This course will be online, with a visit to our sites at Stanmer Park (Brighton) as an option if the Covid-19 situation permits.
More information ...Courses
Coronavirus Update
Amendments to course and event dates and future plans
More information ...Building with straw bales
2 – 4 October 2020 – Fully booked
16-18 Aprl 2021
A low impact way of making your own house
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 16 – Sunday 18 October 2020
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 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
Care of fruit trees
16 May 2020 – booking suspended
Learn how to care for fruit trees and orchards
Fruit tree planting workshop
Building with hemp lime (hempcrete)
5 – 6 June 2021
Hempcrete walls, finishes and insulation
Introduction to photovoltaics
19 June 2021
The basics of small scale off-grid and on-grid solar electrics
Fruit tree grafting
2021 Dates to be announced
Learn how to propagate fruit trees by grafting
Forest gardening
3-4 July 2021
Grow a mini woodland of fruit, nuts, herbs & veg
Fruit cookery and juicing
Date to be announced
More information ...Walkabout permaculture
Postponed until 2021
How can permaculture be applied to lives not centred around homesteads and settlement?
More information ...From Habitats to Polycultures2
Postponed until 2021
Join Dave Jacke for an evening talk or a full weekend workshop
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.
Eco renovate your home
The course usually runs from 9.00am to 5.30pm at the Phoenix Community Centre, Brighton.
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