Students will learn all aspects of living and working on a permaculture farm and will learn methods and design applicable to everyday farm situations. They will be fully involved in all farm activities.

There will be no “lecture room” experiences in the Practicals, because all learning will be accompanied by practical experience (learning whilst doing), but it is probably a good idea to carry a notebook and pen around with you!

The Practicals are in blocks, a 2 week Urban Focus Block followed by a Sustainable Building week, and a 4 week Rural Focus Block, with a Water Management week in the middle. Each Practical week runs from Monday to Friday (5 day week).

Permaculture Site Design Course
October 10 & 11th
November 7 & 8th
Three Hares site design course.

Venue: Glencourse Centre, Penicuik, Midlothian
Site (15 min walk from venue): Three hares Community Woodland, Auchendinny, Midlothian.
Online application form: http://goo.gl/forms/vJ2ntdBc0E

This is a special, one off course helping to design the new 3 Hares community woodland site.

James Chapman (lead teacher)is a specialist in large, complex site design.

In the first weekend we will be looking at a variety of James’ design work including community gardens, farms and woodlands along with design techniques like model making and CAD. We will also be looking at ways to add to the long term success of the three hares project. We will be breaking a large site into smaller zones and projects.

In the second weekend you will be creating a design for one of the zones highlighted in weekend one. The areas we need to look at include a building, garden, forest garden, willow coppice, wood fuel coppice, compost toilet, access and the new C.I.C. business.

**The site is only accessible by foot and so therefore requires good mobility, due to restrictions.

Minimum requirement for this course is completion of an Introduction course and/or previous practical experience. Completion of a design for the project can count as part of your Diploma portfolio.

Please feel free to speak to us about this.

Online application form: http://goo.gl/forms/vJ2ntdBc0E

Please request more info by emailing [email protected]

Join David Holmgren, co-originator of Permaculture, for an advanced permaculture principles and planning tools course. Perfect for anyone ready to take the next step in effective, hands-on permaculture.

BOOKINGS - http://www.milkwood.net/course/advanced-permaculture-principles-150603/

This course develops very broad skills, pertaining to sustainability, but with a particular focus on permaculture. Choose from a diversity of electives to develop specialised skills that differentiate you from other permaculture professionals. This course gives you the standard PDC but goes well beyond - more than eight times what you would do in a standard PDC... This gives you a significant advantage starting out as a consultant. You are required to complete 6 modules to pass the course.

There are 3 CORE MODULES (Permaculture Systems, Advanced Permaculture, Professional Practice for Consultants)and 3 ELECTIVE MODULES.

For further details and full course information, please visit our website, use our free course counselling service or email us.

For people with prior experience in permaculture; this course develops further skills. This course follows on from Permaculture Systems or for those who have studied permaculture elsewhere; it is an excellent follow on from the "Permaculture Design Certificate".

The course consists of 10 lessons. There is an assignment at the end of each lesson to submit to your tutor for marking. You can also contact your tutor with any questions throughout the course.

The lessons in the course include:
Evaluating design strategies, understanding patterns, water, earthworks, humid tropics, dry climates, temperate climates, planning work, costs, sustainable systems and much more.

For further details and full course information, please visit our website, use our free course counselling service or email us.

Do you need to practice Permaculture ?This is the experience for you.

Positive communication, conflict resolution, project management, decision making, alternative economies, intentional communities, and new school education.
Learning to design and care for ourselves, our communities, and the planet.
This 5 day course is designed to be useful to anyone who interacts with others. So unless you’re a hermit, that’s YOU!
Have you ever asked yourself one of these questions?
Managing people is so much harder than developing the land. How can I do it better?
Where do I start when trying to create and organise my project?
How do I keep the people involved in my project happy and inspired?
When challenges appear, how do I keep moving forward?
I want to keep inspired and manifest my vision for the future. How can I get support and help others realise their own visions?
Then this course will help you find solutions.
During the course we will explore:
Decision making
Social organisation
Conflict resolution
Power of celebration
Alternative economy
Sustainable community

….. and much more …..!

Secrets of water, Erosion control, landscape regeneration, soil improvement, infiltration systems, biopools, real design exercise, aquaculture, drylands strategies, social water

Have you ever asked yourself one of these questions?

How can i manage water so that all my land gets more alive . How can I save money and create an abundant aquatic ecossystem?
how can i regenerate the desert?

what is the best water design for my farm or urban garden?

what are the solutions for erosion?

you will learn all the secrets of water on the water management course,provided by the new school permaculture and the italian team looking for how to speed up the process of converting deserts into paradise gardens.

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This course is intended for students who have already completed a Permaculture Design Course or done significant reading and begun applying the design tools to their own projects. Permaculture basics will not be covered. The five days will include on-site design practice (the venue offers considerable potential) and time for participants to develop their own designs with feedback from the tutors and their peers.

Suitable for anyone wishing to improve their design skills, this event will also help those building their portfolios of designs for their diploma. Access to all sorts of help and guidance from Angus Soutar a designer and tutor with 25 years experience of permaculture.

Tap o' Noth is a PRI accredited site located 38 miles from Aberdeen City in a beautiful rural setting steeped in agricultural traditions and ancient history. Being a fledgling site offers the chance for you to contribute and learn about the development of a designed permaculture project and gain first hand experience of what is involved in developing a significant demonstration site.