The Northern School of Permaculture provides training and professional development services to build skills in productive, functional design. We take a holistic and ecological approach to design, based on the work of Bill Mollison and his Australian colleagues.
"Permaculture Design is the first system of conscious, functional, design in the world. That's its unique aspect - its functional design is sustainable."
Permaculture Design CourseatManchester Road Community Arts Centre, Bury - you can start on Saturday 18th June 2022Read more and booking
Permaculture Design CourseatBroadbottom Community Centre, Broadbottom, Hyde starts on 24 September 2022Read more and booking
Ecological Gardening Essential Training - Book now, to attend in summer and autumn.
In the current programme, you can learn how to get started with edible polycultures, how to embed self-watering systems in the garden that work for you and your plants, how to select the ideal composting systems for your specific needs and site, how to structure your garden with permanent planting schemes using perennials, and how to incorporate and build wormeries in your garden. Find out more and book here
A two day course to explore how to transform your garden into a safe haven for wildlife. One session in July and another in October, so you have the opportunity to work with the seasons to provide habitat for insects and small mammals. Read more and book here
Our guild has links to other guilds and organisations who acknowledge the power of "open source" working:
Permaculture Research Institute - the PRI is pre-eminent coherent authority on world-wide Permaculture The PRI has accredited our Permaculture Design Certificate course (PDC) and we are seeking closer working relations with them
Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) Africa - we are working with them to develop holistic training and cultural exchange across continents and climate zones