ABOUT MARK
Mark Tedsen is a Knoxville-based Permaculturist who recently made the move to Knoxville from the San Francisco Bay Area. He and his family, wife Samantha and two boys, Kyler and Mael, live in the Fountain City area on their 1 acre homestead and ongoing permaculture demonstration site. Mark has a background in Ecological Design, Social Work, and Natural Therapeutics. He originally obtained a Permaculture Design Certificate from Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) where he studied under Brock Dolman, Kendall Dunnigan, Eric Ohlsen, and Toby Hemenway, author of “Gaia’s Garden". He returned to OAEC to study Edible Forest Garden Design with the Eric Toensmeier, co- author of “Edible Forest Gardening". He also obtained a second Permaculture Design Certificate through Merritt College, a pioneering community college in Oakland, California and one of the first in the nation to offer a 2 year certificate program in permaculture design. Mark also interned with Christopher Shein, a Merritt College permaculture instructor and author of “A Vegetable Gardner’s Guide to Permaculture”. Mark’s passion is to empower, enlighten and educate others towards a pathway to a more sustainable and resilient future.
Mark is also a Guild Consultant with the Knoxville Permaculture Guild. You can check out the work they are doing at knoxvillepermacultureguild.net
Mark is also a Guild Consultant with the Knoxville Permaculture Guild. You can check out the work they are doing at knoxvillepermacultureguild.net
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