PDC3 Spring 2023 - Protracted 14 day Permaculture Design Course

For more information, please visit:  https://www.limestonepermaculture.com/permaculture-design-certificate

Course: 14 Day - Permaculture Design Certificate Course (2023 PDC2 - Winter)

Course Fee - $2600  ($600 initial deposit for registration and with Payment Plans available!)

Dates: 

Sept - 16th & 17th,  Sept - 30th &

Oct 1st, Oct - 14th & 15th,  Oct - 28th & 29th   

Nov - 11th & 12th,  Nov - 25th & 26th, 

Dec - 9th & 10th

Time:  9am - 4pm

Venue: Limestone Permaculture Farm (846 The Bucketts Way, STROUD ROAD. NSW 2415)

Includes:  - Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture (2023 Edition) by Rosemary Morrow

             - Seasonally inspired, nourishing wholefoods morning tea & lunch throughout the course. 

             - Learning onsite at Limestone Permaculture Demonstration Farm. 

             - 9x Guest teachers and 2x Permaculture Farm site visits - 

             - Course notes & presentations provided

             - Your very own permaculture property design

             - PDC Group Facebook page, specific to your class for continued learning online throughout and after the course!

            -  Limestone Alumni Facebook Group page for students completing their PDC with Limestone.

Price: $2600 per person > ( $600 deposit with balance $2000 required by  1st Sept 2023)

For Payment Plans leading up to and through the first half of the course, please contact us at limestone.permaculture@gmail.com

Specific topics include:

* Permaculture ... what is it?

* The Ethics & Principles of Permaculture

* Principles of Ecology

* Reading the Landscape

* Patterns & their value in permaculture

* The Holistic Design Process, Strategies & Techniques

* Domestic Water & Water in the Landscape

* Soils - Health, Aliveness, Erosion & Regeneration

* Climatic Factors & their impacts.

* Earth Working and Resources / Appropriate Technology

* Intensive Plant Guilds, Plant Stacking, Diversity & Successive systems

* The importance of Trees & Forests

* Shelter-belt Design

* Design for Extreme Events & Climate Change

* Urban & Rural Farming & Gardening

* Zone 0 - Home & Hub

* Zone 1- Home Food Garden

* Zone 2 - Home Orchard & Small Animal Management

* Zone 3 - Cropping, Market Gardening & Medium Animals

* Zone 4 - Regenerative Farming & Large Animals

* Zone 5 - Natural Forest & Wildness

* Weed Ecology - indicators & accumulators

* Integrated Pest Management

* Aquaculture

* Sustainable Communities / Social Permaculture

* Income from Permaculture / Managing your Permaculture Projects

* Celebrating Permaculture

Submission of all design assignments are required to complete this PDC.