Practical Permaculture Gardening: Design Your Sustainable Garden

Design Your Sustainable Garden

This hands-on course explores how permaculture principles can transform your garden into a beautiful, productive, and wildlife-friendly space. Through practical activities and a tour of a thriving permaculture site, you’ll gain the skills to start a no-dig garden, manage soil fertility, and incorporate sustainable practices into your design.

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By the end of the course, you will be able to create a permaculture design for your plot and start a low-maintenance garden from scratch. Topics include annual and perennial food crops, pest control without chemicals, rainwater harvesting, composting, and encouraging beneficial wildlife. Most of the course will be taught outdoors, with time for participants to work on their own designs.

This course is open to anyone aged 16 and over. While suitable for beginners, it also offers valuable insights for those with some permaculture experience. Please note that the course takes place entirely outdoors and is not suitable for wheelchair users.

About Brighton Permaculture:

Brighton Permaculture Trust is a charity that promotes greener lifestyles and sustainable development through design. We run courses and events and apply permaculture principles to our projects.

They are run by an experienced team of volunteers and permaculturists, supported by a management group and trustees, and resourced through course/event fees, grants and donations.

Booking:

Booking is essential, as most of these courses/events are fully booked weeks in advance. However, if places are still available, then bookings can be made until midday the day before the course/event. A place is not secured until we have received the requested payment.

Fees:

Brighton Permaculture Fees include tuition, refreshments, handouts and information sheets.

• £247.50 – Sponsored/organisation rate
• £247.50 – Individual income more than 25k/yr
• £200 – Individual income 18-25k/yr
• £152.50 – Individual income less than 18k/yr
• £84 – Individual, concessionary rate (check your eligibility)*

* Concessionary places are limited. If places are not available check back two weeks before the course/event as more may be available then.

Brighton Permaculture endeavour to make our courses and events affordable to all. Unfortunately, they do not receive any external funding for most of these and rely on large amounts of voluntary input.