Dear Friends, I’m really sorry to say that we decided this morning to cancel the PDC 🙁 We got 6 registrations and needed 10 to cover the budget, so alas, we aren’t able to run it this year. We are … Continue reading →
Here are a few photos of our 2014 PDC taught by Gregoire Lamoureux. If anyone else has photos to share, send them to the webmaster at
Continue reading →In its first two years, on a shoestring budget, the Project has: Twice run the full 2-week Permaculture Design Course, with a third PDC happening in June-July this year; Become the venue for the Mahone Bay Area Farmers’ Market which … Continue reading →
Our 2014 PDC will take place from June 29 to July 12, 2014 with instructor Gregoire Lamoureux, one of Canada’s most experienced permaculture teachers. The Permaculture Design Course is a two-week intensive leading to a Certificate. The course was designed by … Continue reading →
The night before our second Permaculture Design Certificate course starts, Graham Calder of P3 Permaculture will give a free public overview of permaculture. Friday, May 24 at 7 pm at The Blockhouse School He did this last year too, and … Continue reading →
[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 →
Today’s theme encompassed the broad strokes of world climate as well as the small details of microclimates created by features in the landscape. Graham emphasized the oversimplification of the hydrologic cycle as it is usually taught in schools, ignoring the … Continue reading →
A spontaneous Graham Calder quote from Day one of the PDC. Natural systems are abundant. They produce a surplus. Squirrels, for example, only eat about 15% of the nuts they store away. The rest become compost or oak trees. Sustainability … Continue reading →
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 →
“Permaculture is a theory of ecological design which seeks to develop sustainable human settlements and agricultural systems, by attempting to model them on natural ecosystems.” – Wikipedia It’s about working with nature rather than against it. About using less effort … Continue reading →
