San Diego: Looking to hire a permaculture consultant for my 3 Acre

Hi everyone!

I just joined the Permies forum and have been enjoying reading the valuable insights that the group brings. Thank you for creating such a wonderful community.

I recently bought 3 acres of land in the mountains in San Diego county in Southern California. It is a beautiful piece of land with topography similar to David Holmgren's Melliodora (At least I think it is).  It has gentle sloops mostly, with some flat areas and some steep slope areas. It has a cottage on it and I am planning to build the main house in a year or two. There is a spot that could be turned into a natural pond. The land has a lot of potential and it deserves to become a beautiful permaculture paradise!! I have watched hours of permaculture videos and read a few books. I could definitely use some help.

I am looking to build something similar to what David built. I considered taking a PDC course and using my land as the project for the course and hopefully collaborate with fellow students to come up with the initial design. But I see a few people on the forum suggest hiring a consultant. And I like the rationale. So I am looking to hire a consultant to help me design.

I am open to hiring experienced professionals as well as current or recent students of the PDC course. I can provide accommodation on the land in an RV while they work on the project. I am also available to work as an assistant to the consultant. What do you think?

Cheers,
Sid

Sid, welcome to the forum!

Our members are very knowledgeable and if you have some questions I bet they will help you with anything you want to know.

I saw you had not gotten any replies and figured I would at least welcome you.

Thank you Anne! I am hoping to get the community's input on hiring a consultant

Hello, I can help you! I have a PDC and have a lot of wwoofing experience. I am in a current Applied permaculture degree class with Steve Hart (traveled with Bill Mollison and has 50 years of experience). I can help you at lower cost and add you to my portfolio for the diploma. Please let me know your costs and needs. We can work something out!

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Delayrachael2@gmail.com

Hi Rachael,

Thank you for your message. I will email you and we can go from there!

Cheers,
Sid

Ok buddy!

Hello Sid, I am not a permaculturist per se though my work substantially overlaps.  I got my start years before I came across it, I've long worked in and among, and it never made sense to circle back (again).  If you'd be interested in an ecological design/ radical sustainability/ regenerative horticulture consultation, I can provide you a bid after reviewing your design brief, survey or map, and budget-schedule.  I work in scale from 200ac to backyard, on objectives from watershed restoration/ hardwoods regeneration/ fire preparation forestry to subsistence homesteads, and my specialties are drylands, rain-water 1st/ gray- 2nd/ conveyed- least, Edible Plantscapes/ orchard-gardens.  You can reach me at ecOasys@hotmail.com.  Thanks, Patrik