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Connect Africa Hub – A Permaculture Design

Full Property (small pic)

Illustration of the Final Design

Midwest Permaculture Aug.2012 PDC Course (small pic)

Permaculture Design Course Graduates – Summer 2011 – Stelle, IL

Context:

Grant Shadden took his PDC Training with us – summer 2011. While here, he shared about his upcoming 2-month trip to Africa to support the work of the Connect Africa hub.

We were all moved by the work of this organization and by Grant’s, and his wife Paige’s, devotion to assist in the work there. Grant was actually taking this training in order to come up with a design for this organization and a 20-acre site they want to develop.

As such, we made the decision to assist him by making it one of the final design projects for the PDC Course. 4 other students self-selected themselves to work on this design with Grant.

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Hugelkultur Video

Check out this time lapse video we made of the construction of a hugelkultur bed…

Hugelkultur is a raised bed filled with wood. As the wood decomposes it slowly releases nutrients to the plants in the bed. It also acts like a sponge, holding more water for the plants to access in between rains. We built this bed in Bill & Becky Wilson’s yard as a part of our Hands-On Permaculture Training this past August.

Raised Bed

Here is the picture of the raised bed we made last month with that old book rack from the neighbors trash, and here it is a month later. There is nothing like warm weather and rain.

May 2010

June 2010

"I am grateful for the clarity and fire this course lit in me. It is like armor in these strange times."
2020 PDC Graduate

Covid-19: All of our Summer Trainings are Canceled!
Ugh... With the virus still moving through our country, we don't see how we can provide our on-site trainings with any guarantee of zero infection to
you, our students, or to our own community and staff. So, we are going to use the next few months to work on our own local projects and will be sharing some of this on our blog, Instagram or Facebook.

But Our Fall PDC at Fern Hollow Farm is Still Open
And We Look Forward to A Full 2021 Schedule
If we end up canceling the fall training, all who have registered may choose to either receive a full refund (less the price of the webinars [$195]) or just forward their registration toward any PDC or Advanced Training during the next three years.

Floods, Droughts, Storms and Pandemics Are Likely on the Rise.
We Can Be Part of the Solution.
The PDC Course lays out tools, paths and skills we as humans can use to work with nature to minimize global disruptions while also improving the health of all life on this planet. This training is about being the change that brings us toward real and lasting solutions!

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October 16-25, 2020
PDC at Fern Hollow Farm
Mostly Outdoors
Full Camping Option
10-Acre Permaculture Site
Wonderful Teachers

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Sister Permaculture Project in
India
Join us in learning about and supporting this wonderful project.

Malvikaa of swaYYam

Example of a
Permaculture Design
Midwest Permaculture

"Permaculture looks at life squarely in the face and simply asks the questions;
What is?
How do things really work?
There are no sacred cows. Permaculture explores multiple ways that we as humans can create real abundance, security and health for ourselves and the natural world... while similtaneously leaving the planet in much better condition because we were here.
It is honest.
It is realistic.
It is powerful."
- Bill Wilson

Lead Designer and Instructor for Midwest Permaculture