North House Productive Landscape

Video profiling the Productive Landscape of the North House.

In working towards Holistic Solar Living, an approach to building and living that incorporates the energy and benefits of the sun in all ways possible, the landscape of the North House has been conceived as a productive landscape.

Food will be grown in the raised bed garden using species have been selected based on their food value, seasonal variation, as well as for their potential for creating micro-ecologies, inviting birds and desirable insects to the site. The landscape design provides space for drying and canning to preserve garden produce and limit the need for refrigeration.

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