Small Permaculture Gardens - Short Course

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Do you care about the environment? Do you want to eat fresh, sustainable, healthy food? Do you want to make a positive change for yourself and your community?

Introducing Permaculture in Small Spaces. The new ACS short course designed to empower you and your community! This course will give you practical knowledge. Transform any small space into a sustainable, abundant, food forest.

Start:
Growing your own food
Reducing your grocery bill
Becoming more self-reliant
Using sustainable growing methods

Learn about:
Making a difference that will last
Giving back to the environment
Improving your health
Permaculture in Small Spaces is a course for now and into the future. Don’t wait – start growing sustainably today!
 

CONTENTS

LESSON 1 APPLYING PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES IN SMALL SPACES 
Introduction 
Ethical underpinning 
Permaculture principles 
Zones and sectors 
Central Place Theory 
Multi owner developments and urban permaculture 
Lesson 1 additional reading 
Review what you have been learning

LESSON 2 ECOLOGY AND SYSTEMS 
Ecology in the garden 
Designing with systems 
Start with the soil microbiome 
Microclimates & Ecosystems 
Creating microclimates 
Lesson 2 additional reading 
Review what you have been learning

LESSON 3 DESIGNING THE SMALL PERMACULTURE GARDEN 
Design considerations 
Topography, structures, sun and wind 
Formulating ideas 
Circular Designs 
Use of Scale 
Lesson 3 additional reading 
Review what you have been learning

LESSON 4 PLANTS FOR SMALL SPACES
Deciding what to grow 
Prioritise your criteria 
Polycultures 
Interplanting 
Guilds 
Companion Planting 
Lesson 4 additional reading 
Review what you have been learning

LESSON 5 SUSTAINABILITY 
What is meant by sustainability? 
Minimising or eliminating inputs 
Composting 
Worm Farming 
Sheet mulching 
Mulching 
Repurposing 
Water recycling 
Lesson 5 additional reading 
Review what you have been learning 

LESSON 6 OTHER WAYS TO GET MORE FROM LIMITED SPACE 
Value-adding 
Protective structures 
Windbreaks 
Container Growing 
Aquaponics 
Stacking or Layering 
Raised Beds 
Mushroom Cultivation 
Domesticated Animals
Snail Farming
Micro-greens
Lesson 6 additional reading 
Review what you have been learning

LESSON 7 NATURAL CONTROL MEASURES 
Strategies to Reduce Pest and Disease Problems 
Using Plants 
Protecting Plants 
Pruning 
Natural Weed Control 
Lesson 7 additional reading 
Review what you have been learning 

LESSON 8 THE PERMACULTURE COMMUNITY 
Introduction 
Connecting with others
Lesson 8 additional reading 
Review what you have been learning 
Final Assessment