Earth Matters

Permaculture Design Course 2015

Learn how to design any space, home or farm as a Permaculture site of abundant food, ponds, terraces, fruit trees, bee hives and more.
We meet for 7 weekends from March through September, 2015. Completion of the course certifies you in Permaculture design.
Contact Charlie at [email protected].

September 21, 10-3pm, Permaculture Gardening Workshop at Charlie's home.
$90, $50 for college students; lunch included. Learn the essentials for
establishing a Spring Permaculture garden with no-till beds for annuals and
fruit trees and bushes for a yearly fruit and nut supply. See what it looks like
and how it's done. Write to [email protected].

April 7, 10-4pm, Permaculture Gardening Workshop at Charlie's home.
$80, $40 for college students; lunch included. Learn the essentials for
establishing a Spring Permaculture garden with no-till beds for annuals and
fruit trees and bushes for a yearly fruit and nut supply. See what it looks like
and how it's done. Write to [email protected].

Earth Matters invites you to

LEARN, DO AND EARN CERTIFICATION IN PERMACULTURE DESIGN;
DESIGN YOUR OWN YARD, FARM, SCHOOL OR CITY;
CREATE ABUNDANCE!

Permaculture Fundamentals and Design Course, Spring 2012
~with Dr. Charlie Headington~
Six weekends, one weekend per month, beginning in March, 2012

Permaculture Fundamentals and Design is a 72-hour course that prepares you to design your home landscape and neighboring yards, parks, schools, and farms, turning them into resilient, productive, low-maintenance, and organic edible-landscapes. Taught the world over, it shows you how to green your city and community by giving you hands-on practice in implementing the principles of ecological design. Be part of the solution!

Why would you want to take a design course in Permaculture?
Grow an abundant supply of vegetables, fruit and herbs on your own land.
Engage earth systems with mindfulness and skill.
Supplement your income.
Nurture the local community and economy.
Work towards certification as a Permaculture designer.

I propose an innovative, practical and collaborative way to learn Permaculture Design :

1. Spread it out by meeting one weekend, Saturday and Sunday, each month for six months.
2. Integrate theory and practice by working on and designing a different site each weekend.
3. Become familiar with diverse sites, including urban, suburban, rural and institutional settings. We will work with homes, businesses, institutions, farms, and neighborhoods.
4. Solve problems with diverse techniques. As we meet the challenges of each site, we will learn specific techniques for working with soil, water, energy, waste, and materials.
5. Collaborate. We will work in groups of 3-4 at each site and pool our knowledge and ideas.
6. Set your own goals. Building on your own strengths, you will set forth your own design principles, choose your own specialties, and render your own designs.
7. Connect the right and left brain functions. Whole systems synthesize beauty and function, intuition and analysis, art and science.

Become a confident designer, knowledgeable teacher, skillful practitioner, seasonal eater, local community builder, and compassionate earth-citizen.

*Dates: March 10-11; April 14-15; May 12-13; June 9-10; July 14-15; skip August; Sep 8-9.
*Time: 10:00am-4:00pm Saturday and Sunday
*Cost: $400. Register with $50 by February 15, 2012.
*Size of Class: 12-16 students
*Primary Location: Charlie Headington’s home at 515 N. Mendenhall Street, Greensboro, NC 27401
Additional info and registration: [email protected]; 336-273-7292

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