5-Day
Permaculture
Course + Retreat
Immersive learning experience
next staging: in 2025
Learn permaculture with others who share a passion for Earth Care.
Explore whole-system design and practice applying Permaculture concepts from the very first day.
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We will explore core concepts of Permaculture Design combined with fun, practical activities that develop your ecological 'designer's mind' and build life skills. You can live on-site in our residential retreat or manage your own accomodation and attend sessions each day.
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Create the foundation to see Earth differently, build soil, grow food, read landscapes, and design thriving living environments. ​No prior knowledge required.
Bilingüe: Español (abajo)
When we work with nature, rather than trying to impose our will, the solution is often found within the problem.
- David Holmgren, Permaculture co-originator
We will cover:
Permaculture Design Principles and Ethics
Reading Landscape and Site Analysis
Soils and Composting
Designing for Water
Ecosystems and Microclimates
Trees and Food Forrests
and much more!
(full topic list below)
Why Permaculture
Permaculture is a holistic design approach that creates productive systems for human settlement in greater harmony with nature. From growing food regeneratively to bio-construction, Permaculture approaches can be applied to homes, communities, broadscale farming and ultimately, ecosystem restoration.
Permaculture presents a set of design principles derived using ‘whole-systems thinking’ that looks on systems in all their functions, rather than asking only one yield of them;
venue
Artvark Centre
St. Ann, Jamaica
Artvark Centre is a nature-based retreat space in Colgate, St. Ann (approximately 20 minutes from Ocho Rios). The venue will provide a tangible space for practicing site analysis, reading landscape, making compost and more!
It is designed for co-living, learning, and exploration surrounded by mountain forest overlooking sea. The location has comfortable teaching spaces, a pool, modern rooms, and WiFi.
Our host location is also beginning their Permaculture journey and will be using this course to deepen their own site analysis and planning.
topics
We've selected foundational Permaculture topics, adapted from the full Permaculture Design Certification, that empower you to start practicing Permaculture now.