Part 1: 10-13 October

Part 2: 14-17 November 2025 

About

Permaculture Design Course

Join us as we explore the full depths of what permaculture can offer us to create a flourishing Central West! This 72 Hour course will explore the ethics, principles, tools and all permaculture modules to enable you to create your very own permaculture design for any property or lifestyle. Meet local practitioners in the field and learn from their experience applying permaculture to in various ways in our region.

Who is this for?

People who are interested in a holistic way of exploring, designing and living in place and community in a way to create more resilience, energy, and water efficiency, abundance, purpose and meaning.

If you love designing ways that your home, balcony, garden, farm and community could better fall into the patterns of nature so that everything can thrive, if you like being part of an optimistic learning community, then join us to see what permaculture is all about.

We will learn to think locally to find solutions to the challenges we face globally, rediscovering what’s possible for the relationship between humans and the planet. An opportunity for those who might be wondering how to start doing something for a more resilient future.

Modules will include the full extensive permaculture curriculum: all ethics, principles, tools, zones, sectors and design.

We will share food, community, and creativity as we work together towards the unique designs that will be the outcome of the course.

About our Facilitators

Sally Neaves – Course convenor and permaculture teacher, Blayney Eco Hub

Lisa Nevalainen – Snug Farm, Oberon

Raina Emerson - Landscape architect and community permaculture educator, Goulburn

Cath Jackson - 3 Veg Farm, Bathurst

Peter Judge – The Mount, Newbridge

And more dynamic teachers announced soon!

We will also engage with a range of permaculture-inspired practitioners and visit sites throughout the region.

PRACTICAL WORK AND SKILLS YOU WILL ACQUIRE:

• Sector analysis

• Microclimate analysis

• Whole site water plan

• Whole site soil analysis and zone nutrient planning

• Whole site plant identification and design

• Plant propagation and seed saving

• Hands-on experience building a Zone l garden including sheet mulch, compost, herb spiral and pond

• Site analysis, detailed design of zones and the whole site to concept standard

• Weeds, Integrated Pest Management, wildlife analysis and ecological restoration

• Disaster resilience and recovery

• Social Enterprise Design

• Inventory of bioregional economies, land tenure and invisible structures

• Analysis of urban, village and neighbourhoods and transition to restoring planetary health

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

• Attend 80% of the 72-hour course to receive your certificate

• Design a site individually

• Design a site by group work - all groups will work on the same land

YOU WILL NEED TO BRING: Paper, pens, some food to share by roster, a drink bottle, sturdy shoes and hat for excursions.

RECOMMENDED READING: Earth Restorer’s Guide to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow is the text we recommend to guide you through the details of this course. Available from the course convenor for $45.

Scholarships and subsidies are available. Please contact us for an application form.

Location

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Blayney Eco Hub
1 Glasson St, Blayney NSW 2799

Our base is the Blayney Eco Hub, 1 Glasson St, Blayney NSW. To add to the depth of learning from the course, we will be out visiting several other permaculture sites with a range of urban and regional settings including Bathurst, Yetholme, Carcoar and Newbridge. This gives us an exciting opportunity to learn about a wider range of bioregions, landscapes, sites and communities where permaculture can be applied. A full timetable with all locations will be provided.

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