Permaculture Design Course Florida

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 09:00 am to Sun, 15 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm UTC-04:00

2601 54th Ave S | St. Petersburg

Grow Permaculture
Publisher/HostGrow Permaculture
Permaculture Design Course Florida
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Learn to be more self-sufficient, live healthier, Improve your quality of life Build & participate in stronger and more supportive community
About this Event

Become More Resilient, Self-Sufficient & Connected

Our Online and In-Person Permaculture Design Courses begin September 2025—offering the essential skills you need to thrive in an ever-changing world.

🌿 Gain the skills to:
✔️ Live more self-sufficiently
✔️ Improve your health and quality of life
✔️ Strengthen your community and support networks
✔️ Build a more resilient future for yourself and others

These skills aren’t just valuable—they’re becoming essential.

Now is the time to step up, take action, and be part of the solution. We've expanded our course with powerful new sections, including:

🌳 Food independence – Grow and secure your own food supply
Disaster resilience & recovery – Practical strategies, permaculture-style
🌍 And much more!

Join us and start designing a better future—one that works with nature, not against it.


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🌿 Early Bird Discounts Available – Secure Your Spot Today! 🌍

Join our internationally recognized Permaculture Design Course and gain the skills to create lasting, positive change for both people and the planet. Through a hands-on, solutions-based approach, you’ll learn how to design resilient systems that support communities, restore ecosystems, and promote sustainability in a rapidly changing world.

🌱 Connect with Like-Minded Changemakers
Students come from all over Florida and beyond, forging lifelong friendships and discovering new career paths, passions, and opportunities. Many describe this course as a life-changing journey that equips them with the confidence and tools to be the change they wish to see in the world—and to do so effectively.

💡 Choose Your Learning Path:
📌 Online Course: Meets the 2nd & 4th weekends for six months.
📌 In-Person Course: Meets one weekend per month for six months (with flexibility to make up to 3 missed days via online materials).

🌎 Endorsed by the Permaculture Institute of North America (https://pina.in)

Don’t wait—take the first step toward a regenerative future today! 🌿✨



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Subjects covered in the course

• Permaculture design ethics, principles and tools
• Creating abundance with natural patterns
• Grow more food with less work by working with nature
• Edible landscaping, food in small spaces
• Building food forests
• Nutrient dense “beyond organic” gardening and farming
• Agroforestry and ecoagriculture, regenerative farming
• Aquaculture
• Building rich, live soils
• Composting and vermicomposting
• Alternative pest management
• Designing sustainable water use
• Greywater and rainwater catchment
• Natural building and regenerative building technology
• Reducing energy costs in your home
• Best forms of sustainable energy
• Appropriate technology
• Boosting your career with permaculture
• Sustainable economics
• Increasing quality of life through “placemaking” design
• Designing for climate change
• Community revitalization and rebuilding
• Successful intentional communities, ecovillages and cohousing, urban and rural


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Course Fees & Registration

📢 Take advantage of early bird pricing! The full course rate is $1,295, but you can save significantly by registering early:

  • $795 if you register by April 30
  • $895 if you register by May 31
  • $995 if you register by June 30
  • $1,095 if you register by July 31
  • $1,195 if you register by August 31, 2025

Payment plans available.

This investment covers all classes, course materials, mentoring, snacks, and farm visits with lunch provided. If you’d like to stay on-site, camping space with facilities is available.

🌱 An Investment in Your Future
This course is designed to pay for itself many times over—the knowledge and skills you gain will help you save money, create abundance, and open new opportunities in sustainable living and design.

🔹 Reserve Your Spot
Secure your place with a $300 non-refundable deposit. Full payment is requested by August 31, 2025, but we continue to accept sign-ups as long as tickets are available. Payment plans, work-study options, and scholarships may also be available—please ask!

📖 Required Textbook: Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison & Reny Mia Slay (Order Here)

📞 Questions? Contact us at 727-495-6145 or


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Agenda

🕑: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Sep 13-14

Info: Design strategies, get to know one another, and understanding natural systems


🕑: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Oct 11-12

Info: Climate, soil, and water


🕑: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Nov 8-9

Info: Food forests, kitchen garden, animals, aquaculture, agroforestry


🕑: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Jan 10-11

Info: Built environment and appropriate technology


🕑: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Feb 14-15

Info: Regenerative finances and building community


🕑: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Mar 14-15

Info: Closing topics, presentations and graduation


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

2601 54th Ave S, 2601 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, United States

Tickets

USD 595.00 to USD 1295.00

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