Welcome to
Dancing TreePeople Farm
We are located in Upper Lake, California. Dancing TreePeople Farm models the ethics and principles of permaculture. and organic growing.
Orchard and Garden
Our 11 acre orchard is certified organic and has been producing walnuts for over 50 years, organically since 2000. Recent additions include an organic vegetable garden, a greenhouse, natural buildings, and two experimental permaculture food forests.
Solar-Powered
We dream of an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on Planet Earth. Our 7.85 KW solar energy installation provides 100% of our electrical energy.
What is Permaculture?
Permaculture, also known as ecological or regenerative design, offers a path-- a design for living in complex changing systems using principles found in nature.
In a Word: Nature
Nature's Own Systems
Permaculture ethics, root practices and principles are those of nature herself, and can be applied to the garden, the farm, and indeed any living system including human structures.
Permaculture is also known as regenerative design or ecological agriculture... permanent agriculture.Evolution and Transformation
We become part of the system we observe
in practice, permaculture also cultivates a way of being that tends to go much deeper than simply a system of ecological design. Somehow, by engaging with nature in intimate observation, we gradually become a part of the system and magically and necessarily engage in our own evolution and transformation.
Evolution and Transformation
Everything is a Garden
The ethics, principles, and roots of permaculture practice, can go far beyond the garden or farm and into the invisible structures of our relationships with ourselves and others, as well as our community and organizational structures. By engaging in permaculture, one soon and eagerly applies the approach to other complex systems and challenges.
