Planning & Designing Your Permaculture Garden
June
Cost $395 early bird
Embark on a 2 day immersion into design. You’ll be applying Bill Mollison’s “Methods of Design”, a core component of a PDC, to plan and design a Permaculture landscape. Guided by the Pemaculture ethics & principles and a step-by-step design process, you’ll be taking a project from its vision & brief to a concept plan and supporting drawings that will beautifully illustrate your rationale & response to the design challenge.
On completion, you’ll be equipped with a designer’s tool kit that will enable you to engage your family, friends and community in designing your own permaculture garden project.
The workshop engages youth and adult, those new too as well as experienced with design. We’ll highlight the innate wisdom and ability that all communities have in making good planning and design decisions and finding creative solutions through the Permaculture Methods of Design.
Meet the Master Gardener, Dan

With a passionate love for ‘the garden’, and a deep connection for Mother earth, Dan heeds the call for meaningful connection and belonging in community through Permaculture. He has been pushing the ‘wheelbarrow’ of school & community gardens, community art, Landcare action programs, and social enterprise initiatives to engage people in community-driven cultural growth. Dan is award winning for the "Living Classroom" program, and his love of the land is palpable.
Inspired by fun, creative & participatory group processes and the effectiveness of learning by doing, Dan has been engaging culturally diverse groups in Permaculture since 2003.
Dan and business partner Aaron Sorensen developed the nationally awarded ‘Living Classroom Program, engaging young people from K to 12 in life long learning through a school Permaculture program.
As well as the PDC training, Dan also engage adults and families in ongoing training and mentoring programs throughout the year. Dan leads a weekly class exploring the joy, art and insights of pioneers, past and present, to support fledgling gardeners to grow nourishing wholefood gardens, and renew the tradition and benefits of growing food together in community.
Check out Elemental Permaculture's website for more details about other courses interstate.
Dan and Aaron were awarded a "Recognition of Community Service" at the 2016 Australian Permaculture Convergence, for significant contributions to community over at least ten years through their ‘Living Classroom’ School Permaculture Garden Program.
Inspired by fun, creative & participatory group processes and the effectiveness of learning by doing, Dan has been engaging culturally diverse groups in Permaculture since 2003.
Dan and business partner Aaron Sorensen developed the nationally awarded ‘Living Classroom Program, engaging young people from K to 12 in life long learning through a school Permaculture program.
As well as the PDC training, Dan also engage adults and families in ongoing training and mentoring programs throughout the year. Dan leads a weekly class exploring the joy, art and insights of pioneers, past and present, to support fledgling gardeners to grow nourishing wholefood gardens, and renew the tradition and benefits of growing food together in community.
Check out Elemental Permaculture's website for more details about other courses interstate.
Dan and Aaron were awarded a "Recognition of Community Service" at the 2016 Australian Permaculture Convergence, for significant contributions to community over at least ten years through their ‘Living Classroom’ School Permaculture Garden Program.
Weekend Workshop Cost
$350 Early bird rate 1st June
$450 Full Rate
Accommodation is available on site for $95 per night or $250 for three nights.
If you would like to register for the workshop, please fill out the Registration Form
For any other questions please connect with Georgia by email letsconnect@welcometothebighouse.com.au
$350 Early bird rate 1st June
$450 Full Rate
Accommodation is available on site for $95 per night or $250 for three nights.
If you would like to register for the workshop, please fill out the Registration Form
For any other questions please connect with Georgia by email letsconnect@welcometothebighouse.com.au