Best Landscaper Terra Nova Owned and run by the astonishingly lanky, energetic Ken Foster, Terra Nova brings the world’s newest–and oldest–techniques to making home landscapes sustainable, economical and easy to…
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My friend Owen Dell’s book Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies has just been published. Don’t be fooled by the title. This is a serious book for smart people. Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies…
This Permaculture Design Course is a six month course that takes place on the second weekend of each month from February through July of 2009. Join us for this program that past…
Well, I started this blog two years ago with a post about my ride to the Ecological Farming Conference 2007. I rode again this year. This is the ninth time I have…
Terra Nova encourages you to Think Local First ! Reduce your carbon footprint by supporting independent and locally owned businesses. Terra Nova is a member of Think Local First and…
The Monterey Bay Area Green Business Program awards certification to businesses that have voluntarily gone above and beyond regulatory requirements to prevent pollution and conserve resources by • reducing water…
We are please to announce that Terra Nova is now certified to install Raintube. This rain gutter protection product is made to fit in any size rain gutter and easily…
Terra Nova owner Ken Foster serves on the steering committee of Transition Santa Cruz. Using guidelines outlined in The Transition Handbook, we are reinventing Santa Cruz as a city in transition…
We are very proud of our Santa Cruz Permaculture Design Course graduates. Here is a collage of pictures from the final design project presentations. Our fearless leader Larry Santoyo with…
As part of our 2008 Permaculture Design Course, David I. Theodoropoulos taught a class based on his book: Invasion Biology: Critique of A Pseudoscience, and in doing so, made a…
