The Central Victorian Residential Permaculture Design Course is back! Nov 17th - Dec 1st 2012

Immerse yourself in permaculture! This two-week residential course can be a life changing experience. We cover a very wide range of permaculture topics from basic principles to applied design, including the full curriculum of the internationally recognised 72 hour PDC. A wide range of fieldtrips are included, allowing participants to see permaculture 'in action'. A diverse range of tutors with their different skills and focuses bring colour and variety to this PDC, enhancing the learning environment and creating a richer experience for participants.
       Venue:  Koolamurt Scout Camp, Bendigo, Central Victoria
       Format: Full residential course of 13.5 days (one day off in the middle, half day at end)
       Dates: 17th November - 1st December 2010
       Cost:  $2300 ($1800 conc.) includes all meals and accommodation
       Tutors include: David Holmgren (co originator of the permaculture concept), Beck Lowe, Ian Lillington, Mark Hooke, Adam Grubb, David Arnold and Su Dennett (see our tutors page for more). Bookings and enquiries please contact us. For more details on our PDCs click here.

Other courses Beck will be tutoring on include the following:

Please note these courses are not administered by Cydonia Permaculture. All enquires should be directed to the contact details given.

CASTLEMAINE PDCs
The Castlemaine Community House (CCH) is offering a PDC once a week during term time on Fridays, with some fieldtrips and practical sessions on four weekend days (16 days in total). This format is useful for those local to Castlemaine, or others on the Bendigo-Melbourne train line, and the course runs during school hours with a break for school holidays, allowing parents of school-age children to attend with minimal disruption to family life. One day per week allows time for information to ‘sink in’ and for extra reading and research between the sessions.

CCH is also offering the non-residential intensive course. A two week intensive gives participants a chance to really immerse themselves in permaculture. This will be run during the school holidays so is particularly useful for teachers and students wanting to undertake permaculture training. Those outside the Castlemaine area would have to organise their own accommodation, and no meals are included.

Bookings for both these courses can be made on 5472 4842.

BALLARAT ALL SEASONS PDC

Ballarat Permaculture Guild is offering the ‘All Seasons Permaculture Design Course’ with a full weekend once a month (10 weekends starting February). As it runs over most of a year, this format enables sessions to focus on seasonal changes in permaculture and allows for lots of research, reading and project work between the monthly sessions. More information can be found at www.ballaratpermacultureguild.org and bookings are now being taken on 5334 7797 or aspdcteam@gmail.com. Cost is $2150 full fee or $1650 concession (discount also available for more than one member of a household attending) and includes lunch and teas.

ACCREDITED PERMACULTURE TRAINING

Accredited Permaculture Training (APT) provides Nationally Recognised Training in Permaculture. It is anticipated that Cydonia Permaculture, with our partner Registered Training Organisation, will offer Certificate III and Diploma in Permaculture in 2012. For expressions of interest, please contact us

'INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE' WORKSHOPS
Our Introduction to Permaculture workshops have proved a very popular format for introducing permaculture concepts. Dependent on your group's needs these can be run over two, three or four days, in a format that suits you. We can run these workshops at your local Neighbourhood House, Community Garden, or anywhere else there is a group of interested people. These workshops can lead into our Accredited Permaculture Training programmes. For more information contact us.