John M. Gerber, professor of sustainable food and farming, University of Massachusetts Amherst

“Practical, personal, and powerful! The Permaculture Promise offers a rich and engaging introduction guaranteed to inspire novices and remind experienced permaculture practitioners of why they began their journey into the ecological and ethical re-design of our lives and landscapes.”

― John M. Gerber, professor of sustainable food and farming, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jono has twenty five years experience in conservation, restoration, land stewardship, permaculture and landscape planning and design. He synthesizes his diverse expertise to create productive and integrated landscapes specializing in site planning, master planning, agroforestry, tree crops, forest garden design, and productive conservation. Working as collaborator, teacher, and guide, Jono empowers individuals, communities and organizations to understand and steward their land and landscape through design.

He is a founding principal at Regenerative Design Group (www.regenerativedesigngroup.com), faculty at the Conway School of Landscape Design (www.csld.edu), founding board president of the Permaculture Association of the Northeast (PAN, thepine.org), and stewards his homestead, Hickory Garden. He holds a B.S. degree in Forest Biology from S.U.N.Y. College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, N.Y. and a Masters in Landscape Planning and Design from Conway School of Landscape Design, Conway, MA.