Opportunities & Events

The Gathering –A Full Online Permaculture Design Course for Artists Creatives and Cultural Workers

Location: Online | Start Date: 10th September 2025

Summary:

A learning journey and community of practice for artists and creatives, and those who support them, who want to slow down and explore how we can live well, now.

Content:

The Gathering has grown out of our Full Permaculture Design Course specifically focused on artists, creatives and cultural workers which launched in 2023 and was the first course of its kind in the UK . This learning space is unique. and remains one of the only PDCs globally which takes this focus. It takes the classic Permaculture Design Course as a starting point, but has been created with a specifically creative focus exploring how permaculture design can be used to deepen creative practice and to bring a new ethical basis to projects and the mechanisms that support them, particularly in relation to ecology, natural systems and regenerative cultures. The next cohort of the course runs from Wednesday 10th September 2025 to Saturday 8th August 2026. It comprises of 60 hours of live online sessions delivered as 1 x 3 hour session per month and 1 x 2 hour session per month. There will also be 1 x 1 hour filmed / self led design activity. These are supported by additional optional ‘homework’ activities, online resources, guest teachers, and virtual project visits. Find out more via the link below: https://smallthings.org.uk/full-permaculture-design-course-for-artists-and-creatives/