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 care for people and care for the earth.

Permaculture is a design process that works from big picture goals toward detailed design that is grounded in practical application in day to day life. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Each location and project is unique and the design is an ongoing dialog between what people need and how to meet those needs in a regenerative way in relation to the land.

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:

Project intake questionairre

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:

An Introduction to Permaculture, ethics and principles

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Living Rhythm Farm

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