All Courses
All courses ....
Permaculture design course
7 March – 14 June 2020
Building sustainable communities
Self-building an Earthship
17 – 19 April 2020
10 – 12 July 2020
16-18 October 2020
How tyres, bottles and earth make it possible to live off-grid
Building with straw bales
18 – 20 October 2019
3 – 5 April 2020
17 – 19 July 2020
A low impact way of making your own house
Introduction to permaculture
Course 1: Sat 16 – Sun 17 Nov 2019
Course 2: Sat 11 – Sun 12 Jan 2020
Course 3: Sat 8 – Sun 9 Feb 2020
Course 4: Sat 4 – Sun 5 Apr 2020
Course 5: Sat 11 – Sun 12 July 2020
Planning and planting a small orchard
30 November 2019
Fruit tree selection and planting techniques
Pruning old fruit trees
Saturday 18 – Sunday 19 January 2020
Hands-on course in an old apple orchard
Fruit tree grafting
29 February 2020
Learn how to propagate fruit trees by grafting
Mushroom cultivation
18-19 April 2020
Grow shiitake, oyster mushrooms & other tasty fungi
Building with cob
9- 10 May 2020
Make a cob pizza oven
Care of fruit trees
16 May 2020
Learn how to care for fruit trees and orchards
Building with hemp lime (hempcrete)
6 – 7 June 2020
Hempcrete walls, finishes and insulation
Scything
23 May 2020
The workshop runs from 10am – 5pm
(with an optional volunteer opportunity the following day) in Stanmer Park, Brighton.
Introduction to photovoltaics
13 June 2020
The basics of small scale off-grid and on-grid solar electrics
Forest gardening
4-5 July 2020
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
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 ...Diploma in applied permaculture design
Involves a minimum of 2 years self-managed study
More information ...Permaculture Gardening
Date to be announced
More information ...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 tree planting workshop
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.
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