We Teach Permaculture

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IN PERSON  …or…  ONLINE 

Permaculture provides the tools and education necessary to move ourselves from a CULTURE of CONSUMPTION,
toward a CULTURE of CREATION.

We Have Been Teaching Permaculture for 17 Years.
We teach the internationally recognized 72-hr. Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course… honoring the original curriculum while updating students on the amazing progress that has occurred since permaculture’s inception.

Five Stars!

4.9 Star Student Rating

Our trainings are alive, fresh and real.
We explore the brilliance in every part of the permaculture course.

Or Turn This...

Bec Hellouin 5-acre Farm in 2005

Bec Hellouin 5-acre Farm before...

...Into This

Bec Hellouin Farm in 2015

...and after.

Our favorite permaculture texts “Living with the Earth” by Perrine and Charles is a 3-volume set. Do we dare say they surpass ‘Permaculture: The Designer’s Manual’?  Oh gosh… it’s really close.

-our signature training-

The 72-hr. Permaculture Design Course

This is the Internationally Recognized PDC Course with all our best added to it.

Work Independently…
or With Guidance

This course contains the recordings of a full 72-hr. Permaculture Course taught by Bill Wilson with access to our teaching team in multiple ways. Enjoy the recordings at your own pace. Turn in notes and exercises to earn the PDC Certificate if you are interested. If you don’t need a certificate and just want the juice from the course, deduct $200.
We also offer sequential, live review sessions via Zoom 4-times per year over a 9-week period. Bill and team answer student questions and tease out important details. These sessions are available to all online PDC students at no additional charge. We know that the support and structure of live interactions with the actual teachers can be extremely helpful to many.
The 9-week Review Sessions are Offered Every 3-Months.

We typically host one or two per year. Come and learn permaculture while seeing how its application has manifested at the locations we’re teaching at. There is nothing like seeing it in person and kicking the tires. 
Our courses for 2025 will be posted by Thanksgiving.

Sample the Course!

This free 2-hour session offers a profound and impactful introduction to permaculture and a glimpse of how we deliver the Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course. With almost 20-years of experience and a determination to create more effective methods of teaching, we have developed one of the most meaningful and results-oriented permaculture learning experiences available anywhere in the world. Our goal is to make this course not just informative and enjoyable, but also easy to navigate and revisit. 

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"I just took this course because my wife and I had recently purchased a plot of land to retire on and wanted some practical ideas on how to develop it. What an amazing surprise. This course was a feast of tangible and realistic ideas. Bill and his team tied the course together beautifully. Best educational experience of my life (and I've experienced a lot over my 57 years). I wish every high school child in the world could take this course. It would change the trajectory of their lives and provide the seeds for a better world."

John R. Retired Colonel - U.S. Marines

“Bill, this PDC course was the best training I have ever had! It was in-depth, practical, hopeful, and applicable everywhere.”

Lorenza A. School Administrator

"An amazing month online. I learned so much more than I could have imagined through a Zoom course. And I loved getting to know everyone else in the class and seeing their exciting projects unfold. Bill and his team are amazing teachers. I have to give this course a 10 out of 10. So inspiring and loaded with useful information."

Judith W. Home Schooler of 4 (ages 5-16)

“I took the online PDC in the fall of 2021 and it is easily the best online educational experience I have ever participated in. I now feel like I have resources and direction instead of just drowning in googled information with no idea of how to connect the dots and implement them into my life. No regrets. Midwest Permaculture was fantastic!”

Shane G. Union Organizer - Small Farmer

“I’m so glad I took the course when I did because it has changed everything in my thinking especially about how to purchase property. I was deeply moved, inspired, and challenged by the material. I can’t stop thinking about it. The course was just a feast of new possibilities!”

Shaylyn R-G. Social Entrepreneur, Author, Mother

“What a wonderful surprise. This course was one of the most inspiring, informational and useful experiences of my life. Bill and his team are exceptional teachers. I feel I got as much out of this short training as I did from my 4 years of college! Brilliant.”

Deborah M. Homesteader, Homeschooler

Want a Shorter-form course?

The Property Design
Mini-Course (20-hrs.)

The PDMC is a recorded, info-packed course built to help you design productive, resilient, and beautiful properties.
This course contains "the juice" of the full PDC as it applies to residential, homestead, and/or small farm design. It focuses on the practical information you need to get started designing your own space.

our

Design Projects

Here are the recent projects we have been focused on.

join us for a

'Quick Design'
Charrette

Sundays
Every Other Month
Over Zoom
2:00-4:30pm central

Look over our Shoulders on Zoom as we Create a Framework Permaculture Design
We create a fresh design every other month.

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Blog

Portrait of Bill and Becky Wilson

Becky & Bill Wilson

Co-founders of Midwest Permaculture

A LITTLE

About Us

 We started Midwest Permaculture in 2007 on a shoestring.

Deeply inspired by the brilliance and relevance of this life-design science we could clearly see how the application of permaculture design could solve so many of the challenges in the world today.

Though the problems of the world seem increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.

Bill Mollison