Permaculture Intro Courses for 2010/2011
Permaculture Design is a practical way to create sustainability in your own life. Introductory courses aim to give you a good basic understanding of what Permaculture is and explore how you can start to put it into action. Covering the ethics, philosophy and the nature-inspired principles, with real examples of Permaculture in practice and a mini-design project. Most courses involve indoor and outdoor sessions including nature walks, group activities, talks, slideshows, a visit and practical work (unless otherwise stated below).
Get together with others to share common interests and explore how you can start to put Permaculture into action in your own lives. No experience necessary, just an interest in sustainability and working towards it. Taking an introductory course will enable you to go on to do a Full Design Course later.
Please see below for listings
Introduction to Permaculture at the Create Centre, Bristol
6 Tues evening sessions & 2 Sat mornings
Pressing apple juice on a visit to local community orchard
To be more accessable this course will be held over 6 Tuesday evenings at the CREATE Centre with two extra Saturday mornings from 10am – 2pm, for a Bristol based site-visit and then a design exercise at the Stoke Lodge Centre (full list of dates below). Please wear warm outdoor clothing Tuesday 28 September, clothes suitable for outdoor practical session Saturday 16 October, and bring vegetarian food to share on the Saturday mornings.
Course costs:- Full price £92, Concs. £46. For bookings and further info please contact the Adult Learning Service 0117 9038844 or via their website at http://adultlearning.bristol.gov.uk/courses. Brochures are availiable in libraries if you wish to apply by post.
6 Tuesdays, 6.30pm – 9pm (21 & 28 September, 5 October, 9, 16& 30 November)
2 Saturdays, 10am – 2pm (16 October & 27 November)
8 sessions from 21 Sep
(N.B.: 6pm – 8.30pm on Tuesday, 28 Sep)
Residential Weekend at Ragman’s Lane Farm, Forest of Dean
June 4th-6th, 2010
- The pond at Ragman’s Lane Farm
A Residential weekend course based at Ragman’s Lane Farm. The farm uses Permaculture principles to guide its development. There are, amoungst other things apple juice, shitake mushroom log and willow enterprises based there and they run a variety of residential courses from cider making to living willow structures. It is a short walk to the beautiful River Wye and local pubs.
Courses include a mixture of indoor and outdoor sessions, including a nature observation walk and some practical work on the Sunday.
Course costs: £110 – £65 on a sliding scale depending on income, concession rate places are limited. The cost of the course includes accomodation, two evening meals and breakfasts. Weekend courses are from Friday night (6pm onward arrival) until Sunday 5pm. Please email course_enquiries@yahoo.co.uk for more information and bookings.
Introduction to Permaculture Weekends at Windmill Hill City Farm, Bedminster, Bristol
Dates for 2011 to be confirmed.
Creating deep-mulch beds and coppicing hazel
From the ethics and philosophy to principles and design. Informal, relaxed and participatory courses with inspiring examples of how it works in practice and some practical work on the permaculture plot at the City Farm.
Weekend intro courses are a good way to meet people in your area who are into sustainability.
Cost £65-£25 on a sliding scale depending on income. Please email course_enquiries@yahoo.co.uk for more information and bookings.
