Dyslexia-friendly Permaculture Design Course (PDC)

The internationally recognised 72 hour PDC, certified by the Permaculture Association.

Benefits
This 2 week residential course will enable you to:
- learn permaculture ethics, principles & design techniques
- gain knowledge & skills for sustainable living
- gain a solutions-focused approach to 21st century challenges
- meet like-minded people and make new friends
- draw inspiration from examples of permaculture in action
- cultivate optimism and hope in challenging times

Visits
You will visit several projects including:
- the gardens at Stanford Hall
- a working permaculture farm
- a sustainably managed woodland
- two urban community gardens
- an aquaponics project
- the world's oldest & largest Victorian allotments
- a rammed-earth building with reciprocal roof
- a straw bale building

Teaching methods
You'll learn through a wide range of activities:
- dicussion
- talks
- slideshows
- practical activities
- group design exercises
- chatting around camp fires
- cooking, eating & socialising together
- watching films
- singing songs & playing games (if you want to!)

Dyslexia & accessibility
The course is open to everyone, but designed to be particularly accessible to people with dyslexia.

No compulsory reading or writing assignments. You will not be asked to read long sections of text aloud. Supporting resources are designed to be as dyslexia-friendly as possible. Where possible, text is supported with images.

Due to the graphical nature of learning the materials, this course may be less accessible for people with profound visual impairments, particularly those who rely on assistive technologies that read text.