This document discusses Hugelkultur, an ancient gardening technique used to build soil fertility. Hugelkultur involves using woody debris like fallen logs and branches to build mounds that conserve water. Sepp Holzer popularized Hugelkultur, and the document outlines the planning process for identifying issues, goals, and alternative sites for a potential Hugelkultur project at a park or nonprofit property. Key steps include assessing political processes, establishing a budget, and obtaining necessary approvals before final construction. The end result could be beds that produce organic berries for many years.

1. H UGEKULTUR … IT IS GOING TO BE
HUGE !!!

2. D AVE B URCH ,
C HIEF OF P LANNING AND D EVELOPMENT
M ILWAUKEE C OUNTY PARKS

3. A BIT OF H ISTORY …
 Plantitforward Perennials- a
seedling of an idea that was developed in
Business Communication
 SharinLily- the idea of sharing Lilies with
underfunded churches and non profits that have
the desire but not the $$$$$ to landscape their
properties.
 Consider the Lilies of the field and how they grow,
the neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you , even
Solomon in all of his glory was not clothed like
one of these. Matthew 6 28-30

4. S O WHAT IS HUGELKULTUR ?
 And how the heck do you spell it?
 Hugelkultur is an ancient form of
sheet composting developed in
Eastern Europe. It uses woody
wastes such as fallen logs and
pruned branches in order to build
soil fertility and improve drainage
and moisture retention

5. S EPP H OLZER
 Sepp Holzer is the man largely responsible for
taking Hugelkultur “mainstream”

7. HUGEL K ULTURE
 A type of gardening method developed in Europe
to conserve water…

8. My Planning My Mentor’sPlanning
1  Definition of Problem or Need
 Goals and Objectives to solve the problem or need
 Agreements
 Conceptual Plan with Alternative Locations, Designs, Sizes
 Potential Sites
 Meeting and discussion with review and approval agencies
 Identify Political Process
 Refinement of Concept Plan and Budget Development
 Establish a Budget
 Presentation and preliminary approval from agencies with
 Environmental Components jurisdiction.
 Funding Plan
 Benefits
 Final design and plans
 Neighborhood Buy In
 Presentation and final approval from agencies with jurisdiction.
 Regulatory Permits
 Construction
 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

9. I DENTIFY
I SSUES /G OALS
AND O BJECTIVES
 Environmental Issues Facing Humanity TO SOLVE THE
 Climate Change
 Energy
PROBLEM OR
 Water NEED
 Biodiversity
 Chemicals, Toxics, and Heavy Metal
 Air Pollution
 Waste management
 Ozone Layer Depletion
 Oceans and Fisheries
 Deforestation

10. SWOT FOR S ITE /
C O N C E P T U A L P L A N W I T H A LT E R N AT I V E
L O C AT I O N S , D E S I G N S , S I Z E S
 Bender park
 Doggy Park
 Washington Park…Urban Ecology Center…The
winner….
 Established neighborhood buy-in
 Fledgling orchard

11. I DENTIFY THE P OLITICAL
 Dave’s Extensive List P ROCESS
 Meeting and discussion with review and approval agencies
 Refinement of Concept Plan and Budget Development
 Urban ecology Center…Willie and Mike
 Final design and plans
 Presentation and final approval from
agencies with jurisdiction.
 Regulatory Permits

12. E ND R ESULT
Beds that produce
organic berries for
decades or
generations to come