Permaculture in New Zealand

“Design is an interactive, imaginative process for creating something that has never existed before”
- Janis Birkeland

Tutors – Finn Mackesy and Gary Marshall

This workshop introduces participants to the fundamental concepts of regenerative landscape design. Students will learn to read landscapes, sample soils, map and record ecological and space-based information, and use and apply basic design tools to the design of a real property. The design tools and methods learned in this workshop will form the basis for practical activities and projects throughout the APW programme. This workshop is essential for anyone interested in developing practical skills in design and permaculture.
This is a foundation workshop and essential for participants wanting to complete a permaculture design certificate.

Course content:

Observation and interactions with nature and the landscape; Landscape and site and sector analysis including - topography, hydrology, ecology, soil, micro-climates; Understanding and working with external influences, variation, and change; Landscape management; Integration of uses; Field trip and practical design activity.

Learning objectives:

- Develop ecological literacy skills

- Develop an understanding of the process of design

- Apply the day’s learning to the design of an Auckland property

- Identify opportunities and challenges to applying the day's learning