Hoosierhillsinc - Landscape Designer

Because we care about water quality in our community Terra Nova owner Ken Foster volunteered with the
SNAPSHOT DAY EVENT on Saturday, May 2, 2009.
We know that landscaping can adversely affect water quality.
At Terra Nova we employ Best Management Practices that eliminates run-off of both storm water and
irrigation. The Snap Shot Day described below is a great annual […]

  
Best Landscaper
Terra Nova Owned and run by the astonishingly lanky, energetic Ken Foster, Terra Nova brings the world’s newest–and oldest–techniques to making home landscapes sustainable, economical and easy to maintain, with an emphasis on low power and water use and preserving the planet for future dwellers of our fragile common world.  815 Almar Ave., Santa […]

  My friend Owen Dell’s book Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies has just been published. Don’t be fooled by the title. This is a serious book for smart people.
Owen will be in Santa Cruz for a book talk and signing Friday, April 10th at 6:00PM at the GreenSpace in Santa Cruz. See more book tour news […]

This Permaculture Design Course is a six month course that takes place on the second weekend of each month from February through July of 2009. Join us for this program that past students have called “life-changing” and “a source of inspiration”.
Please go to this page to learn more and to register.

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Well, I started this blog two years ago with a post about my ride to the Ecological Farming Conference 2007. I rode again this year. This is the ninth time I have ridden from Santa Cruz to the conference at Asilomar in Pacific Grove. About a fifty mile ride. A wonderful ride if ever there was one. I […]

Terra Nova encourages you to Think Local First ! 
Reduce your carbon footprint by supporting independent and locally owned businesses.
Terra Nova is a member of Think Local First and has been locally owned since 1988.

We are proud to be a
Monterey Bay Area Green Business ! Go Green !

Terra Nova owner Ken Foster is now serving on the
steering committee of a new group called Transition Santa Cruz. Here’s our new logo!

Using the guidelines of the ‘The Transition Handbook’ we are taking on the challenge of reinventing the city of Santa Cruz in the transition from oil dependency to local resiliency. We recommend reading […]

We are very proud of our Santa Cruz Permaculture Design Course graduates.

Here is a collage of pictures from the final design project presentations.

Our fearless leader Larry Santoyo with his wife Katherine Santoyo.