Learn Permaculture in 2026 with Propagate!
Are you curious about growing food, working with nature, and designing systems that truly work? Our Permaculture Design Course in 2026 could be just what you're looking for.
Permaculture is rooted in three core ethics - Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share - and its applications are far broader than most people realise. When someone recently asked me who the course is for, I honestly replied 'anyone who will have to make a decision in the future!' because the design tools are incredible thinking tools. Whether you're thinking about how you raise your children, arrange your living space, write a business plan, or create a garden, permaculture offers a powerful framework for designing anything with intention and care.
People from all walks of life have enjoyed the permaculture course, whether they are completely new to regenerative systems or have been embedded in it for decades. For example, one participant who has spent the last 40 years growing fruit and veg for the intentional community in which they live said that they got a huge amount from studying the permaculture course and found it very inspiring; a storyteller who did the course said that she integrated what she learnt into all her future storytelling. People from all walks of life and integrate their prior knowledge, skills and experience with the new ones they learn on a permaculture course to make a better world for all.
Learning through doing and experiencing
The course blends online learning with six in-person Saturdays. You can choose to take the course in Galloway or Glasgow (and if you cannot make one Saturday you can switch to the other location). In either location you will visit some of the most inspiring permaculture growing spaces around.
In Galloway we start on 18th April with Lorraine Ishak at the incredibly inspiring smallholding, the Hidden Mill, near St John's Town of Dalry. We will also visit Suie Fields regenerative farm, Auchencairn Link Park Food Forest, Incredible Edible Whithorn, the South Machars Community Centre living room and Community Compost, the MAC-CAN Croft, the Edible Gardeners in the Rhins (who have recently written a book showing how they were able to grow all their own fruit and veg for the last seven years), and Stranraer's Unexpected Garden. Each site is hosted by a local practitioner who has spent years putting permaculture into practice and has deep, hands-on experience of the place and its story.
Learn From Teachers Around the World
Online, you'll explore soil, water systems, plants, trees, food growing, permaculture principles and design with teachers from across the globe. All videos are yours to keep forever, so whenever you're ready to design something new, you can watch them again to guide you through the process step-by-step.
Putting Learning into Practice
The course wraps up with two final Saturdays where you'll apply everything you've learned to a real design project, on a real site, with a real brief, and then share your design process with your group and client(s).
Accessible Pricing
The full course fee is £732, but we believe permaculture should be accessible to everyone. We operate a sliding scale, so if you're on a low income, we welcome you to get in touch and suggest what you can afford - for example, an initial deposit followed by £80 per month for the duration of the course.
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