PROJECT

DATE CLIENTAUG 28 2010 JESSICA & BLANK BLANK

permaculture Design619 Noriega Street, Sunset

Terracing Titans

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Terracing TitansTeam Members

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Terracing TitansTeam Members

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JASON

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Terracing TitansTeam Members

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JASON

CEEBASS

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Terracing TitansTeam Members

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JASON

CEEBASS

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Terracing TitansTeam Members

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CEEBASS

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NOLAN

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619 Noriega Street* Inner Sunset on hillside* Shade dominated site* Occupants: husband, wife & child; 4-5 months on-site* Interests: art, civil justice and permaculture* Terraces* Client annual foods: Kale; tomato; peas; mushrooms* Can commit 5-6 hours a week* Husband enjoys watering* Wants fruit tree* Makes mint tea at home

Existing Conditions• Little to no food production•Most planting zones are up stairs•Water drains quickly off site• Site is shaded majority of time• Site Composting

Key Design Responses• Amend Soil• Site Composting•Children’s activity area•Water Capture• Benefitials• Perennial Food•Herb/Kitchen Garden•Outdoor Enjoyment Space• Soil is sandy, fast draining; diversify soil conditions• Amend soil with organic matter to encourage more

below ground soil life•Develop holistic compost system to build soil on site•Carbon sequestering to offset household use• Add pollinator attractants• Fog catch reduces water consumption •Roof rain water catchment system• Implement grey water system• Solicit compost from neighborhood

Permaculture Principles

Permaculture Principles

How to balance household resources with site potential?

Permaculture Principles

Permaculture PrinciplesHow to balance household resources with site

potential?How to minimize waste?

Permaculture PrinciplesHow to balance household resources with site

potential?How to minimize waste?Encourage functioning cyclical ecosystem

Permaculture PrinciplesHow to balance household resources with site

potential?How to minimize waste?Encourage functioning cyclical ecosystemEnergy use and mitigation

Permaculture PrinciplesHow to balance household resources with site

potential?How to minimize waste?Encourage functioning cyclical ecosystemEnergy use and mitigationObserve and Interact; get feedback

Permaculture PrinciplesHow to balance household resources with site

potential?How to minimize waste?Encourage functioning cyclical ecosystemEnergy use and mitigationObserve and Interact; get feedbackCatch and store energy

People

Care

Earth

Care

Fair Share

Fair Share

Fair Share

People Care• Provide garden for enjoyment• Kitchen herbs make for exciting home cooking• Learning environment for child• Planned gazebo area stocked with creature

comforts• Foster connections with neighbors• Provide space for creativity• Economic fairness•Giving opportunity• Think happy, smiling and healthy

Earth Care• Balance resources with Earth and community at large

• Encourage Bio-diversity•Healthy People•Resolve: pollution; available H2O; top soil•Healthy Animals & Trophic structure

Fair Share• Passing knowledge to client•Client shares garden with friends and neighbors• Encourage neighbors to share their harvests with

one another• Strive to meet basic needs• Equitable trades

Base Map

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Base Map

PatternsHow to balance household resources with site potential?How to minimize waste?Encourage functioning cyclical ecosystemEnergy use and mitigationObserve and Interact; get feedbackCatch and store energy

SectorsWater runs quickly offsite; pools at concrete garden entryCommunity: construction of new home behind; tall fences; neighbors all have manicured non-food producing gardensPrevailing North West wind from San Bruno GapChild ‘play ground’Some birds documented on site; lack of small mammals

Plant Selections

Guild 1Huckleberry: keystone species, California native

Wild Ginger: medicinal uses

Lemon Balm: insectary plant; stress relief; fragrant; psychic herb

Guild 2Tree Collard: keystone species, bred for San Francisco

Mint: fragrant, medicinal, tea & herb use, beneficial to soil health, soil stabilizer

Carrot: root crop

Oca: edible root & leaves, autumn harvest

Fava: Nitro fixer

Guild 3Kumquat: keystone, citrus fruit tree, frost tolerant

Nettle: dynamic soil accumulater, nutritious cooking herb

Yacon: important starch crop, persists in slight frost

Clover (White, Crimson and Red): nitro fixer, insectary, ground cover

Guild 4Ceanothus: keystone, nitro fixer

Passionflower: vine, fast growing, insectary, beautiful flowers

Egyptian Walking Onion: perennial onion

Gotu Kola: ayuverdic herb, ground cover

Guild 5Honeyberry: keystone, tasty fruit, perennial, insectary

Anise Hyssop: insectary, ground cover

Yerba Buena: native San Francisco ground cover, mint family

MushroomsLog inoculation: Shiitake (oaks and beeches), oyster (hardwood), beech (hardwood), turkey tails (hardwood) 2-3 fruitings per year per log for up to five years.

Living walkway: garden giant (wood chip mulch, low leaf litter) requires re-mulching each year before fall rains

Hardscape Selections

Fog Catchment

It’s a wrap

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