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Permaculture Matters

Teaching a sustainable approach to life using whole systems thinking

Permaculture Design Course (PDC) - Who's it for?

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​Whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever your age, whatever your background, learning about permaculture will give you a new and inspired way to live within your means and the means of the world.
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​Permaculture Matters is offering a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) - a rich, connected, creative course that is for you!

Permaculture:   What's it all about?

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​In our Permaculture Design Course you will:
  • learn the foundations of permaculture – ethics and principles, - which provide a framework for living your life ethically and sustainably, and providing the best possible outcome for our grandchildren. 
  • cover in depth core competencies (reading the landscape,  contour mapping,  nutrient cycling, patterns in nature, water harvesting and management, community strategies, permaculture design principles) and their practical application.
  • complete an individual design, on your “home”, or another place important to you.
  • work together in a team to produce a group design of local space.
  • increase your understanding of natural patterns and how to use them to create beautiful and resilient systems in your life.

The benefits

  • save money! (for example, it cuts down your food costs)
  • have a positive impact on your health
  • increase the quality of what you eat (organically grown herbs and vegetables are higher in nutrition)
  • reduce your carbon footprint, which is a gift not only to you, but also to future generations
  • strengthen community
  • ​change the way you see the world
  • bring flow and structure to your gardening and your home life
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What we offer

Free Peak Into Permaculture Mattersq
Peek into Permaculture Matters
Information Session - Free


1 hour free course, giving you a taste of what we do.
Cost: NO CHARGE
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Upcoming Dates:
Saturday 21 June, 2025
10am -11am 


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maculture Matters teaches a sustainable approach to life using whole systems thinking. 


Peek into Permaculture is a one hour FREE information/experiential opportunity to get an embodied sense of how we (Permaculture Matters) work to teach permaculture. This gives a taste of what you might expect if you enrol on one of our courses, e.g. the Permaculture Design Course (PDC).

Peek into Permaculture will:
- be fun
- be experiential
- build connections
- be memorable


Got questions?
Contact Jen for more information     

FREE REGISTRATION
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Permaculture Design Course (PDC)
This internationally recognised PDC comprises a total of 72 hours face-to-face tuition, over twelve days

NEXT COURSE: Spring 2025 Dates 
SEPTEMBER
20th & 21st and 27th & 28th 
OCTOBER  4th & 5th, and 18th & 19th and 25th & 26th
NOVEMBER 3rd & 4th 
​(8.30am-4.30pm each day



Early Bird Offer (Exp 1 July, 2025): Standard: $1305, Concession: $765
Cost: Standard rate: $1450, Concession: $850.
10% discount for up front cash payment. Payment plans available, please enquire.
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Note: You will need to complete a minimum of 80%, in order to gain your certificate.

Strongly recommended textbook:
Earth Restorers Guide to Permaculture by (local) Rowe Morrow. available for purchase at the start of the course at a cost of $60 cash (RRP $75), which includes $10 contribution towards the scholarship fund.

Got Questions? Contact us for more information

DETAILS & REGISTRATION
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Course location

​Permaculture Matters courses are held at the inner space in Katoomba, NSW. the inner space is located in an established working permaculture garden - with veggie gardens, orchards, ponds and waterways, native bush areas. Courses will include play/work in Melrose Park and also local site visits..

Scholarships

Permaculture Matters supports Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders, refugee and youth (18-22), through scholarships (up to two scholarships per course). Please ask or contact us to register your interest.​
Contact Us
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We acknowledge the first peoples as the traditional custodians of the lands where we live,
learn and work and we honour their connection to land, water and culture.
We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.