Seminar Dates: November 4, 2026 9:30 AM
Seminar Cost: $37.50 Register Now
Seminar Description:
What is a sustainable landscape? A sustainable landscape is one that requires no irrigation, no fertilizer, and little to no pruning. This seminar explores how to create sustainable permaculture landscapes by working with natural systems and designing landscapes that support long-term ecological balance.
Learn how a no-till approach preserves soil integrity while increasing biodiversity, supporting carbon sequestration, and reducing reliance on irrigation. Discover how colorful, drought-tolerant plants, edible species, and wildlife-supporting habitats can be incorporated into California landscapes.
This seminar will also address challenges such as phytotoxicity from chemical inputs and explore cultural practices that improve plant health and the environment. Learn how regular nursery plants can become sustainable within your region through a Sustainable Permaculture Landscape approach.
Learning Objectives:
1. Sustainability
2. Permaculture and why this is important
3. Organic fertilizers vs Living soil
Dane Shota
Dane S. Shota has over 20 years’ experience at Orange County Nursery Inc. dealing with bare root, container, and box trees in addition to interacting with orchards, landscape architects and contractors, and the nursery industry. Being an in-house Certified Arborist, his job was to diagnose why viable trees die after being planted. Since most of the problems is in the soil and cultural practices, most of his emphasis has focused on ways of dealing with soil with cutting-edge technology and troubleshooting in the landscape in order to show clients results. Graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, Horticulture, minor in Business.
Dane was the speaker for the Model Water Efficiency Ordinance who covered the topic of plants and soils.
He is the instructor for the Huntington Beach Senior Center, teaching “Gardening for Seniors.” Since Permaculture involves a “no till” approach with less labor, this is a great concept for Seniors and for improving their gut health.
Credentials: Certified Arborist, Certified Water Auditor, and Real Estate Broker.
Astromaster’s Toastmaster President and Magic Club Ring 313 member.
