Dumfries & Galloway Permaculture Design Course

Dumfries & Galloway Permaculture Design Course Lusi Alderslowe Thu, 20/11/2025 - 16:20 https://www.tickettailor.com/events/propagate/1951318 Course website Propagate Permaculture Gallow… Dates and times Sat, 18 Apr - Sat, 24 Oct 2026, All day More info see website for more info: https://www.propagate.org.uk/dg-permaculture-course Module Date (2026) Venue Content 1 18th April The Hidden Mill, Balmaclellan Introductions & Composting 2 16th May Whithorn Tour, Observation practicals, mapping and measuring slope 3 20th June Auchencairn - Link Park Food Forest and Suie Fields Food forest, practicals, regenerative agriculture 4 August Rhins of Galloway: Edible Gardeners Principles review, forest garden practicals, the Work that Reconnects 5 September to be confirmed Designing in groups 6 October to be confirmed Sharing your designs Cost £732 - full course fee Pay by instalment, after £130 deposit. Discounted places available, just fill out the simple form on the website. **PAB Membership is included for the fees for this course!** Course summary Learn all about permaculture!

Gain an internationally recognised certificate through this unique course, which is the best of both online and in person learning. We will visit 6+ different permaculture sites in Dumfries and Galloway - experiencing different ways of doing permaculture, learning from the people who designed, created and/or manage the site. Sites include a smallholding, small regenerative farm, community garden, food forest in a park, private garden, woodlands, garden share and community centre. The sites are incredibly inspiring ways of seeing permaculture in action where you get to do practical tasks!

In addition there are 23+ hours of online content, which includes nearly 17 hours of videos to watch. High quality videos have been made by permaculture educators from around the world including Lusi Alderslowe, Lorraine Ishak (Galloway), Clive Brandon (Black Isle, Scotland), Mandy Merklein (Mallorca), Nim Robins (Wales),  and more! These will all be available for you to watch indefinitely, so that you can keep referring back to them in your future permaculture projects. 

Course content: 

The Permaculture Design Course is a 72 hour course which covers:

The Permaculture Design Process (SADIMET), and the theory and practice of different design tools from mapping to implementation. This includes different opportunities to use the design tools and create an entire design in a small group. Permaculture ethics and principles and their application in many different settings Learn in detail about each of the essential themes of soil, water, plants & trees, growing your own food, the built environment, resource use, and social systems and contexts. Each one is explored in detail with a combination of student research and sharing from all participants. Site visits to five different permaculture sites - each Saturday at a different location with different co-teachers. Learning through doing, seeing, experiencing and understanding different sites. Certified teachers Lusi Alderslowe Paula McCabe Clementine Sandison Cat Train Apprentice teachers This course is open to offers from apprentice teachers wishing to gain teaching experience Course type Permaculture Design Course Engagement style Face to face Postal address of venue

Hidden Mill Balmaclellan Castle Douglas DG7 3QS United Kingdom

Course contact email lusi@propagate.org.uk Contact name Lusi Alderslowe Contact telephone number 07787376475 Share this course Copied to clipboard