Permaculture Course in Galloway 2026

PERMACULTURE IS…

Permaculture is a holistic design system for sustainable living, creating systems for minimum effort and maximum effect.

The Permaculture Design Course is a 72 hour course which covers:

• the Permaculture Design Process: SADIMET, and the theory and practice of different design tools from mapping to implementation. This includes different opportunities to use the design tools and create an entire design in a small group.
• Permaculture ethics and principles and their application
• Themes of soil, water, plants & trees, growing your own food, the built environment, resource use, social systems and contexts. Each one explored in detail with a combination of student research and sharing from all participants
• Site visits to six+ different permaculture sites – each Saturday at a different location with different co-teachers. 

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DATES

Saturdays in person in Galloway:

for the most up to date information, please see the Propagate website.

In person and Online

We will meet on Saturdays in 5 different examplar permaculture sites in Galloway, with different co-teachers on different days. This will enable different styles of learning from different examples of permaculture, catering to multiple learning styles.

In addition, half of the course is online. There are two parts to the online side of the course – 

1) When you join the course, you will receive a link to join the Permaculture Association’s Community Hub. There you will be able to watch videos, do quizzes and read information (together with plenty of further reading) made by different permaculture teachers from different parts of the world who give you information about their specialism, whether that’s about designing, or a different specialism such as dealing with droughts. This is a new course format being specially developed by Lusi, for you! 

2) On some evenings there will be a teleconference call (using Zoom). This will be a way to discuss the content given in the Community Hub, or other questions arising. 

Permaculture has changed my life, it has inspired me so much. It has allowed me to think differently and apply the permaculture principles to my life in my decision-making of everything. I have finally found my tribe of people… I didn’t realise there are so many like-minded people. It is very refreshing. I have never enjoyed learning so much, the style in which it has been taught, allows it all to sink in. I would recommend everyone to do a permaculture course.

Suzanne Healy.

The permaculture course gives a support structure to living life differently. It puts you in touch with people from many different backgrounds and sklls who are like minded in wanting to live life better in harmony with nature and with what you have. It has given me a new positive exciting pathway to follow.

Geri