Rancho Delicioso

Our week-long adventure includes the following:

• 7 Days / 6 Nights at Rancho Delicioso
  3 Meals per day that showcase healthy fresh cooking from the farm or local providers
  Introduction to Permaculture – 8 Workshops
  Daily Yoga Class
  2 Beach Trips (Surfing Lessons Optional)
  Aerial Silk Beginner’s Class
  Archery Class
  Raw Chocolate Making Class
  Montezuma Waterfalls Excursion
  Anamaya Yoga Excursion

Introduction to Permaculture Daily Workshops:

The program will include eight permaculture courses, from 90-120 minutes long each, throughout the week, earning you an “Introduction to Permaculture” certificate from Rancho Delicioso. The topics will be amongst the following:

1. Definition, Ethics and Principles: Participative discussion that includes the Web of Life Activity.

2. Composting: Making a “lasagna-style” compost pile and bio-fertilizers.

3. Biointensive Gardening: Hands on mulching, seeding, transplanting, making beds, moon cycles, pest and disease control, plant propagation, seed saving.

4. Agrofitness: “Double Digging” garden-bed making technique.

5. Sustainable building: Discussion about various methods of natural construction techniques, natural cooling, energy, and green building. Hands on with Cob building.

6. Food Forests: Tree planting and maintenance, layers of the forest, guilds, observation exercise.

7. Medicinal Plants and Medicine Making: Native plant walk, tinctures, honey cough syrup and ointments made with local herbs.

8. Permaculture Site Analysis: Using patterns and the edge effect – design and hands-on making an herb spiral or mandala garden.