Green Sky
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Rhonda Goolsby
  Rhonda Goolsby, Owner/Designer

Why Permaculture?

“Permaculture is a sustainable design system stressing the harmonious interrelationship of humans, plants, animals and the earth. To paraphrase the founder of permaculture, designer Bill Molison: Permaculture principles focus on thoughtful designs for small-scale intensive systems which are labor efficient and which use biological resources instead of fossil fuels. Designs stress ecological connections and closed energy and material loops. The core of permaculture is design and the working relationships and connections between all things. Each component in a system performs multiple functions, and each function is supported by many elements….”

Lee Barnes

Green Sky Sustainable Design is a member of:
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities American Community Gardening Association North Carolina Sustainable Business Council Historic Preservation Society of Durham Carolina Farm Stewardship Association

Green Sky sustainable design is a landscape and roofscape design build company tapping into the healing, restorative energy of natural spaces, creating designs that focus on our client’s needs and supporting ecologically sound natural environments.

We are a locally owned and operated business in Carrboro, North Carolina with 15 years experience in observing, conceptualizing, collaborating upon, and installing sustainable landscape designs in the Southeast.

We offer comprehensive landscape and roofscape consultation, design, installation, and maintenance with emphases on permaculture, native plants, rain gardens, and green roof design.

We closely observe the microclimates and social climates of each space such as the dispersement of light over time, water and soil conditions, the existing native plant population, current utilization of the area, etc. and meld this information with the clients’s desired relationship with their garden and or landscape. Green Sky enhances the client's connection with their natural surroundings and encourages mindful interaction with green spaces which have a broader effect on their entire community and their world. “No (person) is an island…”

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