Courses

Permaculture course

What is permaculture?

“The philosophy behind Permaculture is one of working with, rather than against nature, of looking at systems in all their functions, rather than just asking one yield of them, and of allowing systems to demonstrate their own evolutions.”
David Holmgren

At present we run a two day Introductory Permaculture Course

The course covers the following topics including practical exercises and designs.

DAY 1

  • What is Permaculture?

  • Ethics

  • Attitudinal Principle

  • Design process

  • Energy: Zone, Sector, Aspect

DAY 2

  • Resources: Biological, Re-cycling Functions and Elements

  • Co-operation

  • Design Principle

  • Design exercise

The Permaculture at Your Place course is designed around the area selected by the course host