Summer Permaculture Design Course – Two Weeks in an EcoVillage with Sowing Solutions

We are delighted to announce the dates for our yearly Summer Permaculture Design Course with Sowing Solutions Permaculture Design & Education : July 17th – 30th 

This inspiring course is held at the Sirius EcoVillage in Western MA, where we practice ecological design for actual clients in the Hearthstone Village (an extended neighborhood surrounding the Sirius Community and Retreat Center).

*  Students of this PDC will learn first-hand about working with design clients, conducting an ecological design, and applying permaculture techniques and strategies for creating abundance, resilience, and wellbeing across the land and in our communities.

*  This course is led by a stellar team of professional permaculture designers and educators

*  A study of permaculture at the ecovillage offers an opportunity to evaluate and learn from permaculture designs that have been generated during our courses and  implemented onsite over the last 12+ years.

*  Gaining your certification with Sowing Solutions is an experience of empowerment, support, inspiration and skill building.

*  All that you learn in this course can be applied at your home.

*  Skill shares, discussions, design actvities, experience in the gardens, orchards and forest gardens, natural building demonstrations, tours of local permaculture sites, immersion in community life, stories and presentations, food preservation and medicine making, mapping, observing patterns in nature, networking, and becoming certified in permaculture design all await your registration!

Visit our website for course details, watch out our 2-minute video about this course, and join us for a fun and informative 2-week intensive training in permaculture design this summer!  Early bird registration and work trade applications are available, as well as fundraising support for your tuition.

(3 College Credits are optionally available for anyone in the Five College University System.)