We’re raising money so we can donate our locally produced apple juice to those in need.
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Brighton Permaculture Trust takes the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation very seriously
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Bridget O’Brien
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FEBRUARY 2020 Congratulations to the latest graduates of our Permaculture design course who got their Permaculture design course certificate at the beginning of this month. As part of the course they presented their own land based design project. These ranged from small holdings to small balconies. A sample of the ingenious and beautiful design maps…
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Name: Dr Charlie Brennan Position: Tutor About Charlie: From the earliest age Charlie has been fascinated with the land. The moors, woods, hedgerows and productive fields of Devon, England became a first place of wandering, wondering and imagining into landscapes, places and the life they contain. This interest grew as he moved from place to…
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Name: Dusty Gedge Position: Tutor About Dusty Dusty Gedge is a trained performer and a recognised international speaker on green roofs, green infrastructure and biodiversity. He also uses his past career as a circus entertainer to provide meaningful and fun sessions at corporate events using juggling to energise and bring out key messages. Currently the…
More information ...Two years on – A former PDC student’s project in the French countryside
These days you’ll find Kath Shortland running a busy permaculture and agroforestry project from a 100 acre farm in rural South West France. Her days are spent planting walnut trees, tending to a plot, converting the old distillery buildings and caring for a range of animals. No two days are the same, and from 2020…
More information ...Rewilding Brighton’s golf courses
John Coote, JANUARY 2020 Extinction Rebellion Brighton has launched a petition asking the City Council for sufficient time to carefully consider the future of Hollingbury and Waterhall golf courses, which are on the market for re-letting. This would give organisations such as the Brighton Downs Alliance time to put together plans and demonstrate public support…
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More information ...Green Architecture Day 2020 – speaker biographies
There is a great line up of speakers for Green Architecture Day 2020.
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Saturday 28 March, Brighton There is an army of people who have been doing their best for our environment, our communities and our future. For this Green Architecture Day we will be hearing from the pioneers of architecture, design and systems who have chosen to actively create a better world. At Brighton Permaculture Trust we…
More information ...Awards for Racehill Community Orchard
Racehill Community Orchard scooped two awards at the Brighton and Hove City in Bloom Awards in October: a Silver Gilt for Best Community Charity Garden and a Gold for Best Wildlife Garden. Huge thanks to the regular volunteers and to Brighton and Hove Cityparks Rangers, Green Gym and BCV for all their help. Over the…
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Apple Day 2019 was colourful and fun-filled. Photos taken by Sarah Davenport.
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Bryn Thomas, Brighton Permaculture Trust Director shares his thoughts
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Bring us your spare apples or pears to the Fruit Factory in Stanmer Park, Sundays 1pm-3pm.
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John Coote, Brighton Permaculture Trust trustee, shares his personal observations on the challenge that Extinction Rebellion has laid down.
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AUGUST 2019 On the back of an epic volunteer effort, Apple Day 2018 weathered it’s first really wet day in 12 years of the history of the event. Behind the scenes in the days leading up to the event some strong decision making was made regarding safety on site, provision of shelter and sustenance for…
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Name: Kirsty Sloman Position: Volunteer leader, Racehill Community Orchard About Kirsty: Kirsty has been involved with the Racehill Community Orchard for nearly five years, firstly as a volunteer where she would help Neil Smith and learn from him. Now she is a volunteer session leader and general all round Orchard groover having taken over Neil’s…
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Sunny days at beautiful Racehill Orchard.
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Our permaculture plot at Stanmer Organics is flourishing this spring thanks to our great team of volunteers
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Presentation of the year July 2017 to June 2018 Summary of accounts July 2017 to June 2018 Please find the full accounts for the year July 2017 to June 2018 here: Accounts 17/18
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Building with cob course info
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More information ...2019: Design for well-being
A day of talks exploring Impacts of the built environment on health and well-being
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More information ...We keep planting fruit trees!
MARCH 2019: Over the winter Brighton Permaculture Trust planted 86 fruit trees with local partners at nine locations. Here’s an update on the various projects we’ve been involved with this winter (2018-2019). Brighton & Hove Racehill Community Orchard, Whitehawk This winter we planted another four apple trees at Racehill Community Orchard. Two Sussex apple varieties…
More information ...Green Architecture Day celebrates International Women’s Day #BalanceforBetter
Green Architecture Day proudly supports International Women’s Day 2019: #BalanceforBetter Stella Peyerl, event manager of Green Architecture Day explains: For the three years since I have been managing this event, women have been given equal stage time, with an equal number of women speaking about their practice, research and lives. Our strategy board for the…
More information ...Suzi Silva Cumiskey
Name: Suzi Silva Cumiskey Position: Volunteer About Suzi: Living in Norwich in the late 1990’s a friend did a weekend permaculture course and shared her experience with me, the first time I heard of permaculture design. I did the Intro and gardening courses with Brighton Permaculture Trust a good few years before doing the Permaculture design course in 2014. Supporting courses…
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More information ...Wassail! – awaking the trees for 2019
On Saturday 5th January a group of about 120 Brighton Permaculture Trust volunteers gathered for the annual Wassail. Wassail is a greeting meaning ‘Be of good health’. Orchards are wassailed to awaken the trees and encourage new growth and a bountiful harvest to the apple trees. The evening started at Hollingdean Community Orchard with traditional singing,…
More information ...Green Architecture Day Speakers 2019
We have a great selection of speakers this year – find out more about them here
More information ...Orchard planting at Berwick – written by Ollie Pendered
Planting an Orchard in the height of winter on a solar farm in driving rain requires a special type of person, and that recipe was brought together by the Friends of Cuckmere Community Solar and their good hearted neighbours, with Fellows from the RSA South East (https://www.thersa.org/about-us) and the Tree Guru Bryn Thomas of Brighton…
More information ...Green Architecture Day – How the built environment affects our health and well-being
There has been much research and development into how our built environment impacts health and wellbeing. We know, anecdotally and through experience, the things that affect us positively are the designs that are sympathetic to nature. Be that including natural light, plants or wildlife, or being more collaborative, having open shared spaces; lending themselves to…
More information ...The Brighton Permaculture Trust Plot in numbers
The Brighton Permaculture Trust plot at Stanmer is a LAND (Learning And Network Demonstration) site and shows permaculture in action, working in the real world, with real world challenges. All the work to maintain and develop the site is done by volunteers. Visitors Between 150 to 300 volunteers attend the plot each year on the regular…
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