We Teach Permaculture
These are the tools and education necessary to move ourselves, and our culture,
from a LIFE of CONSUMPTION,
to a LIFE of CREATION.
We Have Been Delivering the World Recognized Permaculture Course for Over 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.
4.9 Star Student Rating
Our trainings are alive, fresh and real.
Our passion is to make each course a little better than the last.
Learn How to Turn This…
Home of Midwest Permaculture BEFORE…
…Into This
Home of Midwest Permaculture Now – About 55 Species of Plants
Or Turn This…
Bec Hellouin 5-acre Farm in 2005
…Into This
Bec Hellouin 5-acre Farm in 2015
-our signature training-
The 72-hr. Permaculture Course
This is the full Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course
IN PERSON
Take the course, in person, at any of the multiple sites we host around the Midwest (and sometimes beyond). Come and learn permaculture while seeing how its application has manifested at the site you choose. There is nothing like seeing it in person and kicking the tires.
Registration is opening soon for our 2024 schedule.
Locations we have Hosted Courses Previously (click picture to enlarge)
Borner Farm – Prescott, Wisconsin
Univertity of Wisconsin River Falls
Sivananda Yoga Retreat – Bahamas
Purdue University – Indiana
Heal the Planet Farm – Missouri
Grand Rapids – Michigan
Fox Hollow Farm – Ohio
Edgewood College – Madison, Wisconsin
Dancing Rabbit Eco-Village – Missouri
Bending Oak Permaculture Farm – Youngstown, OH
Arbor Day Farm – Nebraska
Univ. of Manitoba – Winnipeg, Canada
Cal Earth – Hesperia, CA
Sivananda Yoga Farm – Grass Valley, California
Boulder, Colorado
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or ONLINE
This course contains the recordings of a full 72-hr. Permaculture Course taught by Bill Wilson and 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 course material, it costs $200 less.
We also offer sequential live review sessions via Zoom over a 9-week period where Bill and the team answer student questions and tease out any important details. These sessions are available to all online PDC students at no additional charge. We know the support and structure of live interaction can be helpful!
The 9-week Review Sessions are Offered Seasonally – See Dates
“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.
recent posts from our
Blog
join us for
‘Quick Design’
Charrettes
Second Sunday of Every Other Month.
2:00-4:30pm central
- Look Over our Shoulders as we Create a Framework Design for a New Project
- Ask Your Questions
- Learn New Ideas and Techniques
- Submit Your Own Project for Consideration
Charrette Design Example
We will look at a fresh participant submitted design each session.
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 – A Founding Father of Permaculture