Brighton Permaculture Trust
Thursday, January 5th, 2012PRUNING OLD FRUIT TREES
14-15 Jan 2012
The course is held in the old apple orchards at Stanmer Park. Learn how to improve health and productivity by appropriate pruning. 10am – 5pm. Tutor: Bryn Thomas. 80-200
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
PRUNING OLD FRUIT TREES
17-18 Jan 2012
The course is held in the old apple orchards at Stanmer Park. Learn how to improve health and productivity by appropriate pruning. 10am – 5pm. Tutor: Bryn Thomas. 80-200
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE
28-29 Jan 2012
This course introduces the basics of permaculture design and shows how this approach can be applied to individual circumstances to facilitate a move towards sustainability.
Both days run 9.30am-5pm at Stanmer Park. £70-£175. Tutors: Bryn Thomas and Hedvig Murray.
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
11 Feb-27 May 2012 over 13 weekend days
£420 – £840 depending on income (please note there are seven concessionary £420 places).
Building sustainable communities is a comprehensive, theoretical and practical course. It includes visits to:
Ben Law’s working woodland and other natural woodlands, eco buildings and permaculture gardens, a forest garden and community projects in the Brighton & Hove area
Tutors include Alex Penn, Bryn Thomas, Daniel Holloway, Jan Mulreany and Jen Beaufoy. Guest speakers include Ben Law and Pippa Johns.
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
GREEN ARCHITECTURE DAY
Saturday 17 March 2012
Talks by designers, practitioners and professionals. Stalls and exhibitions. Run in partnership with Low Carbon Trust and in association with RESET. CPD CERTIFIED.
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
ECO RENOVATE YOUR HOME
31 March 2012
A one-day course run in partnership with Low Carbon Trust and in association with RESET. This course looks at making the home more energy efficient and highlights areas where savings can be made and carbon footprints, reduced. It is tailored to the individual participant’s needs and is suitable for beginners and those familiar with eco-building. Course fee £72-£162. Friends Centre, Brighton Junction, Isetta Square, 35 New England Street, Brighton BN1 4GQ Tutors: Rebecca Sarll and Mischa Hewitt. CPD CERTIFIED.
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
PRACTICAL PERMACULTURE GARDENING
31 March – 1 April 2012
This course explores how permaculture design can be used to create beautiful, productive and wildlife-friendly gardens. 10.00am – 5pm. The first day is based at the Earthship in Stanmer Park, Brighton and on the Brighton Permaculture Trust plot.
The second day begins at Pippa Johns’ garden close to Southease station between Newhaven and Lewes. The afternoon will be held in a nearby hall. Course fee (depending on income) £70-£175. Tutor: Pippa Johns.
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE
6-7 April
This course introduces the basics of permaculture design and shows how this approach can be applied to individual circumstances to facilitate a move towards sustainability.
Both days run 9.30am-5pm at Stanmer Park. £70-£175. Tutors: Bryn Thomas and Hedvig Murray.
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
SELF-BUILDING AN EARTHSHIP
13-15 April 2012
9am – 5.30pm.
This course is for anyone interested in learning about the construction of an Earthship. It
includes practical workshops and aims to give a thorough understanding of the process
Course fee (depending on income) £145-£280. Tutors: Rebecca Sarll, Jon Kalviac,
PaulinaWojciechowska, Mischa Hewitt. CPD CERTIFIED. See website for full details and
booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
BUILDING WITH STRAW BALES
27-29 April
An intensive practical and theoretical building course, covering all basic skills needed to build with straw bales. 9am – 5.30pm. Course fee (depending on income): £145-£280. Tutor: Ian Brown. CPD CERTIFIED. See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
MUSHROOM CULTIVATION
5-6 May 2012
This course looks at the significant role fungi play in the cycles of life and how they enhance the environment. Hands-on practical activities will give participants skills in cultivating mushrooms suitable for small spaces. You will be able to take home a shiitake-inoculated log and oyster mushroom-inoculated straw. 9.30am–5.30pm Course fee (depending on income) £80-£185. Tutor: Bill Knight. See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
COMMUNITY ORCHARD TRAINING
19 May 2012
This course looks at the basics of how to nurture newly planted fruit trees – watering, feeding, disease prevention and pest control. It includes apple cookery, juice-making on a traditional apple press (which is available for hire to community groups) and ideas for celebrating your apple harvest. 9.30am-5pm. Stanmer Park, Brighton BN1 9PZ. Course fee (depending on income) £55-£145. Free places for Local Fruit Futures orchard leaders.
Tutors: Anne-Marie Bur, Bryn Thomas, Fran Pickering, Peter May, Robin van Creveld, Stephan Gehrels. See website for full details and booking information:
www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
COMMUNITY ORCHARD TRAINING
22 May 2012
This course looks at the basics of how to nurture newly planted fruit trees – watering, feeding, disease prevention and pest control. It includes apple cookery, juice-making on a traditional apple press (which is available for hire to community groups) and ideas for celebrating your apple harvest. 9.30am-5pm. Stanmer Park, Brighton BN1 9PZ. Course fee (depending on income) £55-£145. Free places for Local Fruit Futures orchard leaders.
Tutors: Anne-Marie Bur, Bryn Thomas, Fran Pickering, Peter May, Robin van Creveld, Stephan Gehrels. See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOVOLTAICS
2 June 2012
The course covers the basics of photovoltaics, from system design and load calculation through to the various types of solar panels, batteries and inverters and their suitability in different situations. The afternoon will be spent setting up a small photovoltaic system and will include a tour of the award winning Earthship Brighton. 9am – 5.00pm. Course fee (depending on income) £72-£162. Tutors: Alex Saunders, Mischa Hewitt. CPD CERTIFIED.
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
FOREST GARDENING
30 June – 1 July 2012
Learn how to grow fruit, nuts, salads and perennial vegetables as a low maintenance, highly productive garden ecosystem. Includes four site visits. 10am-5pm. Stanmer Park, Brighton, Hertford Junior School, Brighton and Seaford, East Sussex. Course fee (depending on income) £70-£175. Tutors: Bryn Thomas, Pippa Johns and Stephan Gehrels. See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
FRUIT TREE GRAFTING
4 August 2012
The course will encourage participants to develop practical skills in the propagation of fruit trees. Experience will be gained in the use of a grafting knife, concentrating on the technique of “Chip Budding” to graft an apple variety onto a rootstock. 10am-5pm. Venue: Stanmer Park, Brighton. Course fee (depending on income) £55-£145. Tutors: Peter May, Stephan Gehrels. See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE
9-10 August
This course introduces the basics of permaculture design and shows how this approach can be applied to individual circumstances to facilitate a move towards sustainability.
Both days run 9.30am-5pm at Stanmer Park. £70-£175. Tutors: Bryn Thomas and Hedvig Murray.
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
SCYTHING
11-12 Aug 2012
This course covers the practical and theoretical elements of scything, giving participants the practical skills and techniques necessary to mow lawns, larger areas and thorny undergrowth. Day 1: 10am – 5pm
Day 2: 9.30am – 3.30pm (with an optional 7am start)
£80-£200
Tutor: Simon Fairlie Venue: Stanmer Park, Brighton
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
APPLE DAY AT STANMER PARK, BRIGHTON 2012
30 September 2012 11am-5pm
Apple day is an annual celebration in and around the orchards at Stanmer Park and is a free, family event (car parking £3). The day features juice-making demonstrations, children’s activities, apple identification, guided tours, produce, food and drink, music, storytelling, an apple-themed play,*stalls and much more.
*If any organisation is interested in renting a stall to sell or promote event-appropriate products/services, e.g. local food producers, groups promoting sustainability, wildlife, traditional crafts, etc., please contact us via our website: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
BUILDING WITH RAMMED EARTH AND CHALK
13-14 October
This course will cover the basics of rammed earth and chalk, from the benefits of building with rammed earth, finding the right earth, choosing a formwork system, different construction methods, design detailing, different approaches and the various tools used. There will be a large practical component to the course, with the construction of a section of rammed earth wall. 9.00am-5.30pm. Course fee (depending on income) £90-£225. Tutors:
Rowland Keable, Mischa Hewitt. CPD CERTIFIED. See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
ECO OPEN HOUSES
25-28 October 2012
Visit eco-houses in Brighton & Hove and discover how the owners reduce energy and water bills. Eco Open Houses is of value to homeowners, builders, and anyone interested in making buildings more eco-friendly. See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
PLANNING AND PLANTING A SMALL ORCHARD
1 Dec & 3 Dec 2012
9.30am-5pm
Stanmer Park, Brighton BN1 9PZ
This course is designed to complement the Community Orchard Training course, running in May 2012 and covers the process of initial orchard planning, along with the selection and planting of fruit trees. There will also be discussions and advice on community aspects of the subject matter. The cost of the course includes lunch, tuition, refreshments, hand-outs and information sheets. Course tutors: Anne-Marie Bur, Bryn Thomas, Peter May, Robin van Creveld, Stephan Gehrels. £55-£145
See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
2013
PRUNING OLD FRUIT TREES
12-13 & 15-16 Jan 2013
The course is held in the old apple orchards at Stanmer Park. Learn how to improve health and productivity by appropriate pruning. 10am – 5pm. Tutor: Bryn Thomas. £80-£200. See website for full details and booking information: www.brightonpermaculture.org.uk
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