potluck, or everyone brings his or her own lunch.
The second option is to hire me to do the Walk-Around just for you, which means you can ask all those questions you want to know about your land.
Design suggestions
Creating a Forest Garden will help you shift to a low-maintenance garden, a water-wise or edible landscape, set you up with a permaculture design, give you advice about making your yard a more private space, or turn it into a great place to inspire a harmonious way to live with nature.
Project planning
You know what you want to do but don’t know who can help you. We support the project (develop a timeline) and set you on the right road.
2) Consulting & Design Package ($995. plus Mileage & HST)
Process Works in 5-Parts:
1. The first part is the client interview. I will try to find as much information as possible regarding your needs, plans, resources, etc.
2. The second part is walking the land. Through careful observation, I will read the landscape, observe the energy flow and provide you with a preliminary assessment of what the land has to offer.
3. The third part is the preliminary design. How do we get from here to there, from what the land has to offer to what you want to do on the land? Different strategies, techniques and plants will be suggested to you.
4. The fourth part is implementing the design project, which would be part of your creative work.
5. The fifth part would be evaluating the design project, which would be later in the future on a date we all agree upon.
The full project package fee would be $995, plus mileage expenses and other costs that may arise, which, of course, will be notified of in advance. Half of the payment is due upon the beginning of the project, and the remainder after the third part of the project.
“I thoroughly enjoy working creatively with people who have a vision of what they want but don’t know exactly how to get there. It’s great to watch a homeowner's face light up when they realize their dream gardens are attainable.”
~Shantree, Forest Garden & Permaculture Educator
“Proven Methodology for the Realization of Regenerative Visions”
3) Additional Customization Design Services
Following a site visit or the study of provided materials from the client, we will create a permaculture design including a drawing and written summary to include either a:
1. Basic Design
2. Intermediate Design
3. Advance Design
What can be Explored?
For an Existing Residence
Can create beautiful, edible landscaping,
Design permaculture rain gardens,
Install balanced natural systems,
Use vertical landscaping techniques,
Increase soil fertility,
Eliminate some of the lawn,
Start a productive garden,
Handle excess rain,
Reduce energy use,
Lower carbon imprint,
Possibly all of the above.
For Larger Property
Where to place roads, swales, dams and ponds
Where to situate home and other buildings,
Where to place orchards, pastures, gardens, etc.
Ideal or possible plant and wildlife species,
An implementation plan and timetable.
I will assist in clarifying the most obvious places and ways to begin implementing a fresh, sustainable and nurturing approach on most any property.
For More Information or a Price Estimate:
Shantree Kacera, D.N., Ph.D.
519-652-0230