Permaculture & Regenerative Design

Western Colorado High Desert Sustainability for Home, Farm & Urban Settings

Learn

Start your project with a professional consultation.

Design

Save time, energy and money with detailed, proactive design.

Thrive

Combine inspiration & knowledge into an actionable plan.

Practical Solutions to Provide for People
and Care for the Land

Permaculture is a system of design that emphasizes practical solutions for everyday living and also looks as far ahead as possible so that future impacts are positive and beneficial.

Effective design emerges from an ongoing dialogue that considers individual goals and needs, responsible stewardship, and what a given piece of land or ecology can support.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Each location and project is unique.

Serving Western Colorado including:
Grand Junction, Montrose, Glenwood, Gunnison, Delta, Paonia, Hotchkiss, Cedaredge and Crawford.

Services

Home garden and farm consulting
Garden and edible landscape design
- Species selection, placement and pricing
- Detailed 2d and 3d visualizations
- Virtual walk-throughs
- Mapping & site surveys
Irrigation design
- Field and garden
- Low pressure & gravity systems
Installation
- I'll work with you or help assemble a team to implement your design.

Aaron Jerad Colorado Permaculture Designer

Aaron Jerad - Owner

Ready to get started?

Fill out the project intake form and then we will set up a virtual or on-site meeting:

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Learn more about the Design Process.

A design project can be looked at in multiple phases:

Phase one: Questionnaire.
The design questionnaire is intended to gather as much information as possible about the project: the vision, wants and needs around it.

Phase two: Onsite consultation.
Review and evaluate the questionnaire onsite at the project location. (Or virtually online in some cases.) The consultation is usually 2-4 hours. The consultation is a stand-alone service. During the consultation the scope of further design work can be discussed and agreed upon.

Phase three: Detailed design project initiated.
At this phase the scope and goals of a design project are agreed upon.

Phase four: Base-mapping
The base map is a detailed accounting of what is already existing on the site. The mapping phase can include contour maps, geological maps, climate maps, etc.
The site survey is an accounting of all other relevant data that may pre-exist on the site but can not be included on the base map.

Phase five: Design work
This is a cyclical process of applying design methodology to create the design. It will include on-site or online meetings to discuss options and decisions and review the draft design as it is developed.

Phase six Final designs
The final design will be presented according to the needs of the project. Possible assets include: detailed write ups, photos, videos, a web-site, diagrams, maps, implementation and maintenance prioritization and time-lines, species lists and plant source lists, costing analysis etc.

Contact me with any questions:

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Service Examples:

Conceptual design to help with the 'big picture'

General and/or specific plant species location

3d modeling helps you see what the project will look like.

Recent Permaculture Articles:

Bubbler Screen – A self-cleaning irrigation filter.

A DIY irrigation filter using 20mesh stainless screen on a 250 gallon tank. Weed seeds and other debris are removed. … Read more

How to plant a tree in heavy clay soil

The problem: Heavy clay soil is easily compacted creating a barrier to the movement of roots, water and oxygen in … Read more

Flowers that Make Great Cut Flowers for a Colorado Perennial Garden

Flowers are the essential part of many plants’ life cycles. They are also crucial to the life cycle and nourishment … Read more

Forest Gardening in Western Colorado

What is forest gardening? Forest gardening is a way of gardening that mimics natural ecosystems. Through observation and study we … Read more

Edible, Cold & Drought Tolerant Plant List for Western Colorado Landscapes & Gardens

Edible Landscaping and Forest Gardening in the High Desert Steppes

Direct seeding is best in the fall or early spring as soon as the ground thaws. Transplanting can be done in the fall or early spring as well, however coniferous trees and some deciduous trees and shrubs like lavender, and hazelnut require winter water and are prone to failure if planted in the fall and left without water.

Some super benifical fall-planted cover crop plants: daikon, vetch, rye and wheat.

The late summer/early fall is the perfect time to think about fall planted cover crops. Cover cropping is not just for big acreage, it’s great for gardens and even small container gardens.

The main objectives of planting a cover crop are to maintain soil fertility by holding or adding carbon and nitrogen in the soil and by controlling weeds. Cover cropping also attracts bees, other beneficial insects and can prevent erosion.