The Clallam Conservation District is offering a course on natural landscaping in Sequim, beginning Oct. 2.

The course includes three Thursday evening classes (6:30-9 p.m. Oct. 2, 9 and 16) and three Saturday field trips (Oct. 4, 11 and 18) at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, at 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.

Using permaculture design principles, course instructors give participants step-by-step instruction on how to develop landscape designs suited to the unique ecological conditions of their properties.

The course focus is a naturalistic landscape style with special emphasis on water conservation, stormwater management, wildlife habitat enhancement and low maintenance.

Clallam Conservation District executive director Joe Holtrop is the course instructor. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees in landscape architecture and has been teaching classes on natural landscaping since 1990.

To register, call Clallam Conservation District at 360-775-3747 ext. 5. Registration deadline is Sept. 30. A $25 registration fee covers the cost of materials.