NATURE CULTURE CONNECTION CAMP 2025
Region:
ENGLAND, BEDFORDSHIRE
Venue:
The Clophill Centre
Led By:
Peter Cow, Victoria Mew, David SmartKnight and many more
A BIOCHAR WORKSHOP: Biochar-invaluable resource for resilient growers
Venue:
Swn y Coed, One Planet Development
MASTERCLASS; THE PRACTICALITIES OF BUILDING ZERO CARBON HOMES
Region:
ENGLAND, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Venue:
Hockerton Housing Project
Led By:
Simon Tilley, Debbie & Peter Yates
Our Master Class is a one day fully catered training day to really help you get into the nitty gritty of how to build zero carbon homes at no extra cost. The course will demonstrate simple but brilliant design techniques, show how autonomous water systems and renewables can be incorporated, and outline the national context for building zero carbon homes in the U.K. Suitable for developers, self-builders, landowners, planners, architects, buildings services engineers, and other building professionals. . Cost: sliding scale- £55-£200
ECOLOGICAL HOMECOMING YEAR LONG ONLINE NATURE CONNECTION JOURNEY
Dates:
19 March 2025 - 4 March 2026
Led By:
Peter Cow, Sky-Maria Buitenhuis, Amy Downing, Dan Puplett
Connect more deeply to your place and the life around you, using 8 powerful core routines of nature connection. Journey through the seasons via 17 evening calls, with the support of a community of like minded nature lovers, sharing stories and learning from each other. Based on the 8 Shields Model of connective, regenerative culture.
THINK LIKE A TREE 6 WEEK ONLINE GROUP PROGRAMME
Dates:
Tuesday evenings: 22, 29 April and 6, 13, 20, 27 May 2025 6 – 8.30pm (UK time)
Led By:
Sarah Spencer, Milly Carmichael
Design your life, with nature as your guide. Learning from natural principles, you’ll work through a design cycle to transform an aspect of your life, big or small. Design can be stand-alone or part of Permaculture Diploma or Think like a Tree facilitator journey.
THINK LIKE A TREE 3 DAY PROGRAMME
Region:
ENGLAND, DERBYSHIRE
Venue:
Whistlewood Common, South Derbyshire
Dates:
15 – 17 August 2025
Led By:
Sarah Spencer, Milly Carmichael
Design your life, with nature as your guide. Learning from natural principles, you’ll work through a design cycle to transform an aspect of your life, big or small. Design can be stand-alone or part of Permaculture Diploma or Think like a Tree facilitator journey. Beautiful permaculture community woodland venue, camping/ B&B options.
REGENERATIVE ORGANISATION PROGRAMMES
Region:
ENGLAND, DERBYSHIRE, YORKSHIRE & ONLINE
Venue:
Derbyshire, Yorkshire or a venue near you and Online
Dates:
Various, start anytime
Led By:
Sarah Spencer, JK McQuinn of Think like a Forest
Download the brochure: https://thinklikeatree.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Think-like-a-Forest-Training-Brochure.pdf
MEDICINAL FOREST GARDEN DESIGN COURSE
Dates:
Enrol and start straight away. 10 lessons.
Led By:
Anne Stobart, herbal grower and practitioner
Choose a course to suit your interest, from designing a medicinal forest garden to learning about harvesting and making remedies. See a short introduction from Anne Stobart to courses with the Medicinal Forest Garden Trust on YouTube at https://youtu.be/WCLVvSIayHg
FRUIT TREE GRAFTING
Region:
ENGLAND, SHROPSHIRE
Venue:
Tom Adams Fruit Tree Nursery, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, SY10 7LX
Dates:
21 February 2025, 22 February 2025, 1 March 2025, 7 March 2025, 8 March 2025
Cost £120 per person. Participants take home 3 grafted apple trees.
GROWING FOR SELF SUFFICIENCY
Venue:
Swn y Coed, One Planet Development
Dates:
5 April 2025. 19 July 2025. 6 September 2025.
This three days course spread across the growing year, teaches everything you need in producing fruit and vegetable all year round, from planning, to soil health and natural fertilisers to harvesting and preserving. The courses build into each other as a comprehensive course as well as stand alone informative days. View: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Awe-Inspiring+Permaculture+Paradise+Growing+Food%2C+Flowers%2C+%26+Nature!
SELF SUFFICIENCY WEEKEND
Venue:
Swn y Coed, One Planet Development
Led By:
Huw Richards, Peni Ediker
A weekend of Self Sufficiency at a stunning permaculture farm Swnycoed.org 8 workshops, inc soil health, growing skills, fermentation and the hungry gap. Camping and all meals included. View: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Awe-Inspiring+Permaculture+Paradise+Growing+Food%2C+Flowers%2C+%26+Nature!
GROWING WITH PERMACULTURE
Venue:
Swn y Coed, One Planet Development
Led By:
Peni Ediker, Patch of the Planet
A three day , accredited Introduction to Permaculture course, enhanced with a a wide range of in depth food growing training. View: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Awe-Inspiring+Permaculture+Paradise+Growing+Food%2C+Flowers%2C+%26+Nature!
DYNAMIC GROUPS, DYNAMIC LEARNING: Creative Teachers and Facilitators Training
Venue:
Crystal Waters Ecovillage
PERMACULTURE IN PRACTICE COURSE
Venue:
Keela Permaculture Farm
Dates:
30 April - 6 May 2025. 18-24 June 2025. 3-9 August 2025. 10-16 October 2025.
This course follows a PDC and Natural Building course. Combine the courses or do them separately.
NATURAL BUILDING COURSE
Venue:
Keela Permaculture Farm
Dates:
22-28 April 2025. 10-16 June 2025. 12-18 August 2025. 19-25 October 2025.
This course is sandwiched between a PDC and a permaculture in practice course. Combine the courses or do them separately.
FOOD FOREST & AGROFORESTRY
Venue:
Keela Permaculture Farm
Dates:
20-26 November 2025
This course follows a PDC. Combine the courses or do them separately.
GROW LEADER COURSE
Dates:
28 February 2025 for 8 weeks
FOREST GARDENING / FOOD FORESTS
REGENERATIVE FARM DESIGN COURSE
Venue:
Henbant Permaculture Farm North Wales
Dates:
26 July - 3 August 2025
This intensive course marries together a beautiful small but productive, successful and regenerative farm working in a UK context with Richards world-class farm design and business planning workshop that has been attended by thousands of farmers around the globe.
BECOMING A REGENERATIVE FARMER
Venue:
Online and in person at Henbant Permaculture Farm North Wales. Option to do online only.
Dates:
3 March 2025 - 30 November 2025, webinars every Monday.
Led By:
Some of the best in Regenerative Farming
See details on the website with an introductory video. Notes for website only version: This inspirational course for the first time brings together 25 of the worlds best farmers and teachers in one training, Helping you build your profitable, nature restoring, enjoyable farm
THE INKPOT OPEN DAYS: Farm Tours and Farm Shop
Region:
ENGLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE
Venue:
The Inkpot, Gorse Drove, Scredington NG34 0AH
Dates:
First Saturday of every month, 10am-4pm
WILD THINGS: A Year of Wild Food & Medicine
Region:
UK ONLINE & IN-PERSON
Venue:
Venue: 3 Options UK-wide: All sessions 100% online Edinburgh: Online course & 7 in-person guided walks Glasgow: Online course, 7 in-person guided walks & 8 classroom sessions
Led By:
Grass Roots Remedies Co-operative
We offer Wild Things on a sliding scale, please note that the course website banner shows the top end of the scale. View a couple of YouTube samplers of our coures here - online herb walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUgeCfRH9cY and online class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmsmSH24taw If you sign up to Wild Things before 1st March 2025, we'll send you a free Soothe & Restore herbal bundle https://grassrootsremedies.co.uk/herbal-shop/. Just email
[email protected] quoting "PM25" to arrange postage. Finally here is a new video short from the team: 'Wild Things: a year of wild food & medicine course in a nutshell': https://youtu.be/ZuJ67bU92TU
AGROECOLOGY TRAINEESHIP LEVEL 3
Venue:
Talgarth, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park and other farms nearby
Dates:
January - December 2025. 3 days per week without work-placement or 5 days per week with work-placement.
Led By:
Rachel Hasler with other experts in the field guest lecturing
Minimum Age - 16 years (no maximum age) Entry Requirements - No formal grades required. Most work placements require students to drive and have access to a car. Course Costs - Fully funded with no cost to the student
FOREST GARDENING IN PRACTICE
Venue:
Himmelbjerggaarden, Jutland
Led By:
Tomas Remiarz, Skye Jin
LEVEL 3 – CERTIFICATE IN COMMUNITY ORCHARDING
Venue:
Various venues in Bristol & London
Dates:
March 2025 – October 2025
Led By:
Jo Homan at The Orchard Project
PEACE – DEEP DIVE CULTURAL EMERGENCE
Region:
ENGLAND, HEREFORDSHIRE
Venue:
Applewood Permaculture Centre
Led By:
Looby Macnamara, Leona Johnson
CULTURAL EMERGENCE GATHERING
Region:
ENGLAND, HEREFORDSHIRE
Venue:
Applewood Permaculture Centre
ACE – ACTIVATING CULTURAL EMERGENCE
Region:
ENGLAND, HEREFORDSHIRE
Venue:
Applewood Permaculture Centre
PRACTICAL PERMACULTURE VOLUNTEER WEEKEND
Region:
ENGLAND, HEREFORDSHIRE
Venue:
Applewood Permaculture Centre
Led By:
Looby Macnamara, Chris Evans
MOTHERS AS NATURAL LEADERS
Region:
ENGLAND, HEREFORDSHIRE
Venue:
Applewood Permaculture Centre
Led By:
Looby Macnamara, Emma Gorbutt
GROUP DIPLOMA ADVENTURE
Dates:
Next intake Spring 2025
FREE CULTURAL EMERGENCE TASTER COURSE
ACE – ACTIVATING CULTURAL EMERGENCE
DESIGN ADVENTURE
Region:
ENGLAND, HEREFORDSHIRE
Venue:
Applewood Permaculture Centre
Led By:
Looby Macnamara, Jon Young
GRAFTING & PRUNING
Region:
ENGLAND, HEREFORDSHIRE
Venue:
Applewood Permaculture Centre
FOREST GARDENING
Region:
ENGLAND, HEREFORDSHIRE
Venue:
Applewood Permaculture Centre
BUDDING & SUMMER PRUNING
Region:
ENGLAND, HEREFORDSHIRE
PERMACULTURE TRAINING OF TEACHERS
Venue:
Applewood Permaculture Centre
Led By:
Looby Macnamara, Chris Evans
GREENHOUSE CONTAINER GARDENING MINI COURSE
Dates:
Open Enrollment – Start Anytime
Led By:
Alexis west, Dr. Alan Enzo, Saniya Malhotra
FOOD FOREST DESIGN
Dates:
Open Enrollment – Start Anytime
Led By:
Dr. Alan Enzo, Steve Cran, Saniya Malhotra and others
INTRODUCTION TO AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS
Dates:
Open Enrollment – Start Anytime
Led By:
Dr. Alan Enzo, Steve Cran, Saniya Malhotra and others
PERMACULTURE & PROSPERITY
A pay what you can course.
THE PRACTICAL SUSTAINABILITY COURSE
Venue:
St Werburghs, Bristol, Plus field trips
Dates:
September 2025 to 21 July 2026
Led By:
Caroline Aitken & 40+ tutors
Phone:
Caroline Aitken & 40+ tutors
Shift Bristol is a not for profit organisation providing innovative and immersive training in building sustainability and resilience. We have 20 years experience of teaching practical skills, design systems and collaborative approaches - we learn from and within our community networks.
SHARE PERMACULTURE: Online permaculture marketing
Dates:
12 monthly workshops. Start anytime.
MASTERS DEGREE, SUSTAINABILITY
Venue:
Centre for Alternative Technology,
PERMACULTURE EDUCATORS PROGRAM
BIODYNAMICS
Led By:
Biodynamic Agricultural College
800 ONLINE COURSES
Led By:
ACS Distance Education
BEN LAW’S WOODLAND MANAGEMENT & ROUNDWOOD TIMER FRAMING COURSES
Region:
ENGLAND, WEST SUSSEX
Venue:
Ben’s woodland, West Sussex