Download Course Brochure: Urban Permaculture-20hr

The aim of this course is to help you:

• Grow your own fresh food
• Reduce your shopping bill
• Grow food sustainably
• Practice self-reliance
• Make use of any small space
• Permaculture in Small Spaces has something for everyone – from balcony deck to suburban backyard to the empty city block down the road! Learn how to grow your own food in a healthy and sustainable way, anywhere, today!

LESSON 1 – APPLYING PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES IN SMALL SPACES

• Introduction
• Ethical underpinning
• Permaculture principles
• Zones and sectors
• Central Place Theory
• Multi-owner developments and urban permaculture

LESSON 2 – ECOLOGY AND SYSTEMS

• Learn about Ecology in the garden
• Designing with systems
• Start with the soil microbiome
• Microclimates & Ecosystems
• Creating microclimates

LESSON 3 – DESIGNING THE SMALL PERMACULTURE GARDEN

• Design considerations
• Topography, structures, sun and wind
• Formulating ideas
• Circular Designs
• Use of Scale

LESSON 4 – PLANTS FOR SMALL SPACES

• Deciding what to grow
• Prioritise your criteria
• Polycultures
• Interplanting
• Guilds
• Companion Planting
• Lesson 4 additional reading
• Review what you have been learning

LESSON 5 SUSTAINABILITY

• What is meant by sustainability?
• Minimising or eliminating inputs
• Composting
• Worm Farming
• Sheet mulching
• Mulching
• Repurposing
• Water recycling
• Lesson 5 additional reading
• Review what you have been learning

LESSON 6 OTHER WAYS TO GET MORE FROM LIMITED SPACE

• Value-adding
• Protective structures
• Windbreaks
• Container Growing
• Aquaponics
• Stacking or Layering
• Raised Beds
• Mushroom Cultivation
• Domesticated Animals
• Snail Farming
• Micro-greens

LESSON 7 NATURAL CONTROL MEASURES

• Strategies to Reduce Pest and Disease Problems
• Using Plants
• Protecting Plants
• Pruning
• Natural Weed Control

LESSON 8 THE PERMACULTURE COMMUNITY

• Introduction
• Connecting with others
• Lesson 8 additional reading
• Review what you have been learning
• Final Assessment