From Front Yard to Food Forest | Engaging Community by Challenging Neighborhood Norms

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself WHY you have a sod lawn? The cultural practice of grass lawns is so engrained that community by-laws are created in many cities across Canada mandating you keep your front lawn a certain way…

Carmen Lamoureux, one of the main instructors for our annual Online Permaculture Design Courses and both owner and founder of Urban Farm School in Calgary Alberta, challenges this expectation by inviting inquiry, abundance, and beauty through Permaculture Design. Her front yard is designed in a way that fosters curiosity and creates community through both structure and ecology.

We hope you are inspired after watching this video to re-imagine and critically think about how you use your own front yard space.

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