Courses
Building sustainable communities, a permaculture design course
Building sustainable communities, a permaculture design course
11 February - 27 May 2012, 13 weekend days
NOW FULLY BOOKED
Eco renovate your home
Eco renovate your home
31 March 2012
Make your home more energy-efficient
Practical permaculture gardening
Practical permaculture gardening
31 March - 1 April 2012
Create beautiful, productive and wildlife-friendly gardens
Introduction to permaculture
Introduction to permaculture
Two courses with places available:
6-7 April 2012, 9-10 August 2012
A look at permaculture ideas and how to apply them
Self-building an earthship
Self-building an earthship
13-15 April 2012
Building with tyres, bottles & mud!
Building with straw bales
Building with straw bales
27-29 April 2012
A low impact way of making your own house
Mushroom cultivation
Mushroom cultivation
5 - 6 May 2012
Grow shiitake, oyster mushrooms and other tasty fungi
Community orchard training
Community orchard training
Two courses with places available:
19 May 2012, 22 May 2012
Aftercare of newly planted fruit trees and celebration
Forest gardening
Forest gardening
30 June – 1 July 2012
Grow a mini woodland of fruit, nuts, herbs & some veg
Fruit tree grafting
Fruit tree grafting
4 August 2012
Learn how to propagate fruit trees by grafting
Building with rammed earth and chalk
Building with rammed earth and chalk
13-14 October 2012
Load bearing walls can be built with only earth or chalk
Introduction to photovoltaics
Introduction to photovoltaics
2 June 2012
The basics of off-grid solar electrics
Planning and planting a small orchard
Planning and planting a small orchard
Two courses with places available:
1 Dec 2012, 3 Dec 2012
Fruit tree selection and planting techniques
Green roofs
Green roofs
Date to be announced
Learn about green roofs and how to build them
Pruning old fruit trees
Pruning old fruit trees
Two courses with places available:
12-13 January 2013, 15-16 January 2013
Hands-on courses in an old apple orchard
Diploma in applied permaculture design
Diploma in applied permaculture design
Involves a minimum of 2 years self-managed study