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2012 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Community Building & Environmental Education in a Permaculture Context

Student(s):

Jeanine Carlson

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Patrick Mulligan

Partner(s):

  • Washington Park Arboretum & UW Botanic Gardens

Faculty advisor(s):

David Streatfeld, Landscape Architecture, University of Washington

My project was to design a permaculture display for an area called “The Back 40” located just south of the Washington Park Arboretum’s Visitors’ Center. This permaculture display garden would serve as an outdoor classroom and event site, and would host the Greenhouse Café. This is a historic site set within a rich environmental context. The area has large potential, but it is presently underutilized, with most of its activity run by volunteers. My capstone deliverables included a design plan for site optimization, a written design proposal for implementation, and requests for funding (to be used at a later date).