Keyline Design Workshop

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A Keyline Environmental Design Workshop In Ojai, CA, USA.

A series of three all-day Saturday workshops will focus on the Environmental
Design System known as Keyline.  The workshop will be held at Happy Valley
School, 8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd, in Ojai and will include an Organic Luncheon
Buffet.  The first Saturday, February 27, we will cover the concepts of
Keyline in the classroom.  The second and third Saturdays, March 6 and March
13, we will apply our knowledge of Keyline with hands-on activities on the
grounds of the school.

The workshop presenter is Eric Kindberg, certified organic produce and field
crop farmer, forester and consultant for Keyline Environmental Management
Systems  that has farmed in New Jersey, Vermont, Alaska, Arkansas and
presently Iowa.

A Brief Explanation of the Keyline Design Approach:
The first and principal objective of Keyline, as a landscape design
instrument, is the enrichment of Earthly Life.  Keyline is a Universal
Instrument of Design for the land that developed, in part, from a feature of
topography called the keyline.  Keyline is a synthesis of principles and
practices co-ordinated into a plan or system for the development of land.

The Keyline design is unique to each parcel of land so the plan is always
customized.  Thus Keyline reveals the potential and develops the uniqueness of
each land parcel.   

To develop a Keyline plan a system was designed to weight what initially
appeared like contradictory or conflicting priorities.  The "Keyline Scale of
Permanence" is an order for planning based on the relative permanence of the
various items that together make up the completed landscape.  The "Scale" can
be successfully applied to the design of farms, towns, cityscapes or home-
sites.  Using Keyline, the responsible land manager is able to develop a
'Landcare' design in harmony with nature.

The Scale of Permanence in order of design considerations is:  

1. Climate
2. Land Shape
3. Water
4. Roads	
5. Trees
6. Buildings
7. Fencing
8. Soil

Soil treatment and management practices to develop deep living soil, for crops
and for livestock, can now be done in a landscape designed to become more
stable, productive and beautiful.  A principal objective of Keyline is to
provide consistent soil supplies of water, warmth, air and organic matter to
maintain and stimulate vigorous soil biotic life.  


For more information contact Eric Kindberg at 805-646-1366, erorganic@aol.com
The Keyline Workshop registration may be made to PO Box 1388, Ojai, CA  93024
The charge is $200.00 for all three session including the organic luncheon
buffets.