Course website Full details & booking link Dates and times 1 Nov 25 - 15 Mar 26 More info The course will run from 10am to 5pm on the following days: Saturday 1 November 2025, Brighton Saturday 8 November 2025, Brighton Saturday 15 November 2025, Brighton Sunday 23 November 2025 , Brighton Saturday 13 December 2025, Brighton Saturday 10 January 2026, Brighton Saturday 24 January 2026, Brighton Saturday 14 February 2026, Brighton Saturday 21 February 2026, Brighton Saturday 14 March 2026, Brighton Sunday 15 March 2026, Brighton A further in person day tbc nearer the time, Prickly Nut Wood, Lodsworth, West Sussex There will also be two tutorial sessions on Zoom: Tutorial 1: Saturday 6 December 2025, 10am – 1.30pm Tutorial 2: Saturday 31 January 2026, 10am – 1.30pm Cost We operate a sliding scale of fees Course summary This course looks at how we can design resilient, abundant human ‘ecosystems’; working collaboratively with one another to care for the planet, each other and ourselves. Course details This course builds on our Introduction to permaculture course, giving you the skills to get started in permaculture design. It is certified by the Permaculture Association of Britain. Permaculture gives you design tools for planning and implementing garden, home, work and community projects that look after the earth and people.Our Permaculture design course (Building sustainable communities) is an interactive and practical course including sessions on: Ethics and principles of permaculture Design process and methodology Soil management and conservation Trees and woodland management Cultivated ecology: gardens and farms Effective group work and community living Real wealth, money and sustainable exchange Urban challenges and urban permaculture Energy conservation and renewable energy Certified teachers Stephan Gehrels Fran Pickering Tutors and speakers will include: Stephan Gehrels, Dip Perm Des. Permaculture tutor and designer specialising in school and community growing projects Fran Pickering has been with Brighton Permaculture Trust since 2003, received her Permaculture Diploma in 2009 Dr Alex Penn is an evolutionary ecologist and complexity scientist specialising in integrating scientific and permaculture thinking. Lex Titterington is an artivist, land worker and creative facilitator. Ben Law is a woodsman, green wood builder, teacher and author with a Dip Perm Des. Mischa Hewitt, Eco buildings courses tutor, director of Low Carbon Trust, project manager Earthship Brighton project and sustainability consultant. Apprentice teachers No apprentice teacher places available on this course Course type Permaculture Design Course Engagement style Face to face Postal address of venue Old Boat Corner Community Centre Hollingbury Brighton & Hove BN1 8GN United Kingdom Course contact email [email protected] Contact name Catherine Lawrence Contact telephone number 07746185927 Share this course Copied to clipboard