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"Permaculture Design is the first system of conscious, functional, design in the world. That's its unique aspect - its functional design is sustainable."

Bill Mollison (1928- 2016)

Find out more in this short video from the originators

News, Reports, Articles, Reflections

The spring edition of "Northern Edge" is now published.  Read it here.  Full of updates, features and details of "What's on" at the Northern School.  Ask for notification of the next publication here.

Up and coming

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 Broadbottom Community Centre, Broadbottom, Hyde starts on 24 September 2022 Read more and booking

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. 

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

Gardening for Wildlife - Booking now

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

Ecological Gardens Design Course - Read More

Introduction to Permaculture Design Course online - Read more 

Permaculture Design Course Online - Dates for next year coming soon. 

Details of  other events will follow. e-mail us

Catch up / complete your design course

Many of our design courses are modular - see available days.

What the students say: graduates from a previous Design Course at Chorley talk about the course:

Graduates from our 2014 PDC course at Chorley talk about their projects and how the course has helped them

Video release "Agriculture vs Permaculture" from Jack Hill featuring interviews from the Northern School.

The oldest permaculture food forest in Britain  - from our friends Graham and Nancy at Coldstream in Scotland

Slideshow "Climate Change - don't panic",  Permaculture, Work and Energy by Angus Soutar, developed during the late summer convergences at IPC and NonStuff.
 

A Permaculture approach to Housing in 21st Century England - Angus Soutar presents to the Devolve seminar in Oxford, September 2013. Presentation and links

Carving up the concrete - take time out from a busy life to enjoy the excellent work fo John Gotting

Read more about the Northern School

More information on current courses and events here.

Link to old News page

We have Permaculture Design courses currently in planning at Bury  (for Manchester and East Lancs) at Broadbottom (East Manchester, South Manchester and Cheshire) and Todmorden (Central Pennines).  These courses are available to students taking a modular route.