An introductory level Permaculture Design course involving young people in climate action, increasing biodiversity , future food security and wellbeing through creating outline design ideas to develop this project as a Community Forest Peace Garden in central Canterbury.

Who: Young People 16 to 24
How: Interactive games, foraging, art, group work, nature awareness and design activities, Graffiti and Rapping, permaculture principles walk, talking stick, open space, art and craft and more. The weekend will develop the start of a permaculture design for the site.
About the site: Abbots Mill Community Peace Garden is a Peaceful Nature place in the centre of Canterbury. A triangle of woodland surrounded by two parts of the river Stour. All sorts of wildlife can be seen here. Vegan ethics on site.

Special guest Teacher Sadie Smith and the Hip Hop Academy
Funded by the Cleary Foundation. Supported by the Abbot's Mill Project.
Tickets here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5169957com/user/manageevent/5169...

Weekend Introduction to Permaculture

We are thrilled to share this Introduction course in the beautiful Abbey Physic Community Garden, a long time Permaculture LAND demonstration site.

More than ever we can feel empowered to learn nature inspired solution thinking to all the worlds problems of this tense time. We can feel more confident in our actions with the climate emergency, increasing biodiversity, future food security and wellbeing. And if that is not enough Permaculture thinking is a great idea anyway for our every day lives.

We will learn how to apply Permaculture Principles and Ethics. See how they can be applied to your life, land and work. It will include practical, hands on sessions, foraging and many other fun activities that all explore this inspirational and empowering design system. Peoplecare, Earthcare and Future Care. This is not just about gardening.

You can expect: Experienced Passionate Tutors, like minded people, experience sustainable food production, people care and beautiful nature at the award winning and stunning Permaculture LAND demonstration site.

If are not able to do the course in person we will do an online course instead with an option to meet up when we can.

REGENERATIVE LANDSCAPES & PERMACULTURE DESIGN Permaculture design is the ethical design of human settlements and productive landscapes that have the diversity, resilience and flexibility of natural ecosystems and which can provide all tangible and intangible human needs in a regenerative and sustainable way and in harmony with nature. Based on observation of nature and holistic design, this course provides principles and methodologies of Permaculture design that can be applied in any climatic region of the world.

How the course works:

The course is a blended course including virtual synchronous sessions, team collaborations and discussions and life-term access to self-paced asynchronous study materials and sessions.

Join our Permaculture Internship and experience everything that happens on a permaculture farm.
You will work on a different aspect on the farm each day to contribute to the farm and gain a wide range of experience.
Live off-grid with like-minded people, eat healthy food, immerse yourself in nature and enjoy optional yoga and meditation classes.

What do we focus on during the internship?
There are opportunities for interns to work on one area if they desire. Otherwise, we will usually all work together and work on a different aspect each day.

15% Growing Vegetables: Sunken Beds, Huglekulture, raised, wood chip beds
15% Forest Management: Food Forests, Silvopasture, Reforestation, Forest Management
15% Natural Building & Permaculture Systems
15% Farm Tasks: Managing the nursery, chickens, pigs, sheep, greenhouse, building compost, worm farms, weeding.
15% Community living – Cooking, cleaning, socialising
30% free time (weekends & evenings)
Internship dates
Summer 2021 Permaculture internship
3 August 2021 – Join for the full 4 weeks internship or less
16th August – Join for the last two weeks or less

Autumn 2021 Permaculture 6 weeks internship – Food production & agroforestry focus and olive harvest:
2 November 2021 -Join for the week internship or less
16 November 2021 – join for the last 4 week of the internship or less
30 November 2021 – join for the last 2 week of the internship or less

Winter 2022 6 week internship – Food production focus
1 Feb 2022 – Join for the full 6-week internship or less
15 Feb 22 – Join for the last 4 weeks of the internship or less
1 March 2022 – join for the last 2 weeks of the internship or less

Using a vibrant combination of theory and practice, our foundation course will introduce you to

- observation techniques
- natural systems and patterns
- ethics and principles of permaculture
- permaculture design tools

The course is informative and interactive. You will leave having designed a permaculture space, putting into practice everything you have learned. Additionally, you will have the grounding to be able to progress onto the full permaculture design course.

Our setting is a listed building inside beautiful Morden Hall Park, a superb place to draw inspiration from nature within the city.

This course is facilitated by Liz.

Liz is a mother, sustainability professional, eco-retrofit project manager, gardener, and chartered civil engineer with a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design and has been teaching introductory Permaculture courses for 8 years. She has a thriving urban permaculture garden with a mini orchard, pond, hugel beds and much more. She also has a passion for alternative forms of education for children.

Using a vibrant combination of theory and practice, our foundation course will introduce you to

- observation techniques
- natural systems and patterns
- ethics and principles of permaculture
- permaculture design tools

The course is informative and interactive. You will leave having designed a permaculture space, putting into practice everything you have learned. Additionally, you will have the grounding to be able to progress onto the full permaculture design course.

Our setting is a listed building inside beautiful Morden Hall Park, a superb place to draw inspiration from nature within the city.

This course is facilitated by Liz.

Liz is a mother, sustainability professional, eco-retrofit project manager, gardener, and chartered civil engineer with a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design and has been teaching introductory Permaculture courses for 8 years. She has a thriving urban permaculture garden with a mini orchard, pond, hugel beds and much more. She also has a passion for alternative forms of education for children.

Using a vibrant combination of theory and practice, our foundation course will introduce you to

- observation techniques
- natural systems and patterns
- ethics and principles of permaculture
- permaculture design tools

The course is informative and interactive. You will leave having designed a permaculture space, putting into practice everything you have learned. Additionally, you will have the grounding to be able to progress onto the full permaculture design course.

Our setting is a listed building inside beautiful Morden Hall Park, a superb place to draw inspiration from nature within the city.

This course is facilitated by Liz.

Liz is a mother, sustainability professional, eco-retrofit project manager, gardener, and chartered civil engineer with a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design and has been teaching introductory Permaculture courses for 8 years. She has a thriving urban permaculture garden with a mini orchard, pond, hugel beds and much more. She also has a passion for alternative forms of education for children.

3 sessions, one on Tuesday September 14th 6.30 to 9 pm, and two on Saturday September 18th 10 am to 12.30 pm and 4.30 to 7 pm - all times are London, UK time

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This course can be used as module one of the full Online Permaculture Design Course.
Humanity is going through challenging times. Faced with so much uncertainty, a change of ways and a Permaculture way of thinking seems necessary. Despite not currently being able to meet in person, I feel it is important to keep sharing this work and hope it can be done by offering this online course.

On this online introduction to Permaculture course you’ll be taking a few steps into a positive future. Permaculture shows us how we humans can find our healthy place in nature and shift from separation, scarcity and disease to an ecology of wellbeing.

On this face-to-face live online course you’ll be in a virtual classroom, where you’re able to engage with others, contribute and ask questions. We’ll be covering the basics of Permaculture Design and by the end of the course, you will be ready to try it out in your garden, your workplace and your life.

An exciting collaboration between the Home Ed Institute and Rachael Taylor a passionate, qualified Permaculturist, mother and founder of Living Permaculture. Permaculture Kids is a five week online introduction to Permaculture delivered live through the magic of the internet.

Delivered through a mixture of games, hands on activities and open discussion each young person enrolled on the course will also receive a physical resource box and optional challenges to complete between sessions.

The course is open to students aged 8 to 12 across the world 2 hours per week for five weeks with the option to progress on to our more in-depth 12 week Permaculture Course.

Designed to be as close to face to face learning as possible, students will explore the ethics of earth care, people care and fair shares for all species plus permaculture design methods and their application. Studying eco systems and social systems and where they can fit in to it all and create beneficial change. Upon graduation families will be invited to join our Permaculture Pod alumni area where they can continue to develop those all important connections and build relationships.

This exciting, engaging course is the perfect cross topic learning experience. An opportunity to develop an understanding of the world around us, acquire specialist vocabulary and permaculture design skills all while making friends and having fun.

Online course led by a certified and experienced permaculture teacher

Learn the basics of permaculture design with an experienced teacher, on the Foundations of Permaculture course. You'll get a basis for how to apply permaculture in your life and make your own designs.

Some free places are available for black, Asian or minority ethnic people. Read more about these places or Request one now.
Interactive and transformative

Led by Paul Paine, an experienced permaculture teacher, offering tailored support during your learning
Apply permaculture design in your life
Small Learning group of fellow learners with private communication channel
Includes membership of the Permaculture Association
Learn how to connect with people and projects in your community
Present your design to your teacher and fellow learners

Price £190 non-members / £152 members

Including membership for 1 year for non Permaculture Association members
20% discount for Permaculture Association members (discount code available in members area).

Including

Introduction to Permaculture certificate awarded on completion of the course
Discounted rate for our members
Discounts on 6 books from the
Permaculture Magazine, chosen to complement this course
Free resources, videos, PDF handouts
Activities, quizzes and plenty of no screen time included!

Only 20 places per course available on a first come first served basis