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Each week until Tour Time, Prairie Sage will be profiling one of the sites on our 2017 tours list. For more information on our complete tours listing, and to register, check out the 2017 Calgary Permaculture Tour page!  Patterson Springs Farm has been a mainstay of our tour since we began in the summer of 2012 and has always been the final stop on the tour offering a full multiple-course dinner as a finishing touch to the day. This year is no exception as they will be the final stop for 2 out of our 4 tour days this summer (July 30th and August 13)!
The name Patterson Springs Farm is inspired by Frank Patterson, the man who homesteaded this land back in 1902. There is a wonderful freshwater spring on the land which has provided the best drinking water you could imagine, for all these years, to the six generations of Pattersons who have called this farm home. This 80 acre farm in the foothills of southern Alberta has a passion for history and the environment that they would like to share. Here they offer workshops in Permaculture and Pioneer Skills such as growing & preserving your own organic food. They even boast a monthly home delivery service, offering fresh produce, home baking and farm fresh eggs from happy chickens. Patterson Springs also has a large organic vegetable garden, rabbits, bee hives, walking trails and much more! Please check out this years Tours Page to find out more about Patterson Springs as well as the other sites we will visit this tour season! Next week's profile: Senses of the Soul
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Each week until Tour Time, Prairie Sage will be profiling one of the sites on our 2017 tours list. For more information on our complete tours listing, and to register, check out the 2017 Calgary Permaculture Tour page!  The Leaf Ninjas is back on our tour list this year the give us a guided walk-through of a very special site--one of the residences of The Ninjas themselves! Joining us for the August 12 tour date only, Dave and the gang welcome us right into one of their homes to show off their holistic approach to landscaping and food supply:
"We focus on a wholistic approach to the growing, supplying and installation of plants species and designs around ecological restoration, rainwater harvesting, edible landscaping and urban farming. It's our pleasure to work with developers, landscape architects, permaculture contractors, schools and municipalities. With our native and edible plant nursery 25 minutes East of Calgary, we’re able to grow the highest quality of point-sourced plants for public parks, restoration, erosion control, food production and private residences. Join us at one of our personal residences to explore our multiyear install including food forestry, annual vegetable production and rain water harvesting. Designed for beauty, high intensity production, pollination and function. Looking forward to having the Permaculture Tour once again come to one of our sites." You can even order some very unique and hard to find edible plants from them online! For more information, follow this link: http://www.leafninjas.ca/edible-plants-nursery/ Next week's profile: Patterson Springs Farm Each week until Tour Time, Prairie Sage will be profiling one of the sites on our 2017 tours list. For more information on our complete tours listing, and to register, check out the 2017 Calgary Permaculture Tour page!  For the second year in a row, reGenerate Design will be joining our list of awesome tour sites. This year Adrian, Lindsay and Luke will be showing off 2 of their works of art on two separate tour dates. In addition to this, they are the designers for the Senses of the Soul landscape--a new addition to the tours this year (and also where we are scheduled to enjoy dinner for 2 out of the 4 tour dates). This year reGenerate will be taking us to Ramsay (July 29th) and to Mongomery (August 13). Each of these sites is profiled briefly below: Ramsay This backyard is an example of permaculture principles in action! The backbone of this project is the integrated rainwater harvesting system that exemplifies the principle of catching and storing energy by putting rainwater to use in five different ways before it leaves the property. This project efficiently and effectively brings together many important uses in a compact space, allowing the homeowner to obtain a variety of yields from perennial food forest areas, a water feature tire pond, social space with a fire pit, and nearly 200 square feet of raised annual vegetable beds that are equipped with custom-designed season-extending cold frames.  Montgomery
In this full-property project, the challenge was the solution. Working with a triangular property shape, a unique house orientation that captures passive solar energy, and a steep slope in the rear and side yard areas; all of these challenges resulted in a beautiful and functional design that takes advantage of the site characteristics. Rainwater flows from the downspouts through dry creek beds to cascading mulch basins that weave through the yard and form interesting pockets of food forests intertwined with flagstone and crushed rundle pathways. A trellis for growing hops extends along the main pathway that leads to the patio area and eventually to the secret corner reading nook. All of the elements work together to form a cohesive space that can be enjoyed by the homeowners and their friends and family. The third of reGenerate Design's sites on our list, the Senses of the Soul (July 29 and August 12) has it's own story and therefore, will be profiled separately at a future date. Next week's profile: The Leaf Ninjas |
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