Josephine Holleran

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Availability

I am available for tutorials on weekday evenings from 5pm-8pm GMT or 6pm-9pm CET. Online tutorials only, unless in the UK at a Permaculture gathering. I am available for offline design assessments, with online feedback meetings. Payment is accepted in £GBP or in euros for eurozone Apprentices. My euro rate is 50 euros per hour.

Taking new Diploma apprentices?

Individual or group tutorials

individual only

Notes about contacting me

Please contact me via email in the first instance, my email address is: [email protected]. I offer a free 30 minute initial telephone chat to those who are considering registering for the Diploma.

About me

I completed my Diploma in 2013 and accredited in Leeds prior to becoming a Diploma Tutor shortly afterwards. I moved to southwest France with my husband in 2015, and I offer tutorials and design assessment online. My background is in Horticulture and my current projects and passions are: conserving and enhancing wildlife habitats, vegan homesteading on our 1 hectare plot, social integration following our move overseas, the step by step very slow renovation of our home, sewing, knitting, photography, and writing.

The fuller story: In 2003, redundancy was the springboard for a major lifestyle change, and I relocated to beautiful North Yorkshire to embark on a new career in horticulture, subsequently specialising in organic techniques and edible gardens. I participated in a Permaculture Design Course in 2006/2007 in Leeds. This fundamentally changed my outlook, and I was inspired to re-design my life. My first livelihood design project was born in the form of ‘Envy Home and Garden’ a joint business venture with my husband, providing eco-cleaning and organic gardening services in our immediate area. In 2008, we packed our bags and headed for Central Portugal, in search of a more self-reliant and natural life in the hills. We spent a year or so living and learning in the stunning mountain landscape before returning to the UK much richer in experience. Between 2009 and 2014, I continued practicing and designing from our North Yorkshire base, working mainly with garden-scale sites and with the aim of introducing the mainstream to Permaculture and expanding the ‘edge.’ I also worked as a Lecturer at a land-based college for a time and produced land-based designs for a vegetarian B&B in Tuscany, Italy. My Diploma was accredited in Leeds in 2013 and I embarked on my tutor pathway shortly afterwards. I have since relocated to rural southwest France where I am continually designing for all aspects of life and where I will never run out of things to do! More information about my diploma and post-diploma designs may be found on my website. https://joholleranpermaculture.weebly.com/

My interests

Diploma Tutor Experience

I completed my Diploma in 2013 and accredited in Leeds prior to becoming a Diploma Tutor shortly afterwards. I moved to southwest France with my husband in 2015 and I offer tutorials and design assessment online from home. My background is in Horticulture and my current projects and passions are: conserving and enhancing wildlife habitats, vegan homesteading on our 1 hectare plot, social integration following our move overseas, the step by step very slow renovation of our home, sewing, knitting, photography, and writing.

Diploma Tutor Skills

Relevant Qualifications:
Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design (Dip Perm Des)
Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
Diploma in French as a Foreign Language (DELF)
Certificate in Horticulture (RHS) and HCC Oliver Menhinick and Senior Tutor prizes
NVQ L2 Horticulture with nursery skills

Permaculture Teacher Training (PTT)

Permaculture Design Experience:

Vegan Permaculture, conservation and restoration of habitats for wildlife
Land based designs in the UK, Italy, Portugal, and France
Design consultancy, implementation, and maintenance experience for garden-scale rural and urban projects in North Yorkshire
Development of personal right livelihood initiatives in the UK and France

Designs in Progress:

Pattern level Zone 00 design, with sub-designs including: health and well-being, social integration, and personal development, with pathway strands including: French language development, photography skills, and writing.

Pattern level land design, with sub-designs including: shared food forest, perma-potager, habitat enrichment, orchard development.

Pattern level building renovation design, with sub-designs for each building.

Slow mode clothing design.

More information about my diploma and post-diploma designs may be found on my website. https://joholleranpermaculture.weebly.com/

Educator experience

Former Course Manager and Lecturer in Horticulture at a land-based college in the UK. Former business trainer.

Educator skills

Face to face and online teaching. Course writing. Language teaching.

Educator qualifications

PTLLS. PTT. (Educator of adults).