PDC Design Excercise DV 2014

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Design Exercise

Dennis Verdonschot


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IntroductionMy name is Dennis Verdonschot and I live in the Netherlands in a little town called Nederweert-Eind. I signed up to the Geoff Lawton D! to learn

more a"out designing permaculture systems and eventually implement a garden with a food forest on my own property.

In #$%# I "ought the home of my grandparents and have since renovated it.

&ince the "eginning I have wanted to transform it into a home with a productive food forest garden that is a"undant in life and diversity and creates

nutritious foods.

My goals for a food forest garden based on permaculture '"tain an a"undant source of nutritious foods

(ave a place of nature to en)oy* manage* wor+* learn and spend time in

rovide security and independence in case of a )o" loss or similar situations

&pend less time in the material world and more in the natural world

,o "e a demonstration and inspiration of a food forest and the permaculture principles

Important factors for the design to reach the goals Enhance the we" of life in the soil to increase fertility

Implementation "eing afforda"le on a monthly "udget of a"out #$ .

/mount of maintenance needs to "e managea"le in com"ination with 0$ hour wor+ wee+


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Characteristic of the site

Location1 Nederweert* Lim"urg

,he Netherlands,otal si2e of area is 334 m#

55 meters a"ove sea level.!oordinates1 %6%37N 607E

Grow season1 appro8imately #3$ days "eginning somewhere march.

Distance to the sea1 appro8imately %3$ +m to the northsea.

!louds1 ,he median cloud cover ranges from 39 :partly cloudy; to


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ClimateBlimate 2one1 3!f" temperate maritime climate influenced "y the North &ea and /tlantic 'cean* with cool summers and moderate winters.

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Rainfall&ource1 /verage rainfall last %$ years in mm

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station Heibloem (L:nr1 - 3#$ mm

=ettest year1 %$# mm in %


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$oil

Very sandy soil with only under the top soil small amounts of clay.

,est results1 Measured value1 ,arget1

'rganic matter1 A.%

p(-B!I A.3 .

/vaila"le nutrients1

Cosfor %%0 0.

Balium1 5$ #%

Magnesium %# %#

Nitrogen $.4 %.$

&oil "reathing 4# 3$

Current state of the soil

,he "ac+yard was cleared out when I "ought the place and was several times rotary tilled. /fter that I used the scythe to +eep the weeds down. 'ne of

the "ig )o"s is going to "e to transform the soil to a mulched soil with much less weeds growing. Loo+ing "ac+ on it I thin+ we should not have cleared

the "ac+yard garden to a field of weeds* "ut that is one of the purposes of this plan.

,he soil is "lac+ sandy with a lot of organic matter.

,he # front gardens have a lot of small ru""le in them "ecause the old drive way was removed and repaved. I removed a lot of ru""le "ut its

impossi"le to get rid of it all.


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%he property and infrastructure currently


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Current infrastructure for &ater


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!lanned infrastructure for &ater


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Design for food forest garden


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Chic'en coop


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)reenhouse and *egetable garden


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$mall gro& house


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Insect house + places to sit and relax


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,ones


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End result !DC Exersice

PDC Design Excercise DV 2014

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