East Winston Permaculture Design Group Project Fall 2013

East Winston CommunityGarden:

A PermaculturePerspective

Design TeamKD Jang, Randal Pfleger,

Lindsey Good, Alexia Witcombe,Michael Mastry

• Education

• Community

• Health

• Beauty

• Production

East Winston Garden Design Goals

• Introduce new concepts / have differentperspective

• Inspire with concrete results• Share resources/next steps• Encourage people to eat whole food/real

food

Goals of our presentation:

Design TeamRecommendations

•Access

•Beauty

•Border and Edge Habitats

•Soil Building

•Education and Community Engagement

•Garden Master Plan and Approach

Access:Clearly Defined Entrances, Paths, and Garden Plots

Brook Street Entrance

• Parking

• Recreation Area

• Storage Shed

• Compost

Basic Layout Idea

• Access - Walking

Paths

• Swales - On contour

• Beds

Raised Bed Gardens

• WheelchairAccessible

• Disabled Friendly• Senior Friendly• Child Friendly

Reimagining a Community Garden…

…with keyhole garden beds andweheelchair accessible paths.

Beauty: Drawing People In

Flowers

Bushes

Trees

Vegetables

Interplanting

Fruit Trees Along Back Edge, Berries and Flowers Along Front Slope

Border and Edge Habitats

Plant Guilds

Soil BuildingCover Crops

• Fix Nitrogen• Prevent SoilErosion• Till Naturally• EncourageBeneficialInsects• Capture Water

Swales

•Trap Moisture

•Prevent Erosion

Clean the soil of heavy metals or chemicals

Sunflowers•Arsenic

Kale, Broccoli, and otherBrassicas

•Lead

Education and Community EngagementMaking an inviting space for all ages

Signs help kids and adults navigatethe garden and identify plants

Themed Gardens

Sensory Garden or

Five Senses Garden

•Smell - Rosemary

•Taste - Mint

•Touch - Lamb’s Ear

•Hear - Strawflower

•See - Nasturtium

Engages all ages,provides wonderfulherbs for cooking ormedicine, and it canalso be a greatSensory Garden

Herb SpiralSimple,

Beautiful,Beneficial

Pizza GardenSalsa Garden

Quilt GardenMedicinal Herb

Garden

Garden Layout Idea

• Berry Bushes

• Fruit Trees

• Swales/Contour

• Themed Gardens

• Raised Beds

• Walking Paths

•Does the garden have a mission, vision,values statement(s)?

•Does the garden have any formal policies?And/or who makes decisions and how?

•Does the garden have any long-term plansor is there a planning and/or evaluationprocess?

General Garden Management

•Mt. Zion Church

•Rebecca's store

•Latch Key, Inc.

•Cleveland Homes

•Cooperative Extension

•We Are All Farmer’s Permaculture Institute

Program Collaborators/Partners

•Alexia [email protected];828-675-5557

•KD [email protected];443-928-3293

•Lindsey: [email protected];681-945-5545

•Randal: [email protected];828-242-1094

•Mike: [email protected];727-439-8848

Our Design Team