Permaculture Design Certificate course

This Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course will cover permaculture ethics, ecological principles and design tools, methods and skills. These will be applied to a broad range of topics. For example, retrofitting houses to reduce water usage, waste and improve energy-saving and efficiency; designing gardens and public land to both produce food and improve local biodiversity and natural habitats; developing positive intergenerational community connections by recognising the best in people and drawing on their diverse strengths.

The course will have a strong emphasis on practical application of ideas. After completion of the course PDC attendees will be able to have permablitzes to instal their designs.

This course is certificated by the Permaculture Association UK

Venues
The course will run at Cecil Sharp House (NW1 7AY) and Kentish Town City Farm (NW5 4BN) with visits to other permaculture sites in London

Trainers
The training will be delivered by Kayode Olafimihan, Susannah Hall & Hugh Livingstone of Permablitz London with guest instructors

Kayode Olafimihan is a permaculture designer and teacher who has created over 20 permaculture designs. He is the founder of Permablitz London and chair of the London Permaculture Network. He has designed two permaculture Learning and Demonstration projects in London: the award-winning garden for grade II listed Cecil Sharp House in Camden, London and the Josiah Braithwaite Community Garden for African Caribbean elders and the culturally diverse local community for the Nubian Life Centre in West London. He co-designed the community gardens at Northwick Park Community Garden, Battersea Arts Centre Community Garden and London’s Community Kitchen with Susannah Hall. He is also overall coordinator of the annual London Permaculture Festival.

Susannah Hall won Camden in Bloom best mini-garden 2021 for her permaculture balcony garden that included over thirty different edible plants and as many producing flowers with nectar and pollen. She also used her balcony to keep four quails and do natural dyeing. She is a permaculture designer, teacher and organiser for Permablitz London. She has co-designed the community gardens at Northwick Park Community Garden, Battersea Arts Centre and London’s Community Kitchen. She has also designed spaces for other community and private gardens and coordinates the annual London Permaculture Festival.

Hugh Livingstone is a permaculture designer, trainer and founding member of Permablitz London. He teaches the urban eco-refurbishment and climate sections of Permablitz London’s certificated permaculture design training. He provides consultancy to help people integrate home and garden through permaculture designs and also teaches how to raise poultry in the city and their integration into the household economy.

Permablitz London
Since 2013 Permablitz London has developed a flourishing mutual-support network through which people of all levels of experience collaborate to design and instal edible, wildlife-friendly permaculture systems across London through permablitzes. Permablitzes are free days open to all which teach permaculture design in action through implementing a design for each garden. Once you have helped at several (usually three) you can have one for your own private or community space. Since its inception Permablitz London has done 100+ permablitzes involving over 1,000 people of all ages and cultures. It has established 8 outdoor classroom gardens across London.