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The campus, in pictures.

A look around Daruma Eco Farm and Mosaic School: natural building mid-build, the gardens between classes, and the animals who share the grounds. For what we actually teach here, see the permaculture design course.

Laterite bricks stacked against a blue painted wall
Laterite bricks, ready for a wall
Detail of a natural building wall under construction, woven bamboo lattice beside layered red-oxide earthen plaster
Bamboo lattice, earthen plaster
Clusters of backlit longan fruit hanging from a tree branch
Longan, backlit
A girl leaping from the poolside deck into the natural swimming pond
The natural pool, mid-leap
Backlit blades of grass glowing gold at sunset
Grass at golden hour
An adobe wall finished in a geometric patchwork of raw clay and pale plaster panels
Geometric plasterwork
A garden pathway lined with banana and papaya plants at Daruma
The garden path, bananas and papayas
White plumeria flowers in bloom against the garden's green leaves
Plumeria in bloom
Pieces of bamboo charcoal cooling on a kiln lid after a burn
Bamboo charcoal, fresh from the kiln
Looking down an open stairwell inside the earthen house, orange stairs against teal floors
Inside the earthen house
Orange marigold flowers blooming along a garden bed
Marigolds along the path
A pale butterfly perched on red and yellow flowers
A butterfly on the pea flowers
A weathered mosaic tile wall, cracked and softened by the seasons
Mosaic tile, weathered by the season
The pond in reflection, showing an upside-down mirror image of the building among lily pads and lotus buds
The pond in reflection
A biochar kiln mid-burn, its concrete lid venting smoke through a central hole
The biochar kiln, mid-burn
Sheep looking through the fence rail of their pen
Sheep at the fence line
Palm shadows cast across a red-oxide earthen wall in the afternoon light
Palm shadow on red oxide
A spotted pig wallowing in a muddy puddle while chickens forage nearby
The pig pen, wallowing hour
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Study on the campus these photos show.

Every wall, garden bed and pond in this gallery is part of the working campus where courses run. Explore what we teach, or ask us a question.

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