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Building with straw bales
16-18 April 2021
A low impact way of making your own house
Green Architecture Sessions 2020
21 Sept – 3 October 2020
Cutting-edge talks on green architecture brought to you by Brighton Permaculture Trust and Low Carbon Trust
Practical permaculture gardening
10-11 October 2020
Learn how to create a productive and wildlife-friendly garden
Building with rammed earth and chalk
9-10 October 2021
Build strong walls using only the ground beneath your feet
Self-building an Earthship
Friday 23 – Sunday 25 April 2021
Friday 9 – Sunday 11 July 2021
How tyres, bottles and earth make it possible to live off-grid
Planning and planting a small orchard
28 November & 5 December 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
Green roofs
10 April 2021
Learn how to build your own living roof
Mushroom cultivation
24-25 April 2021
Grow shiitake, oyster mushrooms & other tasty fungi
Building with cob
8- 9 May 2021
Make a cob pizza oven
Permaculture design course
13 March – 6 June 2021
Building sustainable communities
Scything
22 May 2021
Learn how to cut grass and weeds without the need of a noisy, fossil fuel burning lawnmower or strimmer
Introduction to photovoltaics
19 June 2021
The basics of small scale off-grid and on-grid solar electrics
Building with hemp lime (hempcrete)
5 – 6 June 2021
Hempcrete walls, finishes and insulation