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Permaculture Design Course at Broadbottom Community Centre, Broadbottom, near Hyde starts on 23 September 2023. Read more about the course
Permaculture Design Course at Manchester Road Community Centre, Bury, North Manchester start on 1 July 2023. Read more about the course
Permaculture Design Course at Todmorden Community Hub, Todmorden, Yorkshire starts on 18 March 2023. Read more about the course
Summerbottom eco-garden workshops - Booking now. The last in the spring-summer season. Join us on the 11th of June to learn how to get started Gardening with Trees and other Perennials to create abundant and self-regulating communities of plants. On the 18th of June we will explore how we can design and plant Edible Polycultures for Autumn and Winter.
Permaculture Design Course at Manchester Road Community Arts Centre, Bury - you can start on Saturday 18th June 2022 Read more and booking
Permaculture Design Course at Warland Farm, near Todmorden starts on 12 October 2021 Read more and booking.
Forest Gardening workshop with Graham Bell at Warland Farm 29/30 October 2021. A not-to-be-missed opportunity to catch up with a lifetime's experience from Graham and Nancy of Garden Cottage fame. Venue at an excellent location on the Lancashire/Yorkshire borders. Read more
Permaculture Design Course Online, starts Saturday 4th July 2020 - Booking now read more
Permaculture Design Course in Didsbury, South Manchester, starts Saturday 3rd October 2020 - Read more
Ecological Gardens Design Course, Winter 2020, starts on 1st November 2020 book now! - Read more
Introduction to Permaculture Design Course Online 5th, 6th, 19th and 20th September 2020 - Read more
Tree Planting at Turncliffe Barn, nr Marple (postponed) - Read More
RHS Bridgewater Pre-opening tour Worsley, Salford, 30th September 2019
"Open House" - early autumn gathering at Manchester Road Community Centre, Bury, 21st September 2019 Read more
Permaculture Design Course at Bury, Manchester Road Community Centre, continues Saturday 6th April 2019 Read more
Open Day at Brindhurst Farm Saturday 13th April 2019 - Read More
Permaculture Design Course at Didsbury, The Parsonage, starts Saturday 12th October 2019 Read More
Ecological Gardens Design Course, Winter 2019, book now! Read More
Northern School Spring Get-together, Manchester, Saturday 23rd March - details here
Polycultures for Spring and Summer workshop, Manchester, Saturday 23rd March - learn more
Northern School Christmas Party December 13th, Manchester
Open Day at Brindhurst Farm, 2 December 2018 Read more
Angus Soutar talks about the challenges of "localisation" at On the Eighth Day,Manchester, on 15th November 2018 in the evening Read more
Introduction to Permaculture Design at the Parsonage, Didsbury, Manchester 13th/14th October 2018 Read more
Permaculture Design Course at the Parsonage, Didsbury, Manchester starts 13th October 2018 Read more
Site visit to Incredible Farm, Lumbutts (near Todmorden) 6th October 2018. More here
Northern School "Open House" at The Yard Theatre, Hulme Manchester 22nd September 2018 Read more
Hoylake, Wirral, Permaculture Design Course starts in the summer of 2018 Read more
Intensive Permaculture Design Course at The Gathering Fields, September 2018 Read more
Day 2 of Design Practice Event at Brindhurst Farm, near Macclesfield, Saturday 7th April 2018 Read more
Manchester Permaculture Network Meeting - Hulme Community Garden Centre Saturday 24 February 2018 - Angus and other Northern School friends will be there Details
Design Course at Manchester Road Community Arts Centre, Bury, from 25th November 2017 Read more
Design Practice Event at Brindhurst Farm, near Macclesfield, 7th January and 4th March 2018 Read more
Design Course at The Parsonage, Didsbury, over 12 months, starts 23rd September 2017 Read more
Design Course at The Parsonage, Didsbury, over 12 months, starts 23rd September 2017 Read more
Planning for tree planting at The Gathering Fields Tuesday 14th November 2017 Read more
Ecological Gardens Design Course at The Parsonage in Didsbury, Manchester, starts 4th November 2017(cancelled) Read more
Introduction to Permaculture Design at The Parsonage, Didsbury, 23/24 September 2017 Read more
Intensive Permaculture Design Course at The Gathering Fields, Over Wyresdale, Lancashire now confirmed as 4th September - 15th September 2017 Read more
PDC in Kenya led by our associate Tichafa Makovere at Barefoot Soulutions, 1st -12th September 2017 More here
Northern School summer gathering at Gisburn Forest Lancashire Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd July 2017 Read more
Design Practice event at Whitehouse Farm, Dunham Massey, Cheshire on Saturday 25th March and Saturday 8th April 2017. Find out more.
Full (72 hour) Permaculture Design Course in Chorlley one Saturday per month from 17th December 2016
Full (72 hour) design course in South Manchester starts 3rd September 2016
Full permaculture design (certificated) course in Clitheroe one Sunday per month, starts 21st August 2016
Incredible Farm design practice event March 2016
Parrs Wood PDC February - July 2016
Designing Sustainable Futures weekend in Manchester 5th and 6th September
Designing Sustainable Futures at Whalley - evening of 13th August
International (intensive) design course and tour of the North West of England and Scotland, 23 August - 4 September 2015 Booking form for this design course is here. (did not run)
Design and Planning day for the Gathering Fields, Over Wyresdale, on 15th March 2015, 10.00am - 4.00pm.
Design Practice weekend - 21st - 22nd March 2015 at PRI Tap o' Noth, Aberdeenshire
Mapping the bioregion - Wyre and Lune - initial session 27 March 2015 at the Gathering Fields
Design Practice weekend - 7th - 8th March 2015, Wirksworth, Nr Matlock Derbyshire
Field trip to Middlewood - all welcome - Sunday 17th September 2014
Design practice event at Swainshead Hall Farm, Saturday 20th December 2014
Full design course at Wiston Lodge continues 2014. Places still available.
*** New *** Permaculture design course in two parts at Wigan starts Monday 30th June.
Full ("72 hour") design course at Bury (for Manchester and Rossendale) Saturday 15th February 2014 at the Manchester Road Community Centre.
Design Practice weekend on 22nd and 23rd February 2014 at Greave House Farm in Stocksbridge near Sheffield. More information
Permaculture Design in Practice, Saturday December 14th 2013 Swainshead Hall Farm, Dolphinholme, Over Wyresdale.
Site surveying day with Angus in New Mill near Huddersfield, Sunday 8th December 2013. Book now
Water in the landscape survey and design exercise day on Sunday 22nd December 2013 from 10am till 3pm at Whalley Forest Garden near Clitheroe. Book now
Wiston Lodge, by Biggar, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, full design course over five weekends, starting 18/19 May 2013. Accessible from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Carlisle and the Lake District. Read more
Full ("72 hour") design course at Bury (for Manchester and Rossendale)
Full ("72 hour") design course at Chorley (for Preston, Merseyside, Wigan, Bolton and Salford).
Designing for abundant living a weekend of permaculture in Manchester with Fat Hen - 11th and 12th May 2013
Designers' Weekend at Dreamcatcher Farm near Congleton in Cheshire on 2/3 March 2013. This is for graduates of the 72 hour design course and will be particularly appropriate for those who are building their portfolio of designs for a permaculutre diploma. Read more
Design course at Wiston Lodge, Lanarkshire starting 28th-29th April 2012 with four other weekends at roughly one month intervals.
Permaculture Design Course in Malta, 13-22 April 2012. Led by Angus Soutar and Peppi Gauchi. For more details, click here, or contact us by e-mail.
Permaculture Design Course: North Manchester/Prestwich, near Metrolink and the M60. 12 Saturdays, one per month, starts 24th March 2012, continues 21st April. Led by Angus Soutar, Fraser How and Anne Kolodziejski. More details here, contact Elaine on 061 278 2320 or e-mail .
Permaculture Design Course at Clitheroe, 12 Saturdays, continuing with Day 2 on 25th February 2012. Led by Angus Soutar. For more details, click here, contact Lynne on 01200 443029, or contact us by e-mail.
Water in the Landscape: DIY Surveying Day at Whalley Forest Garden, near Clitheroe - Saturday 17 March 2012. A practical surveying day to assist with site design. Led by Angus Soutar. More details here.
Design course completion presentations, morning of Saturday 18th February at Meridiane House, Chorley. Final course day with space for visitors. Several groups and individuals presenting, regional gather-in. If you want to attend as part of the audience, contact Angus
"Community Economies?" an evening talk at The Sanctuary, Langho, near Blackburn, 12th January 2012 by Angus Soutar.
"The challenges of city life" an evening talk at Preston New Horizons, 13th January 2012 by Angus Soutar. For more details, see Preston New Horizons website, or e-mail Angus.
"Woodland Gardening" an evening talk near Prestwich, 11th January 2012 by Angus Soutar. For more details, e-mail Angus.
Some slides were made available in Powerpoint and in PDF formats after the talk.
Designers' weekend at the Whalley Forest Garden site 26/27 November. Led by Angus Soutar and Victoria Dewhurst
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