Dates and times
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Six weekends from May to October 2025:

Sat 10th – Sun 11th May

Sat 7th – Sun 8th June

Sat 12th – Sun 143h July

Sat 16th – Sun 17th August

Sat 13th – Sun 14th September

Sat 11th – Sun 12th October

Times: 10am – 4.30pm
Cost
Full cost £590 for 12 days. Some concessions available for people on lower incomes.
Course summary

Grow Back Better London’s Permaculture Design Course offers positive design for your life, your community and your world by empowering the genius inside all of us! Running during 2025 at OrganicLea’s Hawkwood site in Chingford, this course is about regenerative learning, enabling individuals, organisations and communities to come together over six weekends to create empowering solutions to the real world challenges we are all facing in these times of change. Adapted from the Permaculture Association (Britain)’s PDC core curriculum, this is a person-centred, fun, lively and inclusive course, exploring and utilising concepts such as Systems Thinking, Holistic Design, Community Empowerment, ‘Whole Person’ Health, Skill Sharing, Critical Thinking, Appreciative Inquiry, Right Livelihoods and much more.

The format is participatory and dynamic using diverse visual, audio and kinesthetic learning methods such as individual and group work, games, problem solving, discussion, observation, practical activities, lectures and slideshows. This course is hosted and organised in partnership with OrganicLea  at Hawkwood Nursery; a 12 acre Certified Vegan Organic community food project run by a core workers cooperative, which is located on the edge of East and North London in Chingford amongst Epping Forest. This is a unique opportunity to learn about Permaculture with  instructor Graham Burnett, author of The Vegan Book of Permaculture and experienced Permaculture Designer. The course and the content are Vegan-friendly. Course participants will be awarded the Permaculture Association (Britain)’s internationally recognised Certificate in Permaculture Design (NB, to be awarded the certificate you must attend a minimum of 70% of the course and complete a group design presentation at the end of the course).

Certified teachers
Plus guest tutors
Apprentice teachers
No apprentice teacher places available on this course
Course can be started at any time (online)
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urban permaculture line drawing depicting home veg growing and urban transport links including taxi-bus and bicycle with trailer
Course type
Permaculture Design Course
Engagement style
Face to face

Postal address of venue

OrganicLea
115 Hawkwood Crescent
Chingford, London,
E4 7UH
United Kingdom

Course contact email
Contact name
Graham Burnett

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