A Project of Vermont Wilderness School

Brattleboro, VT Weekend Series

Permaculture design training provides highly valuable, practical problem-solving skills through holistic design process and whole-systems thinking.  The Permaculture Design Course empowers  graduates to re-enter their career paths with newfound self-confidence, finding more doors open to meaningful work in the world.

Where: Fairwinds Farm, Brattleboro VT

When: 72-hour certification course over 6 weekends:                                           June 5-6 • June 19-20 • July 10-11 • July 24-25 • Aug 7-8 • Aug 21-22

To Register: Download registration form, print, and mail with $200 deposit.

Curriculum:

• Work with nature and apply systems thinking and ecological design skills to any project

• Design, plant, and manage highly diverse, productive perennial forest gardens on a home and small farm scale

• Catch and store water in the landscape using simple earthworks for irrigation and aquaculture

• Incorporate natural building (cob, strawbale, and more) into new and existing homes and other structures

• Regenerate highly disturbed ecosystems using low-cost, low-tech methods

• Build resilient local community to prepare for times of economic change and resource depletion

• Connect more deeply with yourself, your neighbors, your community, and the earth!

Meet our team of instructors here.

Cost: $800 with registration by May 1; $850 thereafter.  Student discounts and some scholarships available. Contact calaurel@sover.net for student discount information and scholarship application forms.

We look forward to seeing you at the course this summer!