Introduction to Permaculture June 4, 2011

– Improve your home & backyard while saving resources and building a healthy place for family, friends and community.

– Save money on energy bills with efficient home design, retrofit and renewable energy systems.

– Bring fertility back to soil, store water in the landscape and shape earth for water harvesting.

– Pattern functional and edible perennials into food forest assemblies and eat fresh, organic & healthy food grown outside your doorstep.

– Reduce or eliminate waste and pollution to assure a healthy environment for you, your children and grandchildren.

– Create an ethical business and right livelihood that benefits both people and the planet.

If you are interested in permaculture, but not sure where to start, this 12-hour course will offer information and hands-on experience and cover the basics of permaculture design.

The course is applicable to everyone from beginner home gardeners to professional horticulturists and engineers to landscape architects wishing to learn more about designing for sustainability. Whether your interest is gardening, farming, planning, building homes, community work, economic regeneration, business or green lifestyles, the application of permaculture principles empowers you to make a positive contribution towards a sustainable future.

A healthy mixture of theory and practice, the course content is sure to stimulate; supplemented with plenty of slides from around the world and a variety of related creative design exercises.