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Growing a better future...
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Imagine the kind of world you would like to live in - and let's build that one.
About Us.
Nice-World.org - David Goliath Ward Organic Landscape Design - David Braden
In Organic Landscape Design we work with the relationships between the many species that make up our environment. The basic unit of design is the "key hole bed":
Each bed is a ten foot diameter 
no weed
no water
no till
deep mulched
drip irrigated
permaculture bed. Once established, we will need significant participation only three times a year:
planting
mulching, and
harvest.
With no till and deep mulching, the soil will improve each year with no weeds. With no tilling, we can include in the design perennial herbs, small fruits, rhubarb, horseradish, bulbs and flowers. With drip irrigation no daily attention is required and we save water. The area not in beds will be planted to

grasses
legumes
trees, and
shrubs
for wind break and to provide habitat for
beneficial insects
native pollinators, and
birds
Many features supporting the productivity of the whole.
The plan for participation is somewhere between an individual growing food for a living, as in community supported agriculture, and many individuals tending a plot in a community garden. In this model anyone can contribute whatever time, materials or money they choose and we will share the produce based on relative contribution. It will be community generated food production.
Every community has unrealized human potential and unrealized biological potential. We call these poverty and environmental degradation and treat them as a problem instead of a resource. Lets be clear about what we are trying to accomplish. We are looking for ways for more people, plants and creatures to contribute value to our communities.
To understand how effective these techniques can be watch this five minute video called Greening the Desert and for a more detailed understanding watch A Farm for the Future a 48 minute BBC production about the alternative to petroleum based agriculture.