Permaculture is the Antidote
to the Uncertainty Manifesting Today
– Teaching Permaculture Since 2006 –
We are honored to be considered one of the top permaculture educational organizations.
We offer our trainings in-person and on-line.
Our Signature 72-hr. Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course is Available Online, Anytime.
Flexible Structure
Work Independently...
or with Additional Support
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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.
Optional Support/Review sessions are available weekly, live with Bill and Milton.
Want to go deeper? Pair this course with one of our Extended Weekend Hands-on Trainings in Stelle. Come see 20 years of applied permaculture.
Learn Better In-Person?
Come and see what we have implemented over the last 20-years. We will share of our success and challenges and won’t sugar coat anything. The barren land surrounding our 9-acre community project is what this land looked like before we started.
Come to Midwest Permaculture
Our Extended Weekend Training is a stand-alone experience in and of itself. But it is also a perfect complement to the 72-hr. Online PDC Certificate Course. Together, we believe they provide one of the top permaculture educations available anywhere in the world.
Our 2026 Dates:May 28-31 -or- Sept. 24-27
4.95-Star Rating
…Cumulative From Our 2000+ Course Graduates!
Our trainings are alive, fresh and real.
We explore the brilliance of every part of the permaculture course. Meet Bill here…
“During my 9 years of higher education, I have never taken a course that was more relevant, important and useful. I see the world differently now and know, without a doubt, there is a way to create a fair and wonderful world. I am both inspired and grateful. This course with Bill and Milton is a very important – yet missing piece – of our educational system.”
Recent Online PDC Graduate – 44-year-old professional with a PhD
Sample the Course
Here is an actual 45-minute selection from our 72-hr. Online Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course. In it, Bill shares a full overview of how he and Becky designed and implemented a permaculture design onto their residential property over a 15-year period. With the design map on the table, and plenty of ‘before-n-after’ photos, it is an inspiring and educational insight into permaculture thinking and design.
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This video answers the question:
"What is Permaculture, really?"
Or Turn This...
Bec Hellouin 5-acre Farm before...
...Into This
...and after.
Our favorite permaculture text is a 3-volume set called “Living with the Earth” by Perrine and Charles.
A Message from Bill Wilson…
“Humans are creative beings.
And as such, we could have created (over the centuries) a world of beauty, wonder, abundance and security for all people and the natural world. We could have. But for various reasons, that is not the path that ‘we’, as the dominant human cultures, have taken.
Regardless, for those of us interested in working toward a fair and bountiful world, even just as individuals or small family units, a permaculture education gives us amazing insights, some key knowledge, and important tools, to be able to live our lives with honesty and integrity. Each of us can be a small point of calmness in a chaotic world while implementing simple, workable, honest solutions.”
Want ‘Just the Facts’ Please?
The Property Design
Mini-Course (20-hrs.)
In this compact course, Bill pulls just “the juice” from the full PDC Course as it applies to residential, homestead, and small farm design.
It focuses only on the practical information you need to carefully design your own space now.
These are live recorded, info-packed sessions, built to help you design productive, resilient, and beautiful properties.
Our
Design Projects
Here are a few of the projects we are supporting in some way or have worked on in recent years.
Becky & Bill Wilson
Co-founders of Midwest Permaculture
A LITTLE
About Us
We started Midwest Permaculture in 2006 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 would solve so many of the challenges facing the world.
“Though the problems of the world seem increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.”
Bill Mollison – Cofounder of Permaculture
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