Early Birds! Fall Permaculture Design Course Registration ~ Save $200 if registered by FRIDAY!

Fall 2018 Permaculture Design Certification Course with Sowing Solutions in Western MA!
~EARLY BIRDS! Start registration by this FRIDAY to save $200 off tuition!

Gather the skills to design for abundance in your home landscape and for resilience in our communities.

3 Weekends in All: September 28-October 1, October 19-21, November 9-12

http://www.PermacultureSeries.org

The Upcoming Course:

Your registration in this course will provide you with: skill shares, discussions, design activities, experience in orchards and forest gardens, skills to create new gardens, natural building visits and hands-on activities, numerous tours of local permaculture sites, immersion in community life, stories and presentations, food preservation and medicine making workshops, mapping techniques, networking opportunities, and a certification in permaculture design.

This course is offered by Sowing Solutions, who is celebrating over a decade of educational permaculture programs.
• Students of this PDC will learn first-hand about working with design clients and conducting an ecological design. Participants will be guided through the ecological design process alongside a team of professional designers and educators.
• A study of permaculture with Sowing Solutions includes visits to numerous demonstration sites such as Sirius EcoVillage, Wildside Cottages and Gardens, and Hickory Gardens. You can evaluate and learn from these leading northeastern permaculture demonstration sites ~ these sites have been growing and evolving for nearly a decade. • Gaining your internationally recognized certification with Sowing Solutions is an experience of empowerment, support, inspiration and skill building.
• All that you learn in this course can be applied at your home.

Course Dates:

Sept 28-Oct 1
Oct 19-21
Nov 9-12

If You Need to Miss a Day:

If for some reason you need to miss a day, don’t worry because you will still be qualified to complete your certification. If you need to miss more than a day, please let us know ahead of time, as we have ways for you to make up certain sessions and there can be alternate classes for you.

Course Location:

We are truly happy to be hosting the course now at the Sowing Solutions Community Permaculture Hub and Design Studio in the village of Shelburne Falls. You will have an opportunity to practice ecological design for residents in the Village!

We will be meeting for class sessions at Sowing Solutions Design Studio, 8 Deerfield Avenue, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370.. There will be a few days during the course when we adventure out on field trips to visit Wildside Cottage and Gardens, Sirius EcoVillage, Hickory Gardens, etc.

Overnight Accommodations:

We have reserved a number of local guest houses for you, as well as air bnbs private or shared rooms, and a local farmhouse with dorm accommodations~ so we will need to know who is staying overnight as soon as is possible to arrange your accommodations. Our hosts have set up special discount pricing for our students, hooray! If you are planning to commute, please also let us know your plans.
Accommodations range from $25-$65 per night, based on your selection of a shared room, private room, location in town within walking distance, or a 4 minute drive from the town center to a guesthouse/ farmhouse with private rooms, dorms, or camping options, etc. Camping is also an option for $10 or $15 per night.

Send Us Your Registration Form:

Attached you will find the course registration form. Please fill this out today and return to us by email, or print it out and mail it to Sowing Solutions, 5 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370.

Meals:

Locally sourced and organic lunches will be prepared for you and this is already included in your tuition. Breakfast will be prepared for all overnight guests only. Dinners are an additional fee and all students (commuters and overnight guests) are welcome to sign up any or for all dinners.

More Course Info:

Please peruse the course website for more info at
http://www.PermacultureSeries.org, and please set up a time to chat with us by phone ~ we are delighted to answer questions about this educational event, and to help you with fundraising or with logistics, etc.

The Registration Process:

1. Fill out the registration form (see below) and return to us by email or postal mail at: Sowing Solutions, 5 Bridge St, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370.

2. Send in a $300 deposit or a full tuition payment as a check or money order written out to ‘Sowing Solutions’ at the same mailing address (Sowing Solutions, 5 Bridge St, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370)

We are available to chat by phone if you have further questions 🙂 Once we receive an email from you, we will send you the brief pre-course assignment and all the arrival details as soon as you register.

Fundraising Support:

There is funding available for you! (In other words ~ do not let funding stand in your way of this training and certification program!!!):
Contact us to talk about many fundraising options and we will share many ideas and strategies with you. Strategies for fundraising that we have for you are: discounts for college students, template letters for fundraising work trade applications, scholarship program, discounts when you bring a friend, payment plans, fundraising techniques that we can walk you through, accommodation discounts, etc

Your Attendance:

It will be wonderful if you can attend this inspiring and informative educational event! We will have a number of interesting design projects to work on together, and we have many existing permaculture demonstration sites to visit. The weekend series format of this course gives us a chance to correspond with you during the months between the class sessions, and provides students with ample time to integrate the new course material. The three weekends in session are opportune times for sharing skills, resources, inspiration, networking, and for forming new and lasting friendships.

More Info and to Contact Us:

Visit our website for more course details, http://www.PermacultureSeries.org, watch out our 2-minute video about this course, learn about the fundraising support that is available, and join us for a fun and informative weekend series course that starts this April!
Attached here is a detailed Course Information Packet.

If you have any questions, we are delighted to talk with you by phone, or correspond by email… and we look forward to meeting you!

Wishing you wellness,
~Kay

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Permaculture Design Certification Course ~ with Sowing Solutions

2018 Weekend Series Course: April 20-23, May 18-20, June 8-11

Registration Form

Please email this form to permacultureseries@gmail.com OR send via postal mail to Sowing Solutions, 5 Bridge St, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370. Mail all tuition and accommodation fees to this same mailing address. Receipt of tuition confirms your seat in the course.

Name:

Email Address:

Mailing Address:

Phone:

Emergency Contact During Course Sessions:

Will you be a Commuter or Overnight Guest? If an overnight guest: Male or female dorm at a local farmhouse? Private room in a local guest house? Camping?

Do you wish to carpool? (Please indicate where you would be driving from, and if you would like to offer or catch a ride)

School & Major: (if applicable)

Would you like to arrange for 3 college credits through UMass Amherst upon completion of this course? All students pay this course tuition; Additional fees will apply if you are outside of the 5 College Consortium

Do you have any Dietary Restrictions?

How did you hear about this course?