TUTORS AND FIELDTRIPS INCLUDE: David Holmgren, cooriginator of the permaculture concept, discusses new plans for the kitchen gardens at Melliodora |
Beck Lowe with Sweetie the goat at Tukkadjungul. |
 David Arnold checking the irrigation at Murrnong |
The
2008 residential PDC
will run from Saturday 11th until Saturday the 25th of October.
Our ever popular Central
Victorian PDC is back!
This PDC includes a range
of exciting fieldtrips (see pictures at left) including David Holmgren
& Su Dennet’s place
"Melliodora”, Cydonia Permaculture’s "Tukkadjungul". and David
As
usual we have an excellent range of experienced and enthusiastic tutors
teaching the full PDC curriculum. For many participants, a highlight of
this PDC is the sessions with David Holmgren, the cooriginator of the
permaculture concept.
There is more information
on our
fieldtrips and tutors see our fieldtrips
and tutors pages.
We are pleased to announce
that we have a new venue for our PDC this year: the comfortable and
beautiful community
space "Commonground", near
Subjects include:
Permaculture Ethics & Principles, Landscapes & Climates,
Reading the Landscape, Ecology, Pattens, Soils, Water, Design
strategies, Earthworks, Large & Small Scale Food Growing
Strategies, Economic & Social Permaculture, Client Consultation,
Weed Ecologies, Forestry, Aquaculture, Housing Design, Personal and
Household Strategies.
Costs:
The
cost for this PDC will be $1600 or $1100 concession. As this price
includes quality
accommodation and meals, as well as all the learning
experiences, we believe that it represents excellent value for money.
It is
possible to pay for this course in installments, so please contact us
if
this
option could help you.
Accredited
Permaculture Training:
Another possibility is to enrol in a Certificate III course with the
PDC embedded. This means that you will be enrolling in and paying for a
Nationally Accredited course, something which may be more acceptable
for workplace training or government programmes. For more on our
Certificate III programme please visit our Certificate III page. For
more general information on our Accredited Permaculture Training
courses please see our APT
page.
Queries?
Our Frequently Asked Questions page answers the
following -
- What is a Permaculture Design Course?
- Why do a PDC?
- Why do our PDC?
- What sort of accreditation does this course have?
- I live in a different climate - should I do this course?
- Are there discounts for locals if they do not use the accommodation?
