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2020 Plant Sale!
Posted by on April 25, 2020
Hello and Happy Spring!
2020 List! Order NOW for pickup (downtown Jeffersonville or Willow Crossing Farm in Johnson) beginning May 5
Greetings Friends!
We hope this message finds you and yours well and making the most of these very interesting times.
At this point, all spring workshops, events, and tours are cancelled. We are offering nursery plants for pickup downtown Jeffersonville or at the farm in Johnson, and contact-free delivery to limited locations (likely: Burlington, VT; Plymouth, NH; Northampton; MA).
We presently intend to offer our 13th annual Permaculture Design Certification course July 19- July 31 in person and hands-on, at Willow Crossing Farm, at the intersections of the Lamoille River, the Long Trail, and the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail.
We’re excited to offer the following plants from our nursery- as always please ask if you are looking for anything in particular, and search through past years plant sale pages for more information on varieties and a sampling of the many things we offer different years. With limited capacity this spring we expect to sell out of most offerings in just a few days. Pick up starts Tuesday May 5.
All proceeds support floodplain reforestation, resilience, productive habitat stewardship, and insect and wildlife sanctuary at Willow Crossing Farm.
Please inquire about ‘bulk’ pricing (10 or more plants in any combination) or ‘wholesalepricing’ (10x or 100x etc of the same plant/ variety). This is great for folks establishing hedgerows, windbreaks, shelterbelts, orchards, vineyards, or looking to begin commercial production of these Vermont-proven fruits, nuts, berries, and vines.
BARE ROOT is a naked tree and wants to be planted as soon as possible, prices are determined by size (diameter caliper or ~height) and rarity of tree or variety. Please arrange pickup as soon as possible.
POTS are ONE GALLON and $20 EACH unless otherwise stated. They would love to be planted into their permanent home sooner than later but can ‘hang out’ for several weeks if necessary.
Please reserve your quantities ASAP, as we imagine most of these will sell out quickly.
Plants are available for pickup BY APPOINTMENT- with contact free transactions. I may be delivering some plants into Burlington, Plymouth, NH and Northampton, MA. Some are at the farm, some are in cold storage downtown Jeffersonville- so please call or email to confirm availability and arrange a time and ensure the right location to get your plants.
We’ll announce more ‘open hours’ for plant pick-ups soon, and are usually available by phone or email to make an appointment to meet for a plant pick up.
We will try to hold trees, but without cash in hand (venmo: @earthsurfing) there are no guarantees- first come first served, especially with bare root as we want them planted asap. Feel free to PayPal Friends and Family or Facebook Messenger money for a guaranteed reservation.
NUT TREES:
HAZELNUTS/ HAZELBERTS-
This is the earliest of all nut trees to bear nuts. One of our favorites for a future crop in VT, now well into production here at Willow Crossing, these multi-stemmed trees will begin to bear nuts in as little as 3 years from planting. They also make nice hedges, living fences, privacy screens, or snow fence, and have attractive fall foliage.
Selected Seedlings (bare root): $15 Sold Out
Pollen-Controlled Cross (bare root): $20 each
PINENUTS-
We finally are able to release some of our favorite trees for an evergreen windbreak- the producers of PINENUTS. Almost all Pinenuts in the supermarket are Korean Pinenuts grown in China. A beautiful tree with whorls of dark-green needles, this very hardy Pine is an attractive and stately tree planted singly or in groups. Its large and tasty nuts are gathered in Korea and eastern Russia and are greatly prized for their rich flavor, nutritional value, and high economic worth.
Bare Root: $15 One Gallon Pots: $20 10′-12’+ Trees: $300-800/ ea
WALNUT FAMILY:
BLACK WALNUTS- The most valuable lumber tree in the the northeastern forest, and long-lived producer of delicious nuts. Mature trees can be tapped for syrup, a favorite for silvopasture design. Not recommended near areas where tomatoes or potatoes are grown. Proven VT Hardy
3-4′ Bare Root Tree $20
BUTTERNUT– Our native and endanged ‘white walnut’ Bare Root seedling trees 3-4′ $25
BUTTERHEART (BUARTNUT)- A disease resistant hybrid of Heartnut with our native endangered Butternut- this beautiful specimen tree exhibits ‘hybrid vigor’ once rooted, and bears tremendous amounts of delicious nuts. Come by the farm to see one flowering this spring. Proven VT Hardy order for spring 2021
CHINESE CHESTNUT: 2-3′ Bare Root Seedling Tree $15
CARPATHIAN/ MANREGION WALNUT- SOLD OUT Please write to express interest, as there may be some left over.
VINES:
HARDY KIWIS- Hardy, Fuzzless, and even Sweeter! One Gallon Pots $20
-FEMALES: KEN”S RED, HARDY RED, MICHIGAN STATE, ANNA Requires 1:8 M:F for pollination.
-‘ANDREY’ MALE- An extra hardy Russian male, suitable to pollinate all female Hardy Kiwis. 1 male needed for every 8 females, depending on pattern.
SCHISANDRA: Eastern Prince: gallon pots $20, ~self-fertile
The ‘Five Flavor Berry’- selection of self-fertile Magnolia Vine from the Vavilov Institute at Vladivostok, Eastern Prince Schisandra Vine™ bears good crops of large, tasty fruit. Eastern Prince™ Schisandra Vine is hardy to minus 35 degrees F., USDA Zone 3. This particular variety is bears clusters of lightly fragrant, magnolia-like flowers. The snow-white flowers are followed by striking, crimson berries which have a tart and very distinctive taste and aroma. The fruit makes tasty, vitamin-rich juice and preserves, and the dried leaves, shoots, and roots are used to make a refreshing and stimulating tea.
HOPS: CASCADE $12/ Rhizome
GRAPES: KING OF THE NORTH 3 year vines $20
FRUIT TREES/ BUSHES:
CHERRY: (All Bare Root Cherries $25)
Compact Stella: 3/4″ caliper bare root trees. A naturally dwarfing ~self-fertile ~black cherry *marginally hardy*
Lapins: 1/4″-1/2″ bare root grafted on Colt semi-dwarf, ~self-fertile
Kristin: 1″ caliper bare root grafted on Colt semi dwarf
Northstar: 5 gallon pots $50
BLUEBERRY: PATRIOT- 2′ bare root $25 The proven winner for northern Vermont and one of the best cultivars for edible landscapes/ ornamentals with great form color, and berries, of course!
‘LIBERTY’ APPLE– 3/8′-1/2″ diameter caliper grafted bare root trees $20 
Grow Liberty Apple and enjoy freedom from apple scab and other diseases! The Liberty Apple Tree bears large, attractive, bright red fruit with sweet, flavorful, crisp and juicy flesh. One of the best disease-resistant varieties, Liberty Apple is great for eating fresh and baking. Liberty ripens in mid to late September and stores well until January. On semi-dwarf Rootstock.
FIGS: One Gallon Pots $20
‘VERN’S BROWN TURKEY’ FIG- One Gallon Pots $20
To distinguish this variety from less reliable varieties also called Brown
Turkey, its named after garden writer Vern Nelson. Vern’s Brown Turkey has proven itself a reliable and productive variety. It bears large, sweet and flavorful, dark brown figs with light amber flesh.
CHICAGO HARDY FIG- One of the most prolific figs to grow in cold areas of the northern U.S. The fall fruits are born on the new canes that grow during the summer, a plant with 4 new stem growths can produce up to 150 purplish brown figs. The figs are of excellent flavor. Stem hardy to 10 degrees F (-20 degrees C), root hardy to -20 degrees F (-28 degrees C). Zones 5 – 10.
LSU PURPLE
‘JOSTABERRY’ BLACK CURRANT x GOOSEBERRY- 3-5′ Bare Root Shrubs $25
A unique cross of Gooseberry and Black Currant, Jostaberry is the most vigorous of all our Currant varieties. A very disease resistant and easy to grow small shrub, Jostaberry produces very large, jet black, sweet-tart fruit, high in Vitamin C and good for fresh eating and excellent for jams and jellies.
CONSORT BLACK CURRANT: 24″+ Bare root. $15 each
RED LAKE RED CURRANT: 24″+ Bare root. $15 each
GOOSEBERRY: 24″+ Bare root. $15/ each PIXWELL and CAPTIVATOR
ELDERBERRY: Adams and Ranch small pots $10/ each 2′ bare root seedlings $15
GOJI BERRY: Crimson Star: Gallon Pots $20, Phoenix Tears small pots $10 ~zone 5 hardy. Commercial variety, edible leaves also! ~self-fertile
SERVICEBERRY: SASKATOON 2-3′ Bare Root Trees $20
‘NERO’ ARONIA– One Gallon Pots $20
An easy to grow, productive small shrub, Nero grows 3- 4 ft. in height and bears abundant crops of large, jet-black berries, good for juice and wine. A beautiful ornamental, you’ll enjoy Nero’s abundant clusters of very dark blue fruit and striking, bright red, fall foliage.
HONEYBERRIES / HASKAPS: All $20 Each SOLD OUT
A very hardy and unique small shrub, Honeyberry is an edible species of Honeysuckle with sweet and tasty fruit- presently being developed as a commercial crop through the coldest parts of the world. Valued for its tasty, blueberry-like fruit, its extremely early ripening, often two weeks before strawberries, and its exceptional hardiness, to minus 40 degrees F., or below. Great for fresh eating, juicing, and preserves. Has approximately 5x the anti-oxidants of blueberries!
Blue Hokkaido: 1-2′ Bare Root; Blue Moon: 2-3′ Bare Root; Blue Pacific: 1-3′ Bare Root
NATIVE AMERICAN PLUMS: Bare Root Trees 2-3′ $20 Dig your own $10 each
8-10′ Seedling Rootstock Plums, Pears available $100 and up.
PEARS: 1/4″ caliper grafted trees ‘Bartlett’ $20
IMPROVED MEYER LEMON: 5 Gallon Pots $50 SOLD OUT
STRAWBERRIES: Albion $3/ crown
PURPLE ASPARAGUS: $5/ plant
NITROGEN FIXERS:
GOUMI: $20 Red Gem: 2-3′ Bare Root; Sweet Scarlet: One Gallon Pots SOLD OUT
SEA BERRY: A Nitrogen Fixing Fruit Tree- know for its medicine/ super-food / nutraceutical properties.
Females: Frugana: 3-4′ bare root trees $25; Leikora: Gallon Pots $20; Orange Glow: 2-3′ Bare Root Trees $20; Radiant: 1-2′ Bare Root Trees $20 Male: Gallon Pots $20
BLACK LOCUST: 3-4′ Bare Root $15
Inquire about wholesale pricing (10x plants or 100x plants) for orchards, windbreaks, Shelterbelts, and production systems. Inquire about Lemons and other citrus, Tea and Maté plants, and other unique plants.
CANNABIS: Please contact us for seeds, seedlings, clones, or flats of starts of CBD hemp. We also have organic flower and pre-rolls.
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? Let us know- we have more than is listed here, including scionwood and seed.
HOW TO ORDER? The best way to ask questions is to send an email to KEITH@PROSPECTROCK.ORG, TEXT, or CALL (802) 734-1129. The best way to send money is Venmo (@earthsurfing), Paypal Friends and Family, Check, or Paypal purchase, Credit Card over the phone (in order of preference).
– ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORT ECOLOGICAL REGENERATION –
A reminder- enrollment is open for our 13th ANNUAL FARM AND WILDERNESS IMMERSION PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION and full scholarships available for income-eligible Vermont State Residents. Please invite friends and family members who may be interested in immersing for two weeks in Vermont!
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR FAMILY FARM and SHARING THIS!
Wishing you and yours health and resilience!
Keith and Family
Willow Crossing Farm is Vermont’s Longest Running Permaculture and Agroforestry Research and Demonstration Farm- Contact us for Design Consultations and Design/ Build Services.
2018 Plant Sale!
Posted by on April 8, 2019
Hello and Happy Spring!
This list is previous year’s prices and offerings. From now on- the most up to date list can always be found directly at http://www.AgroForestryNursery.com
We’re happy to (finally) announce the plants we’ll have available this year- please get your order in ASAP as quantities are limited- apologies for our delay in getting this out! Please inquire about ‘bulk’ pricing (10 or more plants in any combination) or ‘wholesale pricing’ (10 or more of the same plant/ variety). This are great for folks establishing hedgerows, windbreaks, shelterbelts, orchards, vineyards, or looking to begin commercial production of these Vermont-proven fruits, nuts, berries, and vines. Wholesale quantities are limited to only some of our plants.
BARE ROOT is a naked tree and wants to be planted as soon as possible, prices are determined by size (diameter caliper or length) and rarity of tree or variety. Please arrange pickup as soon as possible.
POTS are ONE GALLON and $20 EACH unless otherwise stated. They would love to be planted into their permanent home sooner than later but can ‘hang out’ for several weeks if necessary.
Please reserve your quantities ASAP, as we imagine most of these will sell out quickly.
Plants are available for pickup BY APPOINTMENT- I may be delivering some plants into Burlington, some are at the farm, some are in cold storage downtown Jeffersonville- so please call or email to confirm availability and arrange a time and ensure the right location to get your plants.
SUNDAY MAY 7 we will host a farm tour, and then a ‘urban homestead/ apothecary’ tour downtown Jeffersonville, where folks can view mature examples of the plants we’ll have for sale, Pine Nuts, Hazels, and Currants will be available for pickup, fruit trees and other pots will be available after this Monday May 8. Stay tuned for details- I will continually update this page with availability.
We’ll announce more ‘open hours’ for plant pick-ups soon, and are usually available by phone or email to make an appointment to meet for a plant pick up.
We will try to hold trees, but without cash in hand there are no guarantees- first come first served, especially with bare root as we want them planted asap. Feel free to PayPal or Facebook Messenger money for a guaranteed reservation.
NUT TREES:
HAZELNUTS/ HAZELBERTS-
This is the earliest of all nut trees to bear nuts. One of our favorites for a future crop in VT, now well into production here at Willow Crossing, these multi-stemmed trees will begin to bear nuts in as little as 3 years from planting. They also make nice hedges, living fences, privacy screens, or snow fence, and have attractive fall foliage.
Selected Seedlings (bare root): $15
Pollen-Controlled Cross (bare root): $20
PINENUTS-
We finally are able to release some of our favorite trees for an evergreen windbreak- the producers of PINENUTS. Almost all Pinenuts in the supermarket are Korean Pinenuts grown in China. A beautiful tree with whorls of dark-green needles, this very hardy Pine is an attractive and stately tree planted singly or in groups. Its large and tasty nuts are gathered in Korea and eastern Russia and are greatly prized for their rich flavor, nutritional value, and high economic worth.
Bare Root: $15 One Gallon Pots: $20 8′ + Trees: $500
WALNUT FAMILY:
BLACK WALNUTS- The most valuable lumber tree in the the northeastern forest, and long-lived producer of delicious nuts. Mature trees can be tapped for syrup, a favorite for silvopasture design. Not recommended near areas where tomatoes or potatoes are grown. Proven VT Hardy
3-4′ Bare Root Tree $20
BUTTERHEART (BUARTNUT)- A disease resistant hybrid of Heartnut with our native endangered Butternut- this beautiful specimen tree exhibits ‘hybrid vigor’ once rooted, and bears tremendous amounts of delicious nuts. Come by the farm to see one flowering this spring. Proven VT Hardy
4-5′ Bare Root Tree $25
CARPATHIAN/ MANREGION WALNUT- SOLD OUT Please write to express interest, as there may be some left over.
VINES:
HARDY KIWIS- Hardy, Fuzzless, and even Sweeter! One Gallon Pots $20
-KEN”S RED- This delicious female cultivar bears abundant crops of grape-sized, red skinned ,and red fleshed fruit. Requires male for pollination.
-74/49- A favorite variety for ‘kiwi berry’ production- this female cultivars bears heavy crops of large green and deliciously flavored fruit. Requires male.
-‘ANDREY’ MALE- An extra hardy Russian male, suitable to pollinate all female Hardy Kiwis. 1 male needed for every 8 females, depending on pattern. Optimal pollination with 1 male for every 5 females.
MAYPOP PASSIONFLOWER-
This attractive and very hardy perennial vine features abundant, showy, pinkish purple flowers from July until frost. Following the flowers are greenish yellow fruit with the delicious and sprightly taste of tropical Passionfruit. Can be experimented with as a ‘dieback perennial’, but we take ours inside for the winter. Self Fertile
One Gallon Pots $20
FRUIT TREES:
‘LAPINS’ CHERRY- 5/8″ dia. Bare Root Trees $25
Very large, dark purple, delicious and self-fertile, Lapins is one of the best
Cherries available. From brilliant white blossoms to the dark red fruit to beautiful foliage in fall, this tree provides multi-seaon interest. Introduced by Dr. Lapins at the Summerland Research Station in British Columbia, Canada, Lapins is a favorite with commercial growers. Lapins is also an easy to grow and very productive variety for the home gardener.
‘SPITZENBERG’ APPLE- 5/8″ dia. Bare Root Trees $25
An attractive, bright red fruit heirloom with crisp, aromatic flesh and rich
sweet-tart flavor, Spitzenberg is reputed to be Thomas Jefferson’s favorite apple. Great eaten fresh and in baked goods, Spitzenberg also makes tasty cider. Spitzenberg ripens in early to mid October and stores well until spring. Semi-dwarf 12-16′
‘WINECRISP’ APPLE- 5/8″ dia. Bare Root Trees $25
This beautiful, deep red patented variety is receiving rave reviews from all who try it. WineCrisp™ fruit is large, sweet, firm, juicy and full of flavor. The tree is totally free of Apple Scab and resistant to most other Apple diseases. Recently introduced from a long-term university breeding program, this very productive variety ripens in late September and can be stored for several months. Semi-Dwarf Rootstock 12-16′
‘GREEN GAGE’ PLUM- 3/4″ dia. Bare Root Trees $30
The standard for plum quality since the 17th century, Green Gage Plum is one of a group of classic and highly prized European Plum varieties. Green Gage bears large crops of yellowish green, juicy, firm and tender, oval fruit . Very sweet and richly flavorful, Green Gage is great for fresh eating, baking, preserves, and canning.
‘SUNFLOWER’ PAWPAW- One Gallon Pots $25
The largest fruit native to north america! One of our most popular and reliable varieties, Sunflower Pawpaw bears good crops of very large, sweet and delicious fruit. Sunflower won First Prize at the 2010 Ohio Pawpaw Festival. Experimental in the colder parts of VT.
‘VERN’S BROWN TURKEY’ FIG- One Gallon Pots $20
To distinguish this variety from less reliable varieties also called Brown
Turkey, its named after garden writer Vern Nelson. Vern’s Brown Turkey has proven itself a reliable and productive variety. It bears large, sweet and flavorful, dark brown figs with light amber flesh, often producing two crops a year.
‘JOSTABERRY’ BLACK CURRANT x GOOSEBERRY- 3-4′ Bare Root Shrubs $20
A unique cross of Gooseberry and Black Currant, Jostaberry is the most vigorous of all our Currant varieties. A very disease resistant and easy to grow small shrub, Jostaberry produces very large, jet black, sweet-tart fruit, high in Vitamin C and good for fresh eating and excellent for jams and jellies.
‘UKRAINE’ HIGH BUSH CRANBERRY- 2-3′ Bare Root Shrubs $20
This valuable and attractive shrub is prized for its medicinal properties, fruit, and ornamental value. Ukraine™ Highbush Cranberry features large clusters of snow-white flowers in the spring followed in September by bright red berries and striking reddish orange foliage. After frost removes their bitterness, the berries are used for preserves, candy and baked goods. The flowers, fruit and seeds are used in herbal medicine as a fever reducer, to lower blood pressure and treat heart disease. Ukraine™ was selected for its abundant crops of high quality fruit and its colorful, orange-red fall foliage. It often begins bearing the 2nd year after planting.
‘VIKING’ ARONIA- One Gallon Pots $20
An attractive, vigorous, and productive small shrub, Viking Aronia is a popular commercial variety in Europe. Viking bears abundant crops of large,almost black berries which make tasty and nutritious juice, wine, and ‘raisins’. Viking’s lustrous, dark green foliage turns a beautiful fire-engine red in the fall.
HONEYBERRIES / HASKAPS:
A very hardy and unique small shrub, Honeyberry is an edible species of Honeysuckle with sweet and tasty fruit- presently being developed as a commercial crop through the coldest parts of the world. Valued for its tasty, blueberry-like fruit, its extremely early ripening, often two weeks before strawberries, and its exceptional hardiness, to minus 40 degrees F., or below. Great for fresh eating, juicing, and preserves. Has approximately 5x the anti-oxidants of blueberries!
1-2′ Bare Root Shrubs $20 ‘BLUE VELVET’ and ‘BLUE MOON’
MULLBERRIES– bare root $15 more details soon
BLUEBERRIES– All of our blueberries this year are coming from collaboration with our good friends and neighbors at Johnson’s Waterman Orchards. They are ERICOID INNOCULATED– a fungal symbiont on blueberries.
NELSON and BLUERAY: Bare root 18-30″ with well-developed root systems $20
BLUECROP and BLUEJAY: Potted, 24-40″, bearing age $45
ELD
ERBERRIES: ‘BERRY HILL’ and ‘COOMER’ 1 gallon pots $20
BLACK LOCUST: 3-4′ Bare Root $15
SIBERIAN PEA SHRUB:
GINGER STARTS! Will be available later this spring- reserve now $5/ plant.
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE? Let us know- we have more than is listed here.
This page will contantly be updated this spring. I have – white and red currants, northern pecans, hickories, chinese chestnuts, saskatoons (serviceberries) all getting graded and priced this coming week.
HOW TO ORDER? The best way to order or ask questions is to send an email to KEITH@PROSPECTROCK.ORG.
– ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORT ECOLOGICAL REGENERATION –
A reminder- we have just a few spaces left in our 10th ANNUAL FARM AND WILDERNESS IMMERSION PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION and full scholarships available for income-eligible Vermont State Residents.
MEDICINE WOMYN RETREAT AUGUST 5-6 http://www.MedicineWomyn.org
SAPLINGS AND SEEDLINGS KIDS FARM/ NATURE/ YOGA Starts JUNE
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR FAMILY FARM and SHARING THIS!
2013 EARTH ACTIVIST TRAINING Sept. 7-21
Posted by on February 12, 2013
2013 Earth Activist Training (EAT)
At Willow Crossing Farm and Wildlife Refuge
Johnson, VT
September 7 – 21, 2013
with Starhawk, Charles Williams, Keith Morris, Lisa DePiano, Skotty Kellogg, and Special Guests
Permaculture, earth-based spirituality, organizing and activism… with Starhawk and a team of stellar teachers and designers.
An Earth Activist Training can set your life on a new path…or show you how to save the world. Green solutions are sprouting up all around us, but permaculture shows us how to weave them together into systems that can meet human needs and regenerate the natural world. EAT is practical earth healing with a magical base of ritual and nature awareness, teaching you to integrate mind and heart, with lots of hands-on practice and plenty of time to laugh.
Our two-week intensives are Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) scourses, offering the basic, internationally-recognized 72-hour permaculture curriculum with an additional focus on social permaculture, organizing tools, and spirit.
To Register, please click here. For more information about Earth Activist Training (EAT) please visit here.
Starhawk is a world-reknown author, activist, permaculture designer, and one of the foremost voices in earth-based spirituality. Her twelve books include The Spiral Dance, The Fifth Sacred Thing, and The Earth Path, and her first picture book for children, The Last Wild Witch. She has lived and worked collectively for thirty years, and her book on group dynamics is just out: The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups.
Starhawk is a veteran of progressive movements, from anti-war to anti-nukes, and is deeply committed to bringing the techniques and creative power of spirituality to political activism.
Earth Activist Trainings were founded by Starhawk as intensive seminars that combine permaculture design, political organizing, and earth-based spirituality. With over ten years of experience in permaculture design and teaching, she has pioneered the application of permaculture principles to social organizations, policy and strategy. Since its first course in May of 2001, Earth Activist Trainings has graduated over 600 students who now shepherd projects that range from community power-down strategies in Iowa City to water catchment programs in Bolivia, from inner city gardens in San Francisco to women’s programs in the West Bank of Palestine. Starhawk’s own expertise is in the communication of ecological systems thinking through images, writing, and innovative teaching techniques.
Starhawk is perhaps best known as an articulate pioneer in the revival of earth-based spirituality and Goddess religion. She is a cofounder of Reclaiming, an activist branch of modern Pagan religion, and continues to work closely with the Reclaiming Community.
Keith Morris has been applying his lifelong love of nature and culture and experience as an activist to permaculture and ecological design since 1996 — working as a designer, builder, grower of ecologically regenerative, socially just, commercially viable, and culturally appropriate whole-systems around the world.He is the founder of Prospect Rock Permaculture (www.prospectrock.org), Willow Crossing Farm (www.willowcrossing.org), co-founding board member of the Permaculture Institute of the NorthEast (P.I.N.E. ), and teaches permaculture and ecological design The University of Vermont, Sterling College, the Yestermorrow Design/ Build School, and with other community organizations.
He specializes in farm infrastructure design/ build and is an accomplished beekeeper, nurseryman, and social entrepreneur. For the past 17 years, he’s been consulting with forward-thinking landowners, community organizations, schools, towns, farmers, homesteaders, watershed organizations, land trusts, and others to interpret ecological context and make human-managed ecosystems more connected, beautiful, and productive- assisting people to better grow food, build soil, secure fresh water, harvest the sun, and harmonize with natural communities.
While his expertise is integrated farm infrastructure and tree crops systems for cold temperate/ arctic climates, he works regularly in New York City and has designed and implemented systems in New Zealand, Colorado, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Quebec, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nigeria, Ghana, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
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