NEW DATE: 10-11 October 2020
Learn how to create a productive and wildlife-friendly garden
All Courses
All courses ....
Building with straw bales
3 – 5 April 2020 – postponed
17 – 19 July 2020 – booking suspended
A low impact way of making your own house
Introduction to permaculture
Course 1: Sat 4 – Sun 5 Apr 2020 – postponed
Course 2: Sat 11 – Sun 12 July 2020 – booking suspended
Course 3: Sat 12 – Sun 13 Sept 2020
Course 4: Sat 21 – Sun 22 Nov 2020
Self-building an Earthship
17 – 19 April 2020 – course postponed
10 – 12 July 2020 – booking suspended
16-18 October 2020
How tyres, bottles and earth make it possible to live off-grid
Mushroom cultivation
18-19 April 2020 – postponed
Grow shiitake, oyster mushrooms & other tasty fungi
Building with cob
9- 10 May 2020 – booking suspended
Make a cob pizza oven
Green roofs
16 May 2020 – booking suspended
Learn how to build your own living roof
Care of fruit trees
16 May 2020 – booking suspended
Learn how to care for fruit trees and orchards
Scything
23 May 2020 – booking suspended
The workshop runs from 10am – 5pm
(with an optional volunteer opportunity the following day) in Stanmer Park, Brighton.
Walkabout permaculture
Postponed until 2021
How can permaculture be applied to lives not centred around homesteads and settlement?
More information ...Building with hemp lime (hempcrete)
6 – 7 June 2020 – FULLY BOOKED
Hempcrete walls, finishes and insulation
Introduction to photovoltaics
13 June 2020 – booking suspended
The basics of small scale off-grid and on-grid solar electrics
From Habitats to Polycultures
Postponed until 2021
Join Dave Jacke for an evening talk or a full weekend workshop
Forest gardening
4-5 July 2020 – booking suspended
Grow a mini woodland of fruit, nuts, herbs & veg
Building with rammed earth and chalk
10-11 October 2020
Build strong walls using only the ground beneath your feet
Planning and planting a small orchard
28 November 2020
Fruit tree selection and planting techniques
Pruning old fruit trees
Saturday 16 – Sunday 17 January 2021
Hands-on course in an old apple orchard
Diploma in applied permaculture design
Involves a minimum of 2 years self-managed study
More information ...Forest garden, edible landscape and urban orchard workshop
Date to be announced
This half-day workshop runs from 12:00 to 16:00 in Stanmer Park and Hollingdean, Brighton.
More information ...Fruit tree planting workshop
Fruit tree grafting
29 February 2020 – FULLY BOOKED
Learn how to propagate fruit trees by grafting
Permaculture design course
7 March – 14 June 2020
Building sustainable communities
Rendering on straw bales
Flint knapping course
This one-day course runs from 9:30am to 5pm in Stanmer Park, Brighton.
More information ...Hand-building a wind turbine
Date to be announced
Build a wind turbine from scratch using basic materials
Wood fuel and home heating
Date to be announced
This course runs from 9.00am to 5.00pm in Stanmer Park, Brighton.
Fruit cookery and juicing
Date to be announced
More information ...Eco renovate your home
The course usually runs from 9.00am to 5.30pm at the Phoenix Community Centre, Brighton.
More information ...