PERMACULTURE COURSE STUDY AT HOME
"Learn to design and manage a comprehensive permaculture system"
1. Overview of Permaculture: Advantages of permaculture, review of different systems.
2. Buildings & Permaculture: The alternatives (e.g. houses, sheds, greenhouses).
3. Buildings and Permaculture : Integration into the environment.
4. Waste Disposal -Effluent systems, animal waste, manure, weeds, etc.
5. Recycling -Timber, prunings, mulching, composting, etc.
6. Designing for natural disasters -Fire, storms, floods, etc.
7. Natural Watering -Swales, windmills, etc.
8. Indigenous plants and animals -Problems, advantages, wildlife, conservation, etc.
9. Preparing management & development plans.
10.Major design project -production of a full scale permaculture design.
Horticulture Tutors
Diana Cole B.A. (Hons), Higher Dip. (Garden Design), RHS Advanced Cert. Horticulture, Cert Admin.Mgt., Dip. Inst. Personnel Management
In addition to her RHS horticulture, garden design, City & Guild construction, NPTC pesticide/legislation and business/management qualifications, Diana has a variety of skills drawn from setting up Arbella Gardens, a landscape gardening business. She also has administrative, management and training delivery experience drawn from her employment in other organisations such as the NHS and other educational institutions such as schools & universities. She has augmented her training expertise having gained the Preparing to Teach in the Life Long Learning Sector qualification. She also has experience gained through working as a volunteer in a number of different roles including amenity style gardening in parks and practical conservation work. Diana is also a member of the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners Limited (NSALG).
