Dates (8x weekends)
August - 16th / 17th > 30th / 31st
September - 13th / 14th > 27th / 28th,
October - 11th / 12th > 25th / 26th,
November - 8th / 9th > 22nd / 23rd,
Time: 9am to 4pm
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3x Lead teachers:
Brett Cooper (Limestone Permaculture)
Will & Anthea Power (Maplewood Permaculture)
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9x Specialist Guest Teachers
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2x offsite Permaculture Farm Visits
Loads of Demonstration
Hands on Learning
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(Please refer to our Refund Policy)
16 day Protracted PDCHC
Permaculture Design Your Property & Life
whilst gaining
Micro-farming & Homesteading Skills!
With Us!
Limestone Permaculture in collaboration with
Maplewood Permaculture
offer an all new and improved Permaculture Design Certificate with an integrated Homesteading Course!
This is an immersive PDC with real time examples of a successful design process, spacial awareness, resilient living systems and experienced homesteading on a thriving permaculture principled property!
This is the backdrop for your PDCHC learning experience...!
We apply the wisdom of Mollison / Morrow & Holmgren to the Ethics, Principles & Design as the core of our design course curriculum, supported by our own experiences of over 23years in both Urban & Rural settings.
Specialising in Warm Temperate / Sub-tropical climates,
the course also covers cool temperate & tropical climates.
We demonstrate the application of Permaculture Principles to food production, water management, animal management, project management, passive home design,
multi-functional construction, natural energy generation, income from homestead along with practical strategies from tried & tested Permaculture Solutions.
It is an expectation that you will finish the course with a property 'Concept Design' of your very own to get you started on your Permaculture Journey!!
Undertaking our Permaculture Design Certificate & Homesteading Course has many benefits:
A slowed & absorbed 16 day PDCHC over the protracted 8x Fortnightly weekends, empowering you with the necessary tools to connect with your property & the environment to make informed decisions & evolve with your changing landscape.
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This is backed by the support of our Limestone Permaculture educators, your student course package, your PDCHC student group Facebook page we create for each class and our Limestone Alumni Group Page for after the course has finished!
Our protracted PDC offers more time to immerse, assess and test what you have learnt each fortnight at your own home, property, homestead & garden. It provides the necessary time for you to observe seasonal changes & experience weather events to then understand how permaculture can be integrated to harness or protect from these changes & events.
Skills & experience handed down by our teacher demonstrations, hands-on activities & field days on other Permaculture Demonstration properties!
This includes experiencing our innovative techniques & methods that we have evolved on Limestone Homestead!
Certification
On completion of the course, students will be presented with a PDC graduate certificate
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Please note:
80% attendance & submission of all design assignments are required to complete this PDC.
Course Reference
The course curriculum is a combination of years of permaculture education & experience, as well as many acknowledged Permaculture design books including:
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Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual by Bill Mollison”
Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture (2022 edition) by Rosemary Morrow
Retrosuburbia by David Holmgren
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"All of which are recommended reading."