Full details can be found on the Charm City Farms website… http://www.charmcityfarms.org/permaculture-design-certification-course-fall/

The Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course is a training program that utilizes the teachings of Bill Mollison’s Permaculture Design System. The goal is to achieve a basic working understanding in ecologically-based planning, site design and management. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to Permaculture principles, applications & design practices as first set out by Permaculture founder, Bill Mollison.

Key skills and proficiencies learned include: surveying, communications, IT and web skills, preparing maps and plans, practical gardening, composting, soil management, animal systems, natural building, implementation planning, design graphics, client brief, concept and detail drawings, report writing, botany, propagation, food forests and orchards, native plants, integrated pest and weed management, planning food security, small crop production – vegetables, herbs, spices, craft plants, harvest and post harvest, storing and preserving crops, wild foods and restoration ecology, soil food web, seed saving and managing a seed bank, biochar, animal systems, and more.

Prerequisites: None
The PDC includes the standard 72-hour international PDC curriculum, addressing all major climatic zones (temperate, subtropic, tropical & arid) and the breadth of Permaculture applications for sustainable urban, suburban, rural, and bioregional design and development.

Course length: 72+ hours over 9 days
Course Dates: August 19-21, September 16-18, October 21-23
Daily Schedule: 9am – 5pm
Meals: Assigned “Potluck”
Instructors: Eric Kelly
Regular Course Fee: $475
Maximum Attendants: 15
Two work trades are available, but will not be decided until end of February. Email to inquire.
Location: Baltimore, MD 21202 & 21213

PDC Suggested Preparatory Reading: You will be emailed the Permaculture Institutes PDC course outline
Introduction to Permaculture, Bill Mollison
Gaia’s Garden, Toby Hemenway

Course Topics:
Permaculture principles
Concepts and themes in design
The local ecosystem
Forms of eco-gardening and farming
Broad scale site design
Design drafting using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Pattern understanding
Climatic factors
Plants and trees and their energy interactions
Water, soils, earth-working and earth resources
Zone and sector analysis
Food forests
Small animal husbandry
Harvest and natural forests
Aquaculture
Planning the homestead
Structures
Renewable energy and energy conservation
Waste management and recycling
Permaculture strategies for different climates
Urban and suburban Permaculture
Small farm and garden management and marketing
Strategies of an alternative global nation
Practical work on design

Full details can be found on the Charm City Farms website… http://www.charmcityfarms.org/permaculture-design-certification-course-fall/