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Category Archives: Permaculture design

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Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) in May-June 2013

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on January 16, 2013 by Heather HolmJuly 2, 2013

[singlepic id=269 w=300 h=225 float=right]May 25 – June 9, 2013: Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) residential intensive. The Permaculture Design Certificate course is an internationally-recognized, seventy-two hour course resulting in a Permaculture Design Certificate. It provides an introduction to permaculture design as … Continue reading →

Posted in Courses, Gardening, Growing food, Past events, PDC 2013, Permaculture, Permaculture design | Tagged Graham Calder, PDC, permaculture course, Permaculture design

CommuniTEA and Open House Sat. Aug. 25

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on August 2, 2012 by Heather HolmAugust 14, 2013

Our flagship event of the summer! In conjunction with the Bridgewater Growing Green Festival, we are hosting a CommuniTEA & Open House on Aug. 25 at the Blockhouse School. Come see what we’ve done, what is underway and what will … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Showcase, Past events, Permaculture design, Progress on site

The PDC in the news

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on June 30, 2012 by Heather HolmNovember 7, 2013

Our local newspaper publisher, Lighthouse Publishing, has run an article about our Permaculture Design Course held in May. Click to read the article on their website at SouthShoreNow.ca.

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Our Permaculture Design

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on June 7, 2012 by Heather HolmJune 7, 2012

[slideshow id=10] Here it is! Our Permaculture Design for the Blockhouse School property. The final assignment in the PDC course was to come up with a plan for the property that would take into consideration the elements that had been … Continue reading →

Posted in PDC 2012, Permaculture design | Tagged Graham Calder, Heather Holm, Jane Morrell, Jennifer Constable, Madeleine Bradette, Permaculture design

PDC Day – what?

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 26, 2012 by Heather HolmMay 26, 2012

Apologies, Gentle Reader. With the end of the course coming up, I’ve been staying later at the school to work on the final assignment which we’re doing in small groups: to create an overall design concept for the Blockhouse School … Continue reading →

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Hands-On Workshops May 28-June 1

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 19, 2012 by Heather HolmFebruary 13, 2013

Here are details for the “Implementation Week” workshops that will be offered by Graham Calder of P3 Permaculture Design at the Blockhouse School Project during the week of May 28 to June 1, 2012. The Wednesday, Thursday and Friday sessions are open … Continue reading →

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PDC Day 3: Patterns

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 16, 2012 by Heather HolmFebruary 27, 2013

Today was less intense than yesterday and rather fun, as we looked for patterns in individual plants and then on the grounds themselves, and speculated on the causes. For example: Only one of the apple trees is in full blossom … Continue reading →

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PDC Day 2

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 15, 2012 by Heather HolmJune 6, 2012

A few times during today’s class, immersed in techniques for living well on the earth without depleting its resources, the spell broke and I recalled my life and how very far most of us are from that goal. So far, … Continue reading →

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PDC Day 1

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 14, 2012 by Heather HolmJune 6, 2012

We are 14 students in the Permaculture PDC course, and there were others who attended the Intro talk on Friday night who would have jumped in if they could. It’s a very interesting collection of people, some from the South … Continue reading →

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Permaculture students arriving

The Blockhouse School Project Posted on May 12, 2012 by Heather HolmFebruary 13, 2013

Today is arrival day for the Permaculture Design Certification course. Students are arriving from near and far with their camping gear. Last night Graham gave his very interesting Intro to Permaculture talk to about 20 people from the community. It … Continue reading →

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What he said…

"What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don't know what details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical groups that are doing that."
            ~ David Suzuki
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