Permaculture. Two Day Course on 22 & 29 October 2020

Permaculture can be defined as a design system for sustainable living.

It considers the patterns and relationships observed in nature; landscape, plant systems, flora and fauna, and the inter-relationships between them.

Permaculture imitates natural systems to provide a healthy and maintainable life style, yield bumper crops, recycled waste and low energy use housing.

In this two day intensive course you will be introduced to the underlying ethics, domains and principles which govern this design philosophy.

Permaculture practice and thinking can provide you with a strong recipe of checks and balances to guide you through various aspects of living sustainably, from urban food production to using our built environments sustainably.

Ethics & Domain what do you already know? Learn how to wrap practice and thinking in an ecological framework.

Bill Mollison the founder of Permaculture - built a base of 10 design principles. David Holmgren, the co-founder, works with 12 principles. Together, we explore these principles and begin to consider how you can use them to create a more satisfying and resilient lifestyle.

This information-packed course is suitable for home gardeners, professional horticultural staff and anyone interested in living sustainably in a changing climate.

Collaborative delivery approach

The Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Australia is proud to deliver a suite of courses in collaboration with Ink Landscape Design.

Ink Landscape Design are a passionate team of award-winning professionals with unique and transdisciplinary expertise. With experience in landscape architecture, design, education, community engagement and the arts, Ink Landscape Design works with a soft ecological footprint, offering long term solutions with minimal impact on resources and maximum benefit for all.

Find out about this series of collaborative workshops at botanicgardens.sa.gov.au and download a brochure.

Pam Gurner-Hall

Pam is a renowned plants-woman having won many awards for her landscape designs. She has been delighting her clients over a long career with detailed planting plans that evolve and adapt over-time, continuing to inspire as they age gracefully. Pam has been an educator in horticulture and allied areas of design for 20 years, with strong industry networks.

Pam has been a proprietor of a number of horticultural businesses: Fireworks Nursery; Plant Pedlar; Hahndorf Country Garden; Pam Gurner-Hall Garden Consultation and Design.

The safety and wellbeing of our visitors, volunteers and staff remains our highest priority and, in preparation to welcoming our programmes, we are implementing new COVID-19 compliant protocols to offer an enjoyable experience for all participants while minimising the risk of COVID-19. Measures include:

Participants must not attend if they are unwell and/ or exhibit any COVID-19 symptoms.

Group sizes have been kept small to ensure physical distancing can be adhered to while not impacting on the quality of the learning experience

Participants and staff must practice good hygiene before, during and after sessions

Extra cleaning regimes will be in place before, during and after each session

Participants must maintain physical distance (1.5m)

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