Volt Edible Courtyard
Top Chef competition finalist Bryan Voltaggio commissioned author Michael Judd, of Ecologia Design, to prepare an edible landscape for Volt, his restaurant in Frederick, … Read More
Agroforestry
The culture of working with trees has a myriad of relationships and benefits key to our times. The practice of “agroforestry” has been in … Read More
Why Nuts?
Tree crops have proven to provide resources needed for survival in regions where annual agriculture has failed. We see tree crops as a stable … Read More
Talks
Talks by Michael Judd Principle designer/founder of Ecologia, Edible & Ecological Landscapes, author of Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist and For the Love … Read More
Natural Structures
Adventures in Strawbale Building The following is a chronicle of our adventures in building a round wood timber frame circular strawbale home on our … Read More
Raised Beds/Swales
When it comes to growing anything, it’s all about water. You want to catch every drop of it. Moisture in the soil builds organic … Read More
Move Over, Açai—It’s the Pawpaw’s Time – From The New Yorker
Read on at The New Yorker Michael Judd visits a rooftop garden in Brooklyn to evangelize about the pawpaw, which, if he has anything … Read More
Pawpaws & Permaculture
Interested in the intersection of PawPaws and Permaculture? This permaculture primer is your guide to introducing techniques and tips to help pawpaws thrive for … Read More
Wish You Were Here – My Story of Green Burial
This is a personal story of my fathers passing and how it has inspired me to share our green burial experience with others. A … Read More
Online Webinars
U.S. Botanic Garden Online Lecture: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist Have you ever wondered how to have your yard and eat it too? … Read More
Garden Design & Edible Landscapes
Edible landscaping is the new American garden. Hanging fruit is one of the most beautiful features on a landscape. It hits an emotional cord, … Read More
Growing Fruits
“Fine fruit is the flower of commodities. It is the most perfect union of the useful and the beautiful that the earth knows. Trees full … Read More
Rain Gardens
Rain gardens basically are upside down baseball mitts in the ground, water-sinking depressions that come in many shapes and forms. They are simple imitations … Read More
Ecologia Stone Work
Stone in the landscape serves multiple functions. Obviously done well it adds massive aesthetic appeal and year round architecture to the landscape but as … Read More
Edible Architecture
The Art of Espalier, Arbors & Trellis’s – Growing fruit vertically! Growing fruit on attractive supports not only helps the plants thrive and bear abundantly … Read More
Naturescapes
Designing for wild flowers, food and wildlife adds an extra dimension to the landscape. It is an exciting way of gardening and can help our local … Read More
Earthen Ovens
What is an Earthen Oven? It is a wood fired oven made from a mixture of clay, sand and straw, that flavors and insulates … Read More
Natural Building Structures
Other considerations for natural building are horse enclosures, earthen ovens, shrines, root cellars, well houses, meditation huts, wood sheds and living roofs.
Ecological Restoration
Ecological restoration involves a myriad of practices that jointly begin to regenerate watershed health. Focuses are on pollution and storm water management, wildlife habitat … Read More
Holistic Equine Property Design
Holistic equine farming differs greatly from conventional agriculture and livestock systems. It entails a new kind of design. One that focuses on grassland regeneration … Read More
Holistic Farm Management
Livestock can improve land health, rejuvenate soils, and reduce pollution runoff. Granted that is not what we typically see. Most grasslands and pasture are … Read More
Permaculture
Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive systems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the … Read More
Back Yard Chickens
More and more people are becoming ‘Flocksters’ and realizing the ease and joy of keeping ‘backyard’ chickens. Chickens animate a landscape, produce the tastiest … Read More