Event: 16th July 2011

For people who have completed their permaculture 72-hour design course and are thinking of going on to the diploma or just want to know more.

Led by Mark Bamford and Steve Beesley

Water is essential to all life on Earth, but in our modern societies we have become detached from it and think little of it as long as it continues to flow out of the tap. This course will bring our attention to natural systems, harvesting for drinking water, and watering. We will look at water treatment and alternatives to flushing the toilet. We will examine a number of designs that can be included in design work.

Lunch will be provided each day. Bring your own food for evening meal and breakfast; cooking facilities and cutlery/crockery are available in our bunkhouse. Bunk house, yurt accommodation and camping available. Bring a sleeping bag.

Cost £80.  Book via LILI website:  http://www.lowimpact.org/middlewood_permaculture_skills4.html

For people who have completed their permaculture 72-hour design course and are thinking of going on to the diploma or just want to know more. 

Mark Fisher: Home garden -  A home garden is found in Zone 1 where elements in a design need continual observation, frequent visits and work. Other than our inside living space, this zone is the greatest expression of ourselves - we give it a personal feel and let it display our achievement. It is a productive but also a welcoming space for people to share. Through our cultivated ecology in Zone 1, we are arranging the natural world to provide our needs. We become experts on the techniques and processes we use there, making good use of the design principles, and we are able to pass on that knowledge.

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For people who have completed their permaculture 72-hour design course and are thinking of going on to the diploma or just want to know more. We have planned a series of 6 weekend courses starting in April and finishing in September and have provisionally booked the third weekend of every month.

Led by Mark Fisher
Permaculture design can be an informal process with a community, or it could be fulfilment of a contract with a client. It may be an incremental process in site development, or it may not even reach the stage of implementation. Whatever the aim and outcome, a structure can be applied to the design process that can assist in producing effective designs and which can build confidence between the designer and the community or client for whom the design is intended.

This course will go through the whole design process, from the offer of design services through to the design proposal, developing the brief (including use of PAS sheets, base mapping, and consultation), the concept report, and the full design including quantities and costings. Proposals for implementation will be covered for those wanting to offer a full service. While the course is not necessarily about re-learning the principles, methods and tools of Permaculture Design, it will review their uses at each stage of the design process.

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Dates –The course is one weekend per month for seven months.

30 / 31 January is the first weekend
27 / 28 February
27 / 28 March
24 / 25 April
22 / 23 May
19 / 20 June
10 to 11 July is the last weekend

Cost –

Employed and/or household income over £15,000: 

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