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How can permaculture design be applied to be within county regulations at a suburban middle class home to produce food and enhance shared family maintenance time?

Permaculture follows design principles that combine critical thinking and permanent agriculture. However, these design principles are often used on large scale properties such as farms, ranches, or even homesteads that have multiple acres of land to be managed. Therefore, this design is asking how can permaculture design be applied to be within county regulations at a suburban middle class home to produce food and enhance shared family maintenance time. In order to answer this question this research explores a  design which follows the principles of permaculture and implements them through elements of the landscape. The design is based on a half an acre lot in a suburban neighborhood located in Medina, Ohio. This design addresses how permaculture design principles could be effectively used to feed a family and have a maintenance schedule that is in tune with family life all while following county regulations set for residential zones.

BS Horticulture Capstone

Anna Fletcher

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