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This is a community Meetup where we can exchange ideas, information, resources, connections, meetings, events, parties, films, etc, that will help us all to move toward a more sustainable and regenerative way of life. Together, we can do more. Let's use this group to generate co-creative projects, to support existing projects, to create brainstorming design/planning sessions, to educate one another, to offer educational opportunities, seed swaps and other share events, or ?. This group is not meant to replace any local groups. Local is vital! This group can strengthen and contribute to local efforts, meetups and groups, through cross pollination and sharing of ideas, resources and events in the Tampa Bay area. Let us know what you'd like to see here!
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See all- Permaculture Design Course FloridaOur Permaculture Farm, Brooksville, FL$795.00
### 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.🌿 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! 🌿✨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### 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 info@growpermaculture.com
• Community revitalization and rebuilding
• Successful intentional communities, ecovillages and cohousing, urban and rural - Online Permaculture Design CourseLink visible for attendees$595.00
Presenting the internationally recognized Grow Permaculture Full Online Permaculture Design Course with hands-on learning and mentoring.
Now more than ever, people have attention on creating more choices and resilience in their lives. We want healthy food, a clean environment, and security for us, our children and future generations. This course offers practical steps to achieving these things in your own life, regardless of your circumstances.
In this course you will learn:- How to apply permaculture techniques to design your life.
- How to grow your own food abundantly and sustainably.
- How to increase your own abundance and quality of life while helping to heal the planet.
- How to create and deepen beneficial connections with nature and with other people.
- How to create a career using permaculture.
We have gotten many requests to offer an online version from people whose schedules don’t match up with our in-person courses or who prefer to study online. This course can be studied at your own pace, with a focus on your own site design. Creating the opportunity for a participatory and hands-on experience is important to us, so we include practical exercises that you perform on your own site.
In addition we have live bi-weekly Q and A sessions and personal mentoring with instructors and you will be able to share your experience with instructors and other students via photos, essays or videos.
We have added some exciting learning modules to the online version and other extras, including units with experts covering various topics.
The course will address strategies for drylands, temperate, tropical and other climates based on the significant knowledge and experience of our instructors working in those climates and will also have bonus sections focused specifically on Florida/subtropical climate because of how unique the ecosystem is in Florida. Many of these techniques are very useful in multiple climates and we explain how and why.
Students will have an opportunity to self-test their knowledge, to join discussion groups with other students, to participate in question and answer sessions on Zoom (online video conference software) with instructors, and to get feedback from a personal mentor.
There are additional in-depth materials offered for each section of the course as well as a resource list where you can find more information on that topic and explore areas of interest more deeply.
Each student will complete a permaculture design of the site of their choice, working through it step-by-step to ensure you have an understanding of each step of the process. Upon successful completion of the course requirements, you will be awarded an internationally recognized certificate for the course.
For more information visit https://courses.growpermaculture.com/
