Modular permaculture course run over 9 weekends over 9 months giving you time to practice techniques between each practical and theory session – see the permaculture tab for more in depth information. Workshops on this course include:
- Soil improvement – foodweb, wormfarms, liquid fertilisers
- Gardening systems – double dig, green manure, composting, seedsaving
- Structural garden design – windbreaks, designing garden beds, microclimates
- Forestry and orchard design, coppicing, espaliers and guilds
- Water systems – designing, harvesting and storing water
- Alternative energy – wind, water, sun and appropriate technology
- Small and large animal management – from chooks/ducks to cows/horses
- Food forests – design, plant and maintain
- Urban permaculture and zone 1 – designing for a small space
- Social permaculture – bioregions, communities and resilience
- Nutrition and food – preserving, fermenting and natural cleaning
- Hazard and catastrophe – legal structures and green dollars
- Alternative building – design/materials, retrofitting a building
- Greywater – compost toilets, recycling materials
I also run evening classes in Organic Horticulture Level 3 and 4 on behalf of Agriculture New Zealand. The venue is WITT in Bell Street in New Plymouth. These are NCEA qualifications and are run over 10 months – 3 hours a week, and weekend workshops – Starting every February and September (ring 0800 475 455 for details)
This course covers:
- Introduction to Organics
- Composting
- Soils
- Liquid fertilisers
- Planning organic production systems
- Weed management
- Companion planting
- Pests and diseases
- Introduction to permaculture design
- Shelterbelt planning for insects and birds