Permaculture in New Zealand

This 28 hour course runs over four Saturdays and covers permaculture ethics and principles, site design, house design, soil, water in the landscape, community and local economics, with practical sessions on composting, no-dig beds and site design.  

  April 17, 24, May 1, 8,  9am-5pm

Courses are run through Sustaining Hawke’s Bay Trust/Environment Centre, take place on site at Kahikatea Farm (Poukawa), and are led by Jo Duff.  Jo has been teaching permaculture and sustainability courses for five years and was HB Gardener of the Year in 2007.  Kahikatea Farm is a 16 acre farm being developed according to permaculture principles where you can see many examples of permaculture design applicable to both urban and rural settings including edible gardens, seed-raising area, ponds, food forest and wild areas.