permaculture design course recommendation

[lilipili]

Can anyone recommend a good Permaculture Design Course (PDC) to attend
for beginners wanting to learn and eventually practice? Thx :-)

[loosecanon]

"lilipili" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone recommend a good Permaculture Design Course (PDC) to attend
> for beginners wanting to learn and eventually practice? Thx :-)

Where are you and where are you willing to travel too?

[len gardener]

g'day lilipili,

at the end of the day i'd suggest you spend yor money on actual
infrastructure in your garden ie.,. mulch hay whatever.

you could go to the lending library and borrow mollesons "intro to pc"
it's all common sense stuff, and easy to follow. or check out your
local TAFE they often have 2 day intro courses at the least cost,
again you'll see there is no mystique it is all basic and common sense
stuff.

you never know you may even find some help on our site?


On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:51:45 -0800 (PST), lilipili
> wrote:
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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

[lilipili]

On Jan 6, 8:08*pm, "Loosecanon" > wrote:
> "lilipili" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Can anyone recommend a good Permaculture Design Course (PDC) to attend
> > for beginners wanting to learn and eventually practice? Thx :-)
>
> Where are you and where are you willing to travel too?

willing to travel anywhere in Australia and abroad

[lilipili]

On Jan 7, 5:07*am, len gardener > wrote:
> g'day lilipili,
>
> at the end of the day i'd suggest you spend yor money on actual
> infrastructure in your garden ie.,. mulch hay whatever.
>
> you could go to the lending library and borrow mollesons "intro to pc"
> it's all common sense stuff, and easy to follow. or check out your
> local TAFE they often have 2 day intro courses at the least cost,
> again you'll see there is no mystique it is all basic and common sense
> stuff.
>
> you never know you may even find some help on our site?
>
> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:51:45 -0800 (PST), > wrote:
>
> snipped
> With peace and brightest of blessings,
>
> len & bev
>
> --
> "Be Content With What You Have And
> May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
> A World That You May Not Understand."
>
> http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

thanks for the advice :-), but i don't have a garden :-(, land is an
expensive luxury so i grow everything on my window sills. i want to
learn how to grow things optimally in urban spaces. i also want to
help others do it... possibly make a living out of it, so will need a
qualification. Plus, it might make a nice holiday :-) out of the
concrete jungle.

[loosecanon]

thanks for the advice :-), but i don't have a garden :-(, land is an
expensive luxury so i grow everything on my window sills. i want to
learn how to grow things optimally in urban spaces. i also want to
help others do it... possibly make a living out of it, so will need a
qualification. Plus, it might make a nice holiday :-) out of the
concrete jungle.

I completed the PDC over 10 years ago and I don't think what you want will
be covered in the overall course. You maybe lucky to find someone that may
do a course that is suited to you if you can find a Permaculture Teacher
that is city based.

Perhaps the cofounder David Holgrem would be a good bet. He has a property
of several acres but does grow things in his house.

Was a frenchman on Gardening Australia a while ago who creates indoor and
outdoor landscapes on walls of buildings. Perhaps his ideas could be used to
grow edible plants. He has a website
http://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/mainen.php

[Anne Chambers[_2_]]

lilipili wrote:
> On Jan 7, 5:07 am, len gardener > wrote:
>> g'day lilipili,
>>
>> at the end of the day i'd suggest you spend yor money on actual
>> infrastructure in your garden ie.,. mulch hay whatever.
>>
>> you could go to the lending library and borrow mollesons "intro to pc"
>> it's all common sense stuff, and easy to follow. or check out your
>> local TAFE they often have 2 day intro courses at the least cost,
>> again you'll see there is no mystique it is all basic and common sense
>> stuff.
>>
>> you never know you may even find some help on our site?
>>
>> On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:51:45 -0800 (PST), > wrote:
>>
>> snipped
>> With peace and brightest of blessings,
>>
>> len & bev
>>
>> --
>> "Be Content With What You Have And
>> May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
>> A World That You May Not Understand."
>>
>> http://www.lensgarden.com.au/
>
> thanks for the advice :-), but i don't have a garden :-(, land is an
> expensive luxury so i grow everything on my window sills. i want to
> learn how to grow things optimally in urban spaces. i also want to
> help others do it... possibly make a living out of it, so will need a
> qualification. Plus, it might make a nice holiday :-) out of the
> concrete jungle.
These people seem to have an urban permaculture component in their course
http://www.permacultureinternational.org/


A Google for "urban permaculture" site:au may give you some more ideas

--
Anne Chambers
South Australia

anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

[len gardener]

sounds to me you may be better satisfied researching container
gardening?

not sure if either way will generate income for you??

anyhow i still stick with my original suggestion go to the lending
library and get a book on pc, the molleson "intro' to pc" would be a
good start and see what's what. before you go outlaying expense on
something that may or may not deliver what you want, income!

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:08:31 -0800 (PST), lilipili
> wrote:

snipped
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

[terryc]

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:51:45 -0800, lilipili wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a good Permaculture Design Course (PDC) to attend
> for beginners wanting to learn and eventually practice? Thx :-)

Going on your comments, if you want to earn a living/income from advising
others on Permaculture, then you will need to do official permaculture
courses from approved institutions. I think someone has altready posted a
link. You should probably also join the pwrmaculture group locally.

Another aspects for hands on experience is to look through WWOOFing for
permaculture places and go there.
http://wwoof.com.au/

[FarmI]

"lilipili" > wrote in message
On Jan 7, 5:07 am, len gardener > wrote:
> g'day lilipili,
>
> at the end of the day i'd suggest you spend yor money on actual
> infrastructure in your garden ie.,. mulch hay whatever.
>
> you could go to the lending library and borrow mollesons "intro to pc"
> it's all common sense stuff, and easy to follow. or check out your
> local TAFE they often have 2 day intro courses at the least cost,
> again you'll see there is no mystique it is all basic and common sense
> stuff.

thanks for the advice :-), but i don't have a garden :-(, land is an
expensive luxury so i grow everything on my window sills. i want to
learn how to grow things optimally in urban spaces. i also want to
help others do it... possibly make a living out of it, so will need a
qualification. Plus, it might make a nice holiday :-) out of the
concrete jungle.
________________________________
Maybe you can have a nice break, maybe you'll learn something, maybe you'll
even get a qualification, but don't even think in terms of "making a living
out of it" before you have a whole lot more under your belt than just a
short course, a qualification and a break. You'll give PC a bad name if you
display thinking like that and there are already enough nutjobs out there
claiming all sorts of things about PC based on their own limited
abilites/observations/experiences.

[len gardener]

well put farml

ever since the good old days in the pc newsgroup pc has gone downhill
under the guidance of these money for nothing and the chicks for free
promoters.

On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:48:49 +1100, "FarmI" <ask@itshall be given>
wrote:
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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

[Keith Rhodes]

If you are in Melbourne, have a look at www.permablitz.net - they run
permaculture courses as well as organising blitzes.

Keith
"lilipili" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone recommend a good Permaculture Design Course (PDC) to attend
> for beginners wanting to learn and eventually practice? Thx :-)