ABOUT
US
JUDE
HOBBS is a horticulturist, Permaculture designer, co-founder of Cascadia Permaculture Institute and a Field Director for Permaculture USA. She
has developed projects in rural, residential, commercial, and institutional settings.
In
1982, Jude founded Cascadia Landscape Design, a business specializing in integrating
permaculture techniques that blend function and aesthetics. As part of the design
process she works with clients to create a master plan based on whole
systems. These systems may include: structure types and locations, water harvesting,
soil building, appropriate plant selection, animals, forestry, and appropriate technology. These elements endeavor to provide year round productivity and beauty.
Jude also works with farmers through Agro-Ecology Northwest, doing consulting, research and site assessments. She offers design plans that emphasize
efficiency and productivity. Her experience working on farms and ranches allows
her an understanding of the challenges that interface farming and economic realities.
Publication
Jude
has written A
Guide to Multi-Functional Hedgerows for Oregon State University Extension
Service. Many states are requesting farmers include buffer zones along waterways
to encourage fish habitat. Jude is engaged in research that demonstrates the environmental
and potential economic value of good watershed management through the inclusion
of income-producing crops within these zones. A book on the topic is in the works.  | Winter
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As
an Instructor
By developing curricula that encompasses diverse learning
styles, Jude's teaching techniques are intended to be fun, accessible, and inspiring.
She has offered workshops and courses for 19 years in such places as
the Northwest, California, Hawaii, and the east coast. She has co-facilitated over 60 Permaculture Design Courses and 9 Advance Pc Certification Courses in Teaching.
Jude also enjoys presenting at agricultural
and horticultural conferences.
Community
Involvement
As a way to support local organizations, Jude is on the boards of the Willamette Farm and Food Coalition (lanefood.org), Eugene Permaculture Guild and the University of Oregon's CASL (Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living).
She
is active in cultural transformation by supporting the health of the environment
and its inhabitants.
Jude
tends 7.5 acres south of Cottage Grove, Oregon where there are abundant micro-climates from which to learn.
CO-INSTRUCTORS
ANDREW
MILLISON
has been teaching the Permaculture Design Course since 2001 at several
Universities from Arizona to Oregon. His practical experience is as the owner of
a design-build landscaping company, designer in a Landscape Architecture office,
and public speaker. While in Arizona, he converted two city lots (and beyond)
into diverse Permaculture 'Eco-Hood' demonstration sites. Andrew is
currently teaching at Oregon State University.
TOBY HEMENWAY is the author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale
Permaculture. Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and adjunct
professor of graduate education at Portland State University. He is Director
of the Center for Pattern Literacy and Field Director for the Permaculture
Institute (USA). He is the former editor of Permaculture Activist Magazine,
and his articles have appeared in Fine Gardening, Natural Home, Whole Earth Review, and other national magazines.
TOM WARD is an ethno-botanist, eco-forester and Permaculture designer. He has extensive multi-cultural experience in the USA and overseas. He is the author of Greenward Ho: An Ecological Approach to Sustainable Health. Tom has developed curricula for permaculture courses at Laney College and D-Q University in California. He has taught Permaculture Design Courses for 18 years and is based in Ashland, Oregon.
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