\n \n Dave Jacke and his teaching team are here to answer your ques tions!
\n \nJoin this free virtual session
to meet the instructors and get a preview of
During this session\, th e instructors will answer audience-submitted quest ions and provide a closer look at the Forest Garde n Design Intensive. Questions can be submitted in advance or shared live.
\n \nWhether you\; re new to the forest gardening concept\, on the fe nce about joining the 9-day course\, or already co mmitted and curious about what you'll learn\, we w elcome you to join us!
\n \nRegistrations are now open for the Forest Garden Design Intensive\, and we encourage early sign-ups for the best chance to secure scholarships and a spacious payment plan. See the program webpage for full detail s\, including a tentative class schedule\, outcome s\, pricing and payment\, and more. Schola rships are available and distributed on a first-come\, first-served basis.
\n \nDave Jacke is the lead auth or of the award winning two-volume book Edible Forest Gardens. An engaging and p assionate educator\, Dave is also a meticulous des igner. He has studied ecology and design since th e 1970s\, and has run his own firm—Dynamics Ecological Design—since 1984. He has designed\, built \, planted\, and managed landscapes\, homes\, farm s\, and communities around North America\, as well as overseas\, and inhabited forest gardens at his current and past homesteads. He holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Simon’s Rock College (1980) and a M.A. in Landscape Design from the Conway School of Landscape Desig n (1984). Read more at edibleforestgardens.com .
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Ecologist-at-heart Jon Darby is a wild foods enthusiast and educator\, avid gardener\, and for mer farmer. He has served the Horn Farm Center in varying capacities since 2009\, where he currently acts a s Farm and Agroforestry Manager. Jon received his Permaculture Design Certification in 2011 from Sus quehanna Permaculture and in 2014 completed his Pe rmaculture Teacher Training through Dynamics Ecolo gical Design. He loves to travel and meet new pla ces and people\, but feels most at home in the hil ls and valleys of the Susquehanna River where he w as raised. He is married with 2 kids and 3 cats.\n \n
Aaron Guman has farmed gr ass-fed beef\, designed and built ecological lands capes\, conducted perennial farm research\, and le d nonprofits. He currently serves as Project Mana ger for ADAPT Agroforestry\, a collaborative\, five-year\, USDA-funded research project studying agroforestry systems at multiple farms and universities across New England. Aaron also supports agroforestry ad option as a Co-Curator of the Agroforestry Working Grou p with the Vermont Farm to Plate Network\, and as the Membership Coordinator for the National Agroforestry Co alition. His ultimate goal is getting trees on farms to benefit farmers\, communities\, and ecos ystems. Aaron took this course in 2011\, and trai ned as a teacher with Dave\, as well. A native of Pennsylvania\, Aaron now homesteads with his part ner in central Vermont.
DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n \n Curious about forest gardening? Con sidering taking part in the Horn Farm's upcoming F orest Garden Design Intensive (https://hornfarmcen ter.org/fgdi/)? \n \n \n Dave Jacke and his teachi ng team are here to answer your questions!\n \n \n \n Join this free virtual session to meet the ins tructors and get a preview of Edible Ecosystems Em erging\, a 9-day Forest Garden Design Intensive ta king place at the Horn Farm from Friday\, October 16th to Sunday\, October 25th. \n \n \n \n During this session\, the instructors will answer audienc e-submitted questions and provide a closer look at the Forest Garden Design Intensive. Questions can be submitted in advance or shared live. \n \n \n \n Whether you\;re new to the forest gardening con cept\, on the fence about joining the 9-day course \, or already committed and curious about what you 'll learn\, we welcome you to join us! \n \n \n \n Registrations are now open for the Forest Garden Design Intensive\, and we encourage early sign-ups for the best chance to secure scholarships and a spacious payment plan. See the program webpage (ht tps://hornfarmcenter.org/fgdi/) for full details\, including a tentative class schedule\, outcomes\, pricing and payment\, and more. Scholarships are available and distributed on a first-come\, first- served basis. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Instructors\n \n \n \n \n \n Dave Jacke\n \n \n D ave Jacke is the lead author of the award winning two-volume book Edible Forest Gardens. An engagin g and passionate educator\, Dave is also a meticul ous designer. He has studied ecology and design s ince the 1970s\, and has run his own firm—Dynamics Ecological Design (http://www.edibleforestgardens .com/)—since 1984. He has designed\, built\, pl anted\, and managed landscapes\, homes\, farms\, a nd communities around North America\, as well as o verseas\, and inhabited forest gardens at his curr ent and past homesteads. He holds a B.A. in Envir onmental Studies from Simon’s Rock College (http:/ /www.simons-rock.edu/) (1980) and a M.A. in Landsc ape Design from the Conway School of Landscape Des ign (http://www.csld.edu/) (1984). Read more at ed ibleforestgardens.com (http://www.edibleforestgard ens.com/).\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jon Darby\n \n \ n Ecologist-at-heart Jon Darby is a wild foods ent husiast and educator\, avid gardener\, and former farmer. He has served the Horn Farm Center (https ://hornfarmcenter.org/) in varying capacities sinc e 2009\, where he currently acts as Farm and Agrof orestry Manager. Jon received his Permaculture Des ign Certification in 2011 from Susquehanna Permacu lture and in 2014 completed his Permaculture Teach er Training through Dynamics Ecological Design. H e loves to travel and meet new places and people\, but feels most at home in the hills and valleys o f the Susquehanna River where he was raised. He is married with 2 kids and 3 cats.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Aaron Guman \n \n \n Aaron Guman has farmed grass-fed beef\, designed and built ecological lan dscapes\, conducted perennial farm research\, and led nonprofits. He currently serves as Project Ma nager for ADAPT Agroforestry (https://colsa.unh.ed u/agroforestry)\, a collaborative\, five-year\, US DA-funded research project studying agroforestry s ystems at multiple farms and universities across N ew England. Aaron also supports agroforestry adop tion as a Co-Curator of the Agroforestry Working G roup (https://www.vtfarmtoplate.com/agroforestry) with the Vermont Farm to Plate Network\, and as th e Membership Coordinator for the National Agrofore stry Coalition (https://agroforestrycoalition.org/ ). His ultimate goal is getting trees on farms to benefit farmers\, communities\, and ecosystems. A aron took this course in 2011\, and trained as a t eacher with Dave\, as well. A native of Pennsylva nia\, Aaron now homesteads with his partner in cen tral Vermont.\n \n CATEGORIES:Workshop CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T190000 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T200000 URL:https://hornfarmcenter.org/civimessages/event/info/?reset=1&id=1397 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR