Last year’s 5-day Permaculture Living Course was a hit, and so we’re putting it on again this October. It’s a fun, hands-on course all about empowering you to live your version of the good life. Happier, healthier, more connected, kinder to earth.
What’s the difference between a Permaculture Living Course and a Permaculture Design Course?
Many people have heard of the 10-day Permaculture Design Course, aka PDC, which is internationally recognized as the entry qualification to Permaculture. In the last few years we’ve seen more Permaculture Living Courses appear in Australia.
While the longer PDC focuses on design skills and developing a property plan, the Permaculture Living Course is based around obtaining new practical skills in all areas of your life. This could include learning how to grow and preserve your own food, make your own body care products, harvest water, use alternative technologies in your home and build a resilient community.
Why take a Permaculture Living Course?
As one of last year’s participants says:
“Everyone in the world needs this course. It’s practical and feel good and provides knowledge and tools to help you create the life you want.”
If you want to live a life that’s kinder to the earth, others and yourself, the Permaculture Living Course is a great way to boost your knowledge and confidence to do so.
Here’s why we think you’ll love it:
- Practical and hands-on learning
- Inspiration you can start implementing at home straight away
- Passionate teachers who live and breathe what they teach
- The chance to connect with likeminded folk
- Course content that’s specific to Perth urban settings
Our course was developed here at the Farm and is tailored to our local area and conditions. It covers a multitude of topics over five days.
“This course is a great way to meet likeminded people and learn more about City Farm. An excellent intro to permaculture principles and the ways they intersect with all the different aspects of lifestyle. It’s a great way to get inspired, proactive and gain a holistic understanding.”
What to expect from this year’s Permaculture Living Course?
Over five days, you’ll get your hands busy preserving harvests, making herbal medicines and making good compost. You’ll learn how to grow your own food, restore habitat for native wildlife and use alternative technologies.
Whether you’re completely new to permaculture or have been implementing some permaculture principles in your life already, this is a great course to meet you where you’re at.
“Despite having used some permaculture principles already, I have learned so much, and intend to make further changes within the scope of my home and life.”
There’ll be time to connect and make friends too. We’ll cook morning tea together, chat about the obstacles and challenges we face, and find solutions to overcome them together. We’ll cross-pollinate ideas and bring our own unique perspectives to the group. Diversity is wonderful!
Each day, you’ll go home not only with new knowledge, but products you made, seeds, cuttings, and more. Rod and Martina will provide written materials on the topics covered, as well as additional reading or viewing suggestions. You’ll leave feeling confident to make the changes in your life that you want to make.
Meet Your Permaculture Teachers
Perth City Farm’s Permaculture Living Course was developed by Rod Hughes and Martina Hoeppner. Both have dedicated their lives to permaculture education and come with different sub-specialties and skillsets.
Last year’s participants loved Rod and Martina’s teaching and we’re pretty confident you will too.
“I loved how Rod and Martina made every area of learning interesting, even the subject areas I thought I wasn’t going to be interested in.”
Rod used to be our Farm Manager at Perth City Farm and now lives and teaches at Fair Harvest Permaculture in Margaret River. He is an excellent teacher of many subjects from growing food and restoring natural areas to sharpening tools and demonstrating alternative technologies. He also bakes the best morning tea focaccia.
Martina is the owner and director of Permaculture Educators Alliance and Perth City Farm’s Education Lead. She can teach all subjects on Permaculture Design and Living Courses, but particularly enjoys teaching food preserving, herbal medicines, alternative economy and community building.
Keen to join us at this year’s Permaculture Living Course?
Our upcoming Permaculture Living Course is held over five dates in October (Fridays and Saturdays). We’d love to have you there! Click on the link below for more information and to book a spot.