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Introduction to Permaculture

Introduction to Permaculture

Events: 18

Join Milkwood Permaculture's Nick Ritar and other special guests as they lead you through 2 days of permaculture design theory and action. You will leave this course ready to sink your teeth into a bunch of permaculture projects and be in an informed position to do further research and learning in ecological design.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
May 23 2009 - May 24 2009 Sydney Autumn ITP Leichhardt Introduction to Permaculture
Jun 13 2009 - Jun 14 2009 Bathurst Winter ITP Bathurst Introduction to Permaculture
Jul 25 2009 - Jul 26 2009 Sydney Winter ITP Leichhardt Introduction to Permaculture
Sep 5 2009 - Sep 6 2009 Bathurst Spring ITP Bathurst Introduction to Permaculture
Dec 5 2009 - Dec 6 2009 Mudgee Summmer ITP Mudgee Introduction to Permaculture
Jan 30 2010 - Jan 31 2010 Sydney Summmer ITP Alexandria Introduction to Permaculture
May 15 2010 - May 16 2010 Sydney Autumn ITP Alexandria Introduction to Permaculture
May 22 2010 - May 23 2010 Bathurst Autumn ITP Bathurst Introduction to Permaculture
Sep 4 2010 - Sep 5 2010 Sydney Spring ITP Alexandria Introduction to Permaculture
Sep 11 2010 - Sep 12 2010 Leichhardt Spring ITP :FULL: Sydney Introduction to Permaculture
Oct 30 2010 - Oct 31 2010 Milkwood Spring ITP Mudgee Introduction to Permaculture
Nov 20 2010 - Nov 21 2010 Bathurst Spring ITP Bathurst Introduction to Permaculture
Dec 4 2010 - Dec 5 2010 Sydney Summmer ITP :FULL: Alexandria Introduction to Permaculture
Mar 12 2011 - Mar 13 2011 Sydney Autumn ITP :FULL: Alexandria Introduction to Permaculture
Aug 6 2011 - Aug 7 2011 Bathurst Winter ITP Bathurst Introduction to Permaculture
Sep 10 2011 - Sep 11 2011 Introduction to Permaculture Sydney Sept :FULL: Alexandria Introduction to Permaculture
Dec 3 2011 - Dec 4 2011 Introduction to Permaculture 12/11 Mudgee :FULL: Mudgee Introduction to Permaculture
Dec 10 2011 - Dec 11 2011 Introduction to Permaculture 12/11 Sydney :FULL: Alexandria Introduction to Permaculture

Permaculture Design Certificate

Permaculture Design Certificate

Events: 10

A Milkwood Permaculture Design Certificate provides an exceptional grounding in Permaculture design and theory. Our PDC graduates leave our courses ready to design and implement permaculture principles into a wide range of scenarios; urban permaculture systems, small farms, suburban blocks and overseas aid projects.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Oct 4 2009 - Oct 17 2009 Milkwood Spring PDC Mudgee Permaculture Design Certificate
Feb 21 2010 - Mar 6 2010 Milkwood Autumn PDC Mudgee Permaculture Design Certificate
Apr 4 2010 - Apr 17 2010 Alice Springs Autumn PDC Alice Springs Permaculture Design Certificate
May 29 2010 - Aug 15 2010 Sydney Winter PDC (Part time) Alexandria Permaculture Design Certificate
Oct 3 2010 - Oct 16 2010 Milkwood Spring PDC Mudgee Permaculture Design Certificate
Jan 9 2011 - Jan 22 2011 Sydney Summmer PDC :FULL: Alexandria Permaculture Design Certificate
Feb 6 2011 - Feb 19 2011 Milkwood Autumn PDC :FULL: Mudgee Permaculture Design Certificate
May 14 2011 - Jul 31 2011 Sydney Winter PDC (Part-time) :FULL: Alexandria Permaculture Design Certificate
Nov 13 2011 - Nov 26 2011 Permaculture Design Certificate 11/11 Mudgee :FULL: Mudgee Permaculture Design Certificate
Jan 9 2012 - Jan 22 2012 Permaculture Design Certificate 01/12 Sydney Alexandria Permaculture Design Certificate

Compost & Compost Tea Workshop

Compost & Compost Tea Workshop

Events: 1

A practical workshop on how to hydrate, enhance and heal your soils by understanding the soil food web and how to make biologically active Aerated Compost Tea. This workshop focuses on practical techniques  of applying compost and compost teas for small, medium and larger-scale farming, grazing and forestry operations.

For comprehensive information about this course please click the coures title below.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Nov 26 2009 - Nov 28 2009 Mudgee Spring CCTW Mudgee Compost & Compost Tea Workshop

Joel Salatin Workshop

Joel Salatin Workshop

Events: 1

Join 'the world's most innovative farmer' (TIME Magazine) Joel Salatin for a unique one-day workshop looking at how to make your small farm more ethical, profitable, and deeply integrated with your local community.

Joel is known and respected world-wide for his family's innovative and effective farming techniques that allow them to produce 'beyond organic' produce on a small scale, while regenerating their land and livelihood.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Aug 2 2011 - Aug 2 2011 Joel Salatin Workshop Jamberoo Joel Salatin Workshop

Urban Beekeeping

Urban Beekeeping

Events: 1

A practical workshop on keeping honeybees in cities and suburban areas. Bees are essential city pollinators, providing fertility for all where we need it most. Urban Beekeeping ensures a healthy and abundant environment for all residents, is easy and safe to do, inexpensive to set up and perhaps best of all, provides you with raw, local honey! Yum.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Sep 18 2010 - Sep 19 2010 Sydney Spring UBC :FULL: Alexandria Urban Beekeeping

Urban Permaculture in Action

Urban Permaculture in Action

Events: 3

A boots-and-all weekend of Permaculture in practice! Learn how to transform an inner-city backyard into a functioning Permaculture system - including techniques for food production, energy re-cycling and soil creation on an intimate scale. And expect to get your hands delightfully dirty in the process.

For comprehensive information about this course please click the coures title below.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Nov 14 2009 - Nov 15 2009 Sydney Spring UPIA Sydney Urban Permaculture in Action
Feb 13 2010 - Feb 14 2010 Sydney Summmer UPIA Alexandria Urban Permaculture in Action
Sep 4 2010 - Sep 5 2010 Sydney Spring UPIA Alexandria Urban Permaculture in Action

RegenAg Series Package NSW

RegenAg Series Package NSW

Events: 1

A sensational package deal for the entire 2010 Regenerative Agriculture Workshop Series. Includes essential workshops in Holistic Management, BioFertile Farms, Keyline Farming and Local Farms & Community. Gain all the knowledge you need to either start or convert your farming business into profitable, regenerative agriculture.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Aug 23 2010 - Dec 10 2010 RegenAg Series Package NSW Mudgee RegenAg Series Package NSW

Keyline Farming

Keyline Farming

Events: 2

This workshop is a combination of intensive technical & practical sessions targeted at farmers, professional land managers, consultants, permaculture designers, earthmovers and anyone with a strong interest in sustainable land management and soil creation. Keyline concepts were conceived and founded in the Australian landscape to build soil, hold water and improve the fertility and durability of the land.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Jan 14 2010 - Jan 16 2010 Richmond Summer KDC Richmond Keyline Farming
Oct 18 2010 - Oct 20 2010 Keyline Farming Mudgee Keyline Farming

Local Farms & Community

Local Farms & Community

Events: 2

Joel Salatin is one of the world’s leading advocates of farming and food re-localisation. A recipient of the Heinz Award for Environmental Leadership, Joel will challenge participants of this course to design and participate in pathways to relocalisation based on his own acclaimed model at Polyface Farms in the USA, and other techniques and directions from the emerging relocalisation movement.

For comprehensive information about this course please click the course title below.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Nov 25 2010 - Nov 26 2010 Joel Salatin Workshop: ACT Bungendore Local Farms & Community
Dec 10 2010 - Dec 11 2010 Joel Salatin Two Day Course: NSW Mudgee Local Farms & Community

Joel Salatin Talks

Joel Salatin Talks

Events: 3

Joel Salatin is one of the world’s leading advocates of farming and food relocalisation. A series of public talks where Joel will challenge participants to design and participate in pathways to relocalisation, both as producers and consumers.

For comprehensive information about these talks please click the event title below.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Nov 23 2010 - Nov 23 2010 Joel Salatin Talks: Sydney Sydney Joel Salatin Talks
Nov 24 2010 - Nov 24 2010 Joel Salatin Talks: Canberra Canberra Joel Salatin Talks
Dec 9 2010 - Dec 9 2010 Joel Salatin Talks: Mudgee Mudgee Joel Salatin Talks

Mushroom Workshop

Mushroom Workshop

Events: 1

Learn how to grow multiple types of delicious mushrooms at home, organically! This hands-on workshop will take you through the basics of many types of home mushroom propagation using recycled materials, and introduce you to the fascinating world of fungi. Growing your own mushrooms is a fabulous way to broaden your family's home-grown nutrition, has many benefits for your nearby garden, and is a great micro-enterprise.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Jan 28 2012 - Jan 29 2012 Mushroom Workshop 01/12 Mudgee Mudgee Mushroom Workshop

Natural Beekeeping

Natural Beekeeping

Events: 7

A practical workshop on keeping honeybees naturally, using Warré hives. Bees are essential pollinators for both rual and urban environments, providing fertility for all where we need it most.

Natural Beekeeping ensures a healthy and abundant environment for all, is easy and safe to do, inexpensive to set up and perhaps best of all, provides you with raw, local honey! Yum.


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Date Course Title Location Course type
Feb 26 2011 - Feb 27 2011 Sydney Summer NBK :FULL: Alexandria Natural Beekeeping
Mar 19 2011 - Mar 20 2011 Milkwood Autumn NBK Mudgee Natural Beekeeping
Apr 16 2011 - Apr 17 2011 Sydney Autumn NBK :FULL: Alexandria Natural Beekeeping
Sep 17 2011 - Sep 18 2011 Natural Beekeeping Sydney Sept :FULL: Alexandria Natural Beekeeping
Oct 22 2011 - Oct 23 2011 Natural Beekeeping 10/11 Sydney Alexandria Natural Beekeeping
Nov 5 2011 - Nov 6 2011 Natural Beekeeping 11/11 Mudgee: FULL: Mudgee Natural Beekeeping
Nov 19 2011 - Nov 20 2011 Natural Beekeeping 11/11 Sydney :FULL: Alexandria Natural Beekeeping

Aquaponics Workshop

Aquaponics Workshop

Events: 3

A practical workshop on how to produce your own organic vegetables and fresh fish in one sustainable, closed-loop system, in your own backyard. Aquaponics combines the best bits of of aquaculture and hydroponics, but without the use of chemicals, to create super-efficient food production systems.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Apr 2 2011 - Apr 3 2011 Sydney Autumn Aquaponics :FULL: Alexandria Aquaponics Workshop
Jun 18 2011 - Jun 19 2011 Sydney Winter Aquaponics Terrey Hills, Sydney Aquaponics Workshop
Dec 17 2011 - Dec 18 2011 Aquaponics Workshop 12/11 Sydney :FULL: Alexandria Aquaponics Workshop

Earthbag Workshop

Earthbag Workshop

Events: 1

A hands-on workshop in EarthBag building. Learn the secrets of this versatile natural building technique and leave knowing how to build beautiful, natural and super-versatile earthbag structures with basic materials and very little cost.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Feb 27 2011 - Mar 5 2011 Milkwood Autumn Earthbag Mudgee Earthbag Workshop

BioFertile Farms

BioFertile Farms

Events: 3

Over the last 20 years, pioneering scientists in Latin America have developed a range of ‘farm-made’ BioFertilizers to replace energy-intensive and expensive artificial fertilizers.

These techniques have enabled farmers across Latin America access to the tools and knowledge needed to get themselves ‘off the drip’ of increasingly unaffordable artificial fertilizers.

Now we're bringing this open-source knowledge to the rest of the world.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Sep 29 2010 - Oct 1 2010 BioFertile Farms :FULL: Mudgee BioFertile Farms
Oct 21 2011 - Oct 23 2011 BioFertile Farms Mudgee BioFertile Farms
Oct 21 2011 - Oct 23 2011 BioFertile Farms Mudgee BioFertile Farms

Food Forest Workshop

Food Forest Workshop

Events: 1

A hands-on workshop on the science and practicalities of designing, planning and installing a food forest. Learn how to design and create a stable, blooming and resilient forest garden which will keep your family in produce year round. Roll up your sleeves and get growing with us!

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Sep 2 2011 - Sep 4 2011 Food Forest Workshop Mudgee Food Forest Workshop

Pasture Cropping Workshop

Pasture Cropping Workshop

Events: 1

Pasture cropping is a technique of sowing crops into living perennial (usually native) pastures and having these crops grow symbiotically with the existing pastures.

Colin Seis and Daryl Cluff initiated this idea about 15 years ago and since that time Colin Seis has spent much of his time perfecting this technique. Colin discovered that it is possible to grow many different types of winter and summer growing crops, without destroying the perennial pasture base, while sequestering large amounts of carbon.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Oct 15 2011 - Oct 15 2011 Pasture Cropping Workshop Gulgong Pasture Cropping Workshop

Organic Market Gardening

Organic Market Gardening

Events: 1

Learn how to create a thriving organic market garden or microfarm. These courses teach you how to effectively grow good food at a community scale, using organic techniques and permaculture principles. Taught by experts with established and successful microfarming and community supported agriculture experience.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Sep 16 2011 - Sep 18 2011 Starting an Organic Market Garden :FULL: Mudgee Organic Market Gardening

Holistic Management

Holistic Management

Events: 4

Holistic management is an animal and land management practice that mimics nature to benefit grazing stock and biodiversity at the same time.

This type of grazing management is now considered to be the single most beneficial technique for restoring both profits and biodiversity to independent grazing operations.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Aug 23 2010 - Aug 25 2010 Holistic Management Mudgee Holistic Management
Nov 1 2011 - Nov 3 2011 Holistic Management Mudgee Holistic Management
Nov 8 2011 - Nov 8 2011 Intro to Holistic Management Mudgee Holistic Management
Nov 9 2011 - Nov 10 2011 Holistic Grazing Planning Mudgee Holistic Management

Winter Workshop: Feed Your Garden

Winter Workshop: Feed Your Garden

Events: 1

In this hands-on, 4-hour workshop you will learn the skills and techniques that will allow you to create and maintain a healthy, highly productive, nutrient-dense organic food garden. Growing your own is great, but what you grow is only as healthy as the soil it grows in. Using completely organic, do-it-yourself techniques, we will show you how to best feed the garden that feeds you!

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Jun 19 2011 - Jun 19 2011 Winter Workshop: Feed Your Garden Alexandria Winter Workshop: Feed Your Garden

Winter Workshop: Grafting

Winter Workshop: Grafting

Events: 1

A practical, 2-hour workshop that will provide you with the skills to grow and graft edible fruit trees this winter for a blooming spring. Grafting is an age-old technique that allows you to adapt fruit and nut trees and shrubs to best suit your climate and conditions, and can save you a heap of money once you get the trick of it.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Jun 12 2011 - Jun 12 2011 Winter Workshop: Grafting :FULL: Alexandria Winter Workshop: Grafting

Winter Workshop: Mushrooms

Winter Workshop: Mushrooms

Events: 2

Learn how to grow delicious oyster and shiitake mushrooms at home, organically! This hands-on workshop will take you through the basics of home mushroom propagation using recycled materials, and introduce you to the fascinating world of fungi. Growing your own mushrooms is a fabulous way to broaden your family's home-grown nutrition, and has many benefits for your nearby garden as well.

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Jun 25 2011 - Jun 25 2011 Winter Workshop: Mushrooms 2 :FULL: Alexandria Winter Workshop: Mushrooms
Jun 26 2011 - Jun 26 2011 Winter Workshop: Mushrooms 1 :FULL: Alexandria Winter Workshop: Mushrooms

Winter Workshop: Designing for Spring

Winter Workshop: Designing for Spring

Events: 1

Hit the ground running this spring! This hands-on, 4 hour workshop explores simple yet incredibly effective methods to help you design an abundant spring garden. And a well-designed garden means you put in less effort to produce a larger, more diverse harvest of yummy, organic food!

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Date Course Title Location Course type
Jun 5 2011 - Jun 5 2011 Winter Workshop: Designing for Spring :FULL: Alexandria Winter Workshop: Designing for Spring

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If you are a farmer, a primary producer, a land manager or in the immediate family of someone who is, you may be eligible for FarmReady which covers course fees, travel and accommodation costs when eligible students attend specific Milkwood Permaculture courses that are FarmReady approved.


Reading List

Prior to attending your course, you might like to take a look at our ever-expanding reading list,a bunch of recommended and practical texts on Permaculture, sustainable agriculture and community resilience.

None of these texts are pre-requisite for our courses, we just like to be able to provide suggestions on background reading, in case you're champing at the bit to get going.


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