Permaculture Courses
The PRI is renowned for producing highly active and effective students and teachers. As you'll see below, we run multiple courses -- from the world famous Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course, which is the best introduction to permaculture design (and a pre-requisite to obtaining your Diploma through the Permaculture Institute) to the Soil Biology and Natural Fertiliser Course, Permaculture Aid Worker Training Course, PDC Teacher Training, Earthworks and the very popular 10-week Internship Program that covers all of these and more.
Course Fees: Click on your chosen course below for course cost and payment option information. Please note that all course prices listed include GST.
Note: Please direct all course and course accommodation enquiries to: education (at) permaculture.org.au
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Information on directions, accommodation/facilities and Visas can be found here.
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL!
11
Feb
2012
| Introduction to Growing Vegetables the Permaculture Way, Nimbin, NSW |
| Starts 11 February 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| Introduction to growing vegetables the permaculture way. This will be a hands on garden building course, so come equipped to get your hands dirty! |
13
Feb
2012
| Permaculture Urban Landscape Design, Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm, taught by Nick Huggins |
| Starts 13 February 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| During this intensive 5-day Permaculture Urban Landscape Design course, students will learn the fundamentals of running a professional permaculture design and consultancy business. |
18
Feb
2012
| Introduction to Growing Vegetables the Permaculture Way, Nimbin, NSW |
| Starts 18 February 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| Introduction to growing vegetables the permaculture way. This will be a hands on garden building course, so come equipped to get your hands dirty! |
20
Feb
2012
| PDC Teacher Training Course with Geoff Lawton (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia) |
| Starts 20 February 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| Want to start teaching Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) courses? Here's your chance to learn how - and learn under one of the world's most respected PDC teachers and Permaculture experts. |
25
Feb
2012
| Introduction to Growing Vegetables the Permaculture Way, Nimbin, NSW |
| Starts 25 February 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| Introduction to growing vegetables the permaculture way. This will be a hands on garden building course, so come equipped to get your hands dirty! |
03
Mar
2012
| Introduction to Growing Vegetables the Permaculture Way, Nimbin, NSW |
| Starts 03 March 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| Introduction to growing vegetables the permaculture way. This will be a hands on garden building course, so come equipped to get your hands dirty! |
05
Mar
2012
| Compost Soil Biology Natural Fertilizer Course, Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm, taught by Paul Taylor |
| Starts 05 March 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| Participants will have a genuine, classroom and ‘in the field’ understanding of the science of beneficial soil biology and how biological management will reduce input costs while maintaining or increasing production of agricultural systems. An important element of this workshop is that the participants will have a hands-on understanding of how to grow, manage and apply beneficial soil microbes as high value compost and compost tea on the farm. |
10
Mar
2012
| Introduction to Growing Vegetables the Permaculture Way, Nimbin, NSW |
| Starts 10 March 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| Introduction to growing vegetables the permaculture way. This will be a hands on garden building course, so come equipped to get your hands dirty! |
12
Mar
2012
| Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course on Koh Phangan Island, Thailand |
| Starts 12 March 2012 and runs for 13 day(s) |
| phanganearthworks is stoked to announce another two-week Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course with internationally acclaimed teacher Mustafa Fatih Bakir, to take place 12-24 March 2012 on our property on Phangan island, Southern Thailand. |
17
Mar
2012
| Introduction to Growing Vegetables the Permaculture Way, Nimbin, NSW |
| Starts 17 March 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| Introduction to growing vegetables the permaculture way. This will be a hands on garden building course, so come equipped to get your hands dirty! |
19
Mar
2012
| Permaculture Project Aid Worker Course (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia) |
| Starts 19 March 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| This course is an intensive course, comprising a fifty/fifty mix of the theory and practise of permaculture project establishment with Geoff and Nadia Lawton - specifically designed to give a reference and realistic expectation of the requirements to establish a permaculture project potentially anywhere worldwide, and to give an initial preparation for the same. To attend this course you must have completed a Permaculture Design Certificate course, somewhere in the world. |
24
Mar
2012
| Introduction to Growing Vegetables the Permaculture Way, Nimbin, NSW |
| Starts 24 March 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| Introduction to growing vegetables the permaculture way. This will be a hands on garden building course, so come equipped to get your hands dirty! |
25
Mar
2012
| Introduction to Beekeeping using Permaculture Principles |
| Starts 25 March 2012 and runs for 1 day(s) |
| Anthony Andrist BA (CSU, Ohio), CELTA, PDC and Internship (PRI) is creating educational coursework on Permaculture and is currently on the managing committee for Permaculture Sydney North as Garden Team Leader. Anthony Andrist has completed the Pest and Diseases of the Honey Bee with the NSW Dept of Industry and Investment as well as a Natural Beekeeping Course with Tim Malfroy and has been invoved with traditional and commercial beekeeping. He kept beehives at the Permaculture Research Institute at The Channon and currently has beehives at Edenfarms Permaculture. Anthony has spent significant time in West Africa as a cultural anthropologist and he is devoted to supporting and advocating sustainable community programs and water projects in Mauritania and Somalia. |
31
Mar
2012
| Introduction to Growing Vegetables the Permaculture Way, Nimbin, NSW |
| Starts 31 March 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| Introduction to growing vegetables the permaculture way. This will be a hands on garden building course, so come equipped to get your hands dirty! |
31
Mar
2012
| Permaculture Earthworks Course with Geoff Lawton, at the Koanga Institute, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand |
| Starts 31 March 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| Geoff Lawton will teach this 5-day course at the Koanga Institute, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. In this course you will learn the theory and practice of Permaculture Earthworks - learning site designing, surveying, and directing earth-moving machines to establish dams, swales, terraces, etc. |
07
Apr
2012
| Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course with Bob Corker, at the Koanga Institute, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (plus 2 days off for APC) |
| Starts 07 April 2012 and runs for 15 day(s) |
| This world-recognized, 72-hour course which provides an introduction to permaculture as set forth by movement founder Bill Mollison is held by Bob Corker. |
07
Apr
2012
| Introduction to Growing Vegetables the Permaculture Way, Nimbin, NSW |
| Starts 07 April 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| Introduction to growing vegetables the permaculture way. This will be a hands on garden building course, so come equipped to get your hands dirty! |
08
Apr
2012
| Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia) |
| Starts 08 April 2012 and runs for 14 day(s) |
| This world-recognized, 72-hour course which provides an introduction to permaculture as set forth by movement founder Bill Mollison is held by Geoff and Nadia Lawton and other Permaculture educators. |
14
Apr
2012
| Introduction to Growing Vegetables the Permaculture Way, Nimbin, NSW |
| Starts 14 April 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| Introduction to growing vegetables the permaculture way. This will be a hands on garden building course, so come equipped to get your hands dirty! |
23
Apr
2012
| Ten-week Internship Program, Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm, NSW |
| Starts 23 April 2012 and runs for 50 day(s) |
 The Permaculture Research Institute, led by Geoff and Nadia Lawton, now offer a ten-week curriculum-based internship program, aimed at fast-tracking the development of permaculture-based knowledge in a wide range of specific subjects. This is an ideal way to get started on a career as a permaculture consultant and/or project aid worker for our many worldwide aid projects. |
23
Apr
2012
| Intensive 6 Day Permaculture Seminar & Workshop on the island of Kefalonia, Greece |
| Starts 23 April 2012 and runs for 6 day(s) |
| The Permaculture Research Institute of Hellas (Greece) presents a 6-day Intensive Permaculture Workshop on the beautiful island of Kefalonia, Greece. Over 6 days you will aquire the practical skills to regenerate any landscape and for designing productive ecosystems. |
30
Apr
2012
| Permaculture Earthworks Course (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia) |
| Starts 30 April 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| Geoff Lawton is internationally recognised as a leading earthworks engineer - having an extremely broad experience worldwide in setting up earthworks systems that drought-proof land and optimise productivity. This earthworks course will help you get equipped for this work. |
07
May
2012
| Appropriate Technology and Light Earth Building, with Bob Corker, at the Koanga Institute, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand |
| Starts 07 May 2012 and runs for 7 day(s) |
| An intensive 7-day (60 hour) workshop to learn low cost, sustainable technologies for building projects suited to low cost, low energy sustainable living. There will be a particular focus on techniques that are suited to NZ conditions, using materials that are easily obtainable and can be sourced locally. We'll look at autonomous housing and technologies that empower individuals to be self reliant. |
14
May
2012
| Permaculture Urban Landscape Design, Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm, taught by Nick Huggins |
| Starts 14 May 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| During this intensive 5-day Permaculture Urban Landscape Design course, students will learn the fundamentals of running a professional permaculture design and consultancy business. |
21
May
2012
| PDC Teacher Training Course with Geoff Lawton (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia) |
| Starts 21 May 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| Want to start teaching Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) courses? Here's your chance to learn how - and learn under one of the world's most respected PDC teachers and Permaculture experts. |
26
May
2012
| Villages for the Future, with Bob Corker, at the PRI's Zaytuna Farm, NSW, Australia |
| Starts 26 May 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| Community Land Trusts as a model for sustainable land ownership. |
28
May
2012
| BioIntensive Gardening Workshop with Kay Baxter, at the PRI's Zaytuna Farm, NSW, Australia |
| Starts 28 May 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| A 2-day workshop covering the basic theory and practice of Bio-intensive gardening. |
30
May
2012
| Food Security and Seed Saving Workshop with Kay Baxter, at the PRI's Zaytuna Farm, NSW, Australia |
| Starts 30 May 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| This is an intensive 5-day workshop designed to give you the basic understandings necessary to grow and save your own seeds. |
04
Jun
2012
| Compost Soil Biology Natural Fertilizer Course, Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm, taught by Paul Taylor |
| Starts 04 June 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| Participants will have a genuine, classroom and ‘in the field’ understanding of the science of beneficial soil biology and how biological management will reduce input costs while maintaining or increasing production of agricultural systems. An important element of this workshop is that the participants will have a hands-on understanding of how to grow, manage and apply beneficial soil microbes as high value compost and compost tea on the farm. |
18
Jun
2012
| Permaculture Project Aid Worker Course (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia) |
| Starts 18 June 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| This course is an intensive course, comprising a fifty/fifty mix of the theory and practise of permaculture project establishment with Geoff and Nadia Lawton - specifically designed to give a reference and realistic expectation of the requirements to establish a permaculture project potentially anywhere worldwide, and to give an initial preparation for the same. To attend this course you must have completed a Permaculture Design Certificate course, somewhere in the world. |
08
Jul
2012
| Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia) with Warren Brush |
| Starts 08 July 2012 and runs for 14 day(s) |
| This world-recognized, 72-hour course provides an introduction to permaculture as set forth by movement founder Bill Mollison is held by Warren Brush (of Quail Springs, California). |
23
Jul
2012
| Ten-week Internship Program, Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm, NSW |
| Starts 23 July 2012 and runs for 50 day(s) |
| The Permaculture Research Institute, led by Geoff and Nadia Lawton, now offer a ten-week curriculum-based internship program, aimed at fast-tracking the development of permaculture-based knowledge in a wide range of specific subjects. This is an ideal way to get started on a career as a permaculture consultant and/or project aid worker for our many worldwide aid projects. |
30
Jul
2012
| Permaculture Earthworks Course (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia) |
| Starts 30 July 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| Geoff Lawton is internationally recognised as a leading earthworks engineer - having an extremely broad experience worldwide in setting up earthworks systems that drought-proof land and optimise productivity. This earthworks course will help you get equipped for this work. |
13
Aug
2012
| Permaculture Urban Landscape Design, Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm, taught by Nick Huggins |
| Starts 13 August 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| During this intensive 5-day Permaculture Urban Landscape Design course, students will learn the fundamentals of running a professional permaculture design and consultancy business. |
20
Aug
2012
| PDC Teacher Training Course with Geoff Lawton (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia) |
| Starts 20 August 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| Want to start teaching Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) courses? Here's your chance to learn how - and learn under one of the world's most respected PDC teachers and Permaculture experts. |
25
Aug
2012
| BioIntensive Gardening Workshop with Kay Baxter, at the PRI's Zaytuna Farm, NSW, Australia |
| Starts 25 August 2012 and runs for 2 day(s) |
| A 2-day workshop covering the basic theory and practice of Bio-intensive gardening. |
27
Aug
2012
| Food Security and Seed Saving Workshop with Kay Baxter, at the PRI's Zaytuna Farm, NSW, Australia |
| Starts 27 August 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| This is an intensive 5-day workshop designed to give you the basic understandings necessary to grow and save your own seeds. |
03
Sep
2012
| Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course with Bob Corker, at the Koanga Institute, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand |
| Starts 03 September 2012 and runs for 13 day(s) |
| This world-recognized, 72-hour course which provides an introduction to permaculture as set forth by movement founder Bill Mollison is held by Bob Corker. |
10
Sep
2012
| Permaculture Project Aid Worker Course (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia) |
| Starts 10 September 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| This course is an intensive course, comprising a fifty/fifty mix of the theory and practise of permaculture project establishment with Geoff and Nadia Lawton - specifically designed to give a reference and realistic expectation of the requirements to establish a permaculture project potentially anywhere worldwide, and to give an initial preparation for the same. To attend this course you must have completed a Permaculture Design Certificate course, somewhere in the world. |
17
Sep
2012
| Permaculture Design Certificate course with Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton (Trinity College, Melbourne University) |
| Starts 17 September 2012 and runs for 13 day(s) |
| This course is the full 72 hour Permaculture Design Certificate course including all theory and practical exercises necessary to enable a student to become a Permaculture designer and teacher and can lead on to full teacher registration and Diploma of Permaculture Design with the Permaculture Institute. |
17
Sep
2012
| Compost Soil Biology Natural Fertilizer Course, Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm, taught by Paul Taylor |
| Starts 17 September 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| Participants will have a genuine, classroom and ‘in the field’ understanding of the science of beneficial soil biology and how biological management will reduce input costs while maintaining or increasing production of agricultural systems. An important element of this workshop is that the participants will have a hands-on understanding of how to grow, manage and apply beneficial soil microbes as high value compost and compost tea on the farm. |
24
Sep
2012
| Prepare and Cook Nutrient Dense Food 3 Day Workshop, at the Koanga Institute, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand |
| Starts 24 September 2012 and runs for 3 day(s) |
| What is a healthy balanced diet? There are so many conflicting messages, advocates for different eating philosophies and popular theories about what we should eat... it is confusing and difficult to even know where to start. In this 3-day workshop you'll learn the principles of a traditional diet, based on principles documented by Weston A Price. We'll have many practical demonstrations so you can become confident with techniques. This traditional diet is one that can be grown and produced ourselves, in small farming communities and does not rely on importing foods from all over the globe and from outside our bio-region. |
30
Sep
2012
| Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course (The Permaculture Research Institute, Zaytuna Farm at The Channon, NSW, Australia) |
| Starts 30 September 2012 and runs for 14 day(s) |
| This world-recognized, 72-hour course which provides an introduction to permaculture as set forth by movement founder Bill Mollison is held by Geoff and Nadia Lawton and other Permaculture educators. |
01
Oct
2012
| Koanga Gardening Intensive, with Kay Baxter at the Koanga Institute, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand |
| Starts 01 October 2012 and runs for 5 day(s) |
| This workshop will teach you how to ensure your garden is highly efficient, producing nutrient dense produce in a way that regenerates the soil and is sustainable for the long term. Understand the importance of microbiology and getting the minerals properly balanced, so that your plants grow strongly for high yields. The BioIntensive method allows you to grow more food in less space, using less water and greatly reduces the need for weeding and other maintenance. These are the methods we use at the Koanga Institute to grow high quality produce and seeds. |
27
Oct
2012
| Permaculture Design Certificate course (held in the Al Jawfa, Dead Sea Valley area in western Jordan) |
| Starts 27 October 2012 and runs for 14 day(s) |
| The Permaculture Design Certificate course is an internationally-recognized, seventy-two hour course resulting in a Permaculture Design Certificate. It provides an introduction to permaculture design as set forth by movement founder Bill Mollison. |
10
Nov
2012
| The Dead Sea Valley Permaculture Project (aka Greening the Desert - the Sequel) Internship, Jordan |
| Starts 10 November 2012 and runs for 27 day(s) |
| This is a one month internship at the Jordan Valley Permaculture Project (aka 'Greening the Desert - the Sequel') site. This small project is located in the village of Jawasari on less than 1 acre of ground. Immerse yourself in a once in a lifetime experience. Come and join us, live and learn about permaculture in the lowest place on earth. |
25
Nov
2012
| Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course with Bob Corker, at the PRIs Zaytuna Farm, NSW, Australia |
| Starts 25 November 2012 and runs for 14 day(s) |
| This world-recognized, 72-hour course which provides an introduction to permaculture as set forth by movement founder Bill Mollison is held by Bob Corker. |
