Not just dirt
It came to my attention recently that a lot of people do not understand the importance of healthy soil. People are very concerned about pests and disease in their garden. Slugs, caterpillars, moths and...
It came to my attention recently that a lot of people do not understand the importance of healthy soil. People are very concerned about pests and disease in their garden. Slugs, caterpillars, moths and...
Learn to improve soil fertility and make your own bio-fertilizer! The Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast is extremely fortunate to have Paul Taylor coming to teach his Sustainable Soil Management course here early October....
As part of the Earthworks course which runs from Monday 24 to Friday 28 September, we are preparing the area for a dam. Students will learn how to determine a site for a dam...
As part of our 10 week Permaculture Life Skills Internship, but also open to external students (people not undertaking the Internship), we will be starting a 5 day Self Reliance course this coming Monday...
We were sad but glad to see another batch of PDC graduates go… Sad, because we all had such a lovely time together, and glad because they were empowered and inspired, and ready to...
We have had a number of requests for an Open Garden Day recently. We have been able to organise an Open Garden Day with Permaculture Noosa, so that people can come and have a...
We have done a lot of work since the last PDC. In the last 2 1/2 months we changed the Learning Space to another building, added a kitchen to prepare beautiful garden grown food...
I love this time of year! Here on the Sunshine Coast, the sun shines brightly during the day, creating a wonderful 23 – 25 degrees C and then cooling down at night, which enables...
The Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast has put several changes in place on site for the comfort of our Permaculture Design Certificate students.
Permaculture uses everything for more than one purpose. The Tamarillo or Tree Tomato plant serves a number of purposes for us in our permaculture gardens.
The curriculum for our 10 week long Permaculture Life Skills Internships, which will teach students practical permaculture and self reliance skills.
A happy accident led to a beautiful compost from chook manure, which fed our permaculture gardens.