Permaculture Association

Aranya - Diploma Tutor Profile

Experience, skills and interests

Skills, technical expertise and areas of interest:

Gardening, forest gardening, edible plants in general.
Non-land based design.
Design analysis tools.
Permaculture education (delivering both PDCs & teacher training).
Systems thinking
Patterns & their applications.
Exchange & alternative economics.

Areas of Permaculture Design Experience:

One year living on an Irish mountain, no modern services or money. Subsistence permaculture action learning!
Designing gardens / smallholdings (rural permaculture more than urban).
Non-land based design, especially processes (including many permaculture courses).
Creating a permaculture related 'right' livelihood.
My whole Diploma portfolio (completed in 2003) can be viewed on my website: https://www.learnpermaculture.com

My design work

Design samples:

My whole Diploma portfolio

Tutorial information

Taking new apprentices?:

Yes

Contact:

I already have a lot of apprentices, so am now limiting applications to those who have done their design course with me.

Travel:

My most regular journeys are to run PDCs. Happy to travel in exceptional circumstances (see above), but would prefer apprentices to come to me or one of the events I run.

Default venue for tutorials:

Trelowia, Looe, East Cornwall - usually by phone but design support weekends also running at other venues from time to time. Can sometimes travel if time & expenses are covered.

Type of tutorial offered:

both group and individual

Offering tutoring in the following geographical areas:

The south west of England and occasionally beyond.