Grow Permaculture

Creating beautiful soil for abundant crops in Florida
2023-09-23 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
In this workshop, we'll cover several ways you can build beautiful garden beds in Florida sand. Come see our gardens and how we are creating abundance. See hands on demonstration of how we build rich soil for abundant crops.
Learn the easy way to compost
Using weeds to create fertility - what, how, where, why
Simple vermicomposting
Other soil building techniques
9:30-noon
$25, Instructional materials included
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Free Introduction to Permaculture, Sep 2
2023-09-02 09:30 - 12:00 | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
What is it? How can it help improve your quality of life, and to be more resilient and live more abundantly? We’ll share examples of permaculture design that you can apply to your own life.
Koreen Brennan has engaged in master planning, business incubation and holistic economics using whole systems strategy and design, grown hundreds of species of edibles in a variety of conditions and climates, run edible nurseries, facilitated community development and facilitation, organized events, and has been a passionate educator for over 20 years, as well as a life coach and mentor, so finds herself taking on diverse projects at times. She currently sits on the Board of Permaculture Institute of North America.
She manages a permaculture medicinal herb and orchard demonstration farm in West Central Florida where she gets to dance with the natural world. She strives to live a balanced life, to walk her talk, and to make decisions in the interest of the next seven generations.

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Sep 2@ 9:30a: Free Introduction to Permaculture

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Online Permaculture Design Course July 16
2023-07-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual, United States
Many requests have come in asking us to offer an online version from people whose schedules don’t match up with our in-person courses or who prefer to study online. This course can be studied at your own pace, with a focus on your own site design. Creating the opportunity for a participatory and hands-on experience is important to us, so we include practical exercises that you perform on your own site. In addition we will have live Q and A sessions and personal mentoring with instructors and you will be able to share your experience with instructors and other students via photos, essays or videos.
We have added some exciting learning modules to the online version and other extras, including units with experts covering various topics. The course will address strategies for drylands, temperate, tropical and other climates based on the significant knowledge and experience of our instructors working in those climates and will also have bonus sections focused specifically on Florida/subtropical climate because of how unique the ecosystem is in Florida. Many of these techniques are very useful in multiple climates and we explain how and why.
Students will have an opportunity to self-test their knowledge, to join discussion groups with other students, to participate in question and answer sessions on Zoom (online video conference software) with instructors, and to get feedback from a personal mentor. In addition there are in-person modules for those who want that, and special sessions we normally can’t offer in person because of time and site constraints. We feel this exceeds the learning experience from an in-person course alone.
Sunday the 16th is a welcome meeting for Q&A at 1pm (EST), the first Zoom call is on the 18th at 7pm and once a month for a year, and is recorded.
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Free Introduction to Permaculture
2023-06-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
Want to get a better idea of what permaculture really is and what it can do?
This free introductory workshop offers an insight to the Permaculture Design Course. We are located on a 10-acre farm which is being built using permaculture principles.
Permaculture can help you:
• Grow healthy, organic food with little maintenance needed, by working with nature
• Use permaculture principles even in an apartment or condo
• Reduce costs of living
• Tap into or help build supportive community networks
• Achieve more economic stability
• Design your life toward more health and abundance
Join us at this informative, lively and interactive workshop.
Koreen is a permaculture and edible landscape designer and is in demand as a keynote and transformational speaker on the subject of abundant living.
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June 22 @ 6-8pm: Free Introduction to permaculture

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Slam Dunk Summer Garden
2023-06-10 09:30 - 12:00 | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
Have you ever tried to grow tomatoes or lettuce in summer in Florida? It is challenging, but we like to work with nature and what the land wants to produce. Thus, we work with foods that thrive in summer heat and humidity, produce abundantly with little care, and also (an important criteria for us) are packed with healing nutrition and and are delicious.
Learn easy techniques to grow these foods abundantly in the summer in Florida.
What cultivars to plant in the summer heat
Where and how to plant them
How to care for plants in summer
Prepare now for fall abundance
Summer is great low effort soil building time! How to maximize it
We introduce you to these superfood plants, show you how to care for them, harvest them, and prepare them. We have most of these plants for sale in our nursery.
Sign up here! Cost is $25.

Permaculture Intro
2023-06-03 09:30 - 12:00 | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
Want to get a better idea of what permaculture really is and what it can do?
Permaculture design is an effective tool to help you really make a difference while living abundantly, whether by gaining access to healthier food, reducing pollution, healing the earth, creating more economic stability, or building stronger and healthier communities. Explore what permaculture can do for you and your life. Be the change you want to see!
We'll take a tour of Our Permaculture Farm and then learn about some of the tools we used to build it.
Permaculture can help you:
• Grow healthy, organic food with little maintenance needed, by working with nature
• Use permaculture principles even in an apartment or condo
• Reduce costs of living
• Tap into or help build supportive community networks
• Achieve more economic stability
• Design your life toward more health and abundance
Join us at this informative, lively and interactive lecture.
Koreen is a permaculture and edible landscape designer and is in demand as a keynote and transformational speaker on the subject of abundant living.
Sign-up here!.

Grow Permaculture graduate get-together
2023-05-20 16:00 - 2023-05-21 12:00 | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
Graduates and friends, come and hang out at Our Permaculture Farm May 20-21! We'll start around 4 PM and go into the evening. We'll have skills sharing, networking, and evening celebration as well as briefing on activities/projects coming up this year. If you'd like to camp out, we'll have skills sharing/networking the next morning as well. It's pretty nice and cool in the evenings and mornings on the farm. We'd love to see you all, hear what you're up to and hang out! See you then!
We'll have an event all day Sat including a cooking class by our new resident chef, Shelley Jaffe. See our website for more data on this event.

Winter Gardening
2022-09-03 09:30 - 12:00 | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
Have you ever tried to grow tomatoes or lettuce in summer in Florida? It is challenging. But we like to work with nature and what the land wants to produce. Thus, we work with foods that thrive in summer heat and humidity, produce abundantly with little care, and also (an important criteria for us) are packed with healing nutrition and delicious.
Learn easy techniques to grow these foods abundantly in the summer in Florida.
We introduce you to these superfood plants, show you how to care for them, harvest them, and prepare them, including delicious recipes to take home. We have most of these plants for sale in our nursery.
This class is limited to 9 people so please reserve early. $20, including 1 plant and take home materials.
Please register here.

Florida Spring and Summer Gardens Class
2022-05-28 13:30 - 15:30 | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
Find out which plants to plant now in Florida that will produce abundant food year around and are easy to grow.
Learn how to plant, care for, harvest and use key plants that provide you with a basic diet quickly.
Learn how to integrate these plants in any yard setting - edible landscape, food forest or garden.
We work with each plant, you see it growing, and you will get a handout with the information to take home with you.
Free plant!
Saturday May 28, 2022
1:30-3:30pm
Our Permaculture Farm
11251 Salina St
Brooksville, FL 34614
Please register here.

Free Introduction to Permaculture, May 28
2022-05-28 09:30 - 12:00 | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
What is it? How can it help improve your quality of life, and to be more resilient and live more abundantly? We’ll share examples of permaculture design that you can apply to your own life.
Koreen Brennan has engaged in master planning, business incubation and holistic economics using whole systems strategy and design, grown hundreds of species of edibles in a variety of conditions and climates, run edible nurseries, facilitated community development and facilitation, organized events, and has been a passionate educator for over 20 years, as well as a life coach and mentor, so finds herself taking on diverse projects at times. She currently sits on the Board of Permaculture Institute of North America.
She manages a permaculture medicinal herb and orchard demonstration farm in West Central Florida where she gets to dance with the natural world. She strives to live a balanced life, to walk her talk, and to make decisions in the interest of the next seven generations.
Please register here.

Jan 26, Webinar: Design Your Life to Be Resilient Inside & Out
2022-01-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual, United States
Permaculture principles are most often seen applied in the external parts of our lives, in gardens and food systems. Does permaculture offer wisdom for our inner world? What if we applied permaculture to our personal lives, like our health, intellectual and emotional life, career, relationships, and more?

Join permaculturist Jen Andreani as she shares her journey of applying permaculture philosophy to every area of her life. In 2020 Jen found herself in lockdown in the middle of a global pandemic, physically cut off from the many community and social connections she had built for mutual aid. She realized she had focused on the resilience of her garden, social networks, and external world to meet her needs, but suddenly without them, she found herself stressed, anxious, and depressed. She paused to envision and completely redesign her life inside and out using permaculture and within a couple of months she went from burned out to flourishing. She'll introduce the framework she used to increase her inner resilience and ability to quickly bounce back and become strong, healthy, and successful no matter what comes her way.

BIO: Jen Andreani is on a mission to help people and the planet flourish.

Jen is a certified permaculture designer, Lifebook Leader, resilience coach, yoga teacher, and lifelong learner. Using an intuitive, whole-systems thinking approach, Jen helps people apply intentional, holistic design philosophy to their lives and organizations. She has several years of experience as a transformational facilitator in business, nonprofit, and community settings.
With strengths such as innovation, creativity, and the ability to relate new ideas in unique ways, Jen helps her clients come up with personalized, effective, and integrative strategies to reach their goals and live their ideal life. She empowers people with the tools to be strong and resilient in all areas of life, not just one or two.
Jen is grateful to have been featured in the 2021 award-winning film, "Coming Home: Natural Living in a Modern World" at the Sunshine City Film Festival. Watch at www.jenandreani.com/about-me
Please register here. Your Zoom link will be mailed to you.

Jan 19, Webinar: Permaculture and Prosperity
2022-01-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual, United States
The foundations for building true wealth are outlined in the major permaculture texts, but we don't pay nearly enough attention to them. Let's take a deeper dive together and explore the tools outlined in permaculture that can help us cultivate true wealth and financial resilience. Live Q and A after the presentation.
Laura Oldanie is a green living and wealth coach, who blogs at RichAndResilientLiving.com, where she explores money and lifestyle choices for a regenerative future. Her goal is to help people achieve financial freedom and live their best lives in socially and environmentally conscious ways that equally value people, planet, and profit. She received her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2009 and has been exploring how to earn, spend, invest, and manage her money to bring about the change she wants to see in the world ever since.

Please register here. Your Zoom link will be mailed to you.

2nd Online PDC Course
2022-01-15 12:00 - 2022-01-16 16:00 | Virtual, United States
Introducing the internationally recognized Grow Permaculture Full Online Permaculture Design Course with hands-on learning and mentoring.

Now more than ever, people have attention on creating more choices and resilience in their lives. We want healthy food, a clean environment, and security for us, our children and future generations. This course offers practical steps to achieving these things in your own life, regardless of your circumstances.
In this course you will learn:
How to apply permaculture techniques to design your life.
How to grow your own food abundantly and sustainably.
How to increase your own abundance and quality of life while helping to heal the planet.
How to create and deepen beneficial connections with nature and with other people.
How to create a career using permaculture.
We have gotten many requests to offer an online version from people whose schedules don’t match up with our in-person courses or who prefer to study online. This course can be studied at your own pace, with a focus on your own site design. Creating the opportunity for a participatory and hands-on experience is important to us, so we include practical exercises that you perform on your own site. In addition we will have live Q and A sessions and personal mentoring with instructors and you will be able to share your experience with instructors and other students via photos, essays or videos.
We have added some exciting learning modules to the online version and other extras, including units with experts covering various topics. The course will address strategies for drylands, temperate, tropical and other climates based on the significant knowledge and experience of our instructors working in those climates and will also have bonus sections focused specifically on Florida/subtropical climate because of how unique the ecosystem is in Florida. Many of these techniques are very useful in multiple climates and we explain how and why.
Students will have an opportunity to self-test their knowledge, to join discussion groups with other students, to participate in question and answer sessions on Zoom (online video conference software) with instructors, and to get feedback from a personal mentor. In addition there are in-person modules for those who want that, and special sessions we normally can’t offer in person because of time and site constraints. We feel this exceeds the learning experience from an in-person course alone.
There are additional in-depth materials offered for each section of the course as well as a resource list where you can find more information on that topic and explore areas of interest more deeply.
Each student will complete a permaculture design of the site of their choice, working through it step-by-step to ensure you have an understanding of each step of the process. Upon successful completion of the course requirements, you will be awarded an internationally recognized certificate for the course.

Online Course Includes (minimum 72 hours of):

Mentoring with veteran designers
Hands-On exercises
Videos of a variety of systems and how they work
Written step-by-step instructions and other material
Extensive subtropical plant lists and data, lists of recommended temperate, tropical and drylands plants
Top resources for further study
Test your knowledge with self-testing
Exercises to increase your ability to apply the knowledge you gained
Discussion groups and on-line community building opportunities
Q and A with mentors
Data and resources on permaculture careers
Links to and data about quality permaculture networks that will continue to support you
Internationally recognized Permaculture Design Course certificate upon completion

We are offering an early bird discount of $100 for the first 100 students, or until March 30, with a full price of $595 for this comprehensive online course.
The online course material will remain accessible to you.
If you want to get a head start on the Syllabus order the book:
Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison and Reny Mia Slay (Available online).

Optional In-Person Classes
Pick one or more days of in-person class on our farm.

Site assessment - walk through a site assessment, slope, soil, and more
Soil building - composting, vermi-composting, sheet mulch, hugelkultur, cover crops and more
Water catchment - in soil, earthworks, ponds, and rain catchment tanks
Food forests and food systems - How, when and what to plant
Propagation, wild foods and medicine, and mushrooms
Built environment and energy systems - passive heating and cooling, solar, rocket stoves, and more
Community building - exercises to build community

Cost: $125 per day, $500 for five days.
Camping and food available with some schedules for an extra cost.
Schedules for these classes to be announced.For those who already have a certificate or do not want a certificate but would like to access the course content, we offer a special price for this access of $195. You will not receive personal services such as mentoring or a certificate, but will be given full access to the course materials.You may also purchase additional focused one-on-one mentoring in phone or Zoom consultation for a discounted price as a Grow Permaculture student. $70 per hour or $195 for 3 hours.We offer special scholarships to attend this course for people in the 2/3 world countries who are doing community work. We have done this throughout our careers, and have volunteered thousands of hours to endeavor to share as many resources as we can with individuals striving to implement permaculture in areas hard hit by climate change, political unrest, and other severe challenges. When you contribute to our scholarship fund, we will be able to spend more time on this work and reach more people. We also accept scholarship and partial pay applications from people in developed countries; we strive to give first priority to ⅔ world countries.Coming soon here: Continuing education after the PDC including Advanced Courses, Mentoring for the Permaculture Institute of North America diploma, and other opportunities.
Subjects covered in the course:

Permaculture design ethics, principles and tools
Creating abundance with natural patterns
Nutrient dense "beyond organic" gardening and farming
Grow more food with less work by working with nature
Edible landscaping, food in small spaces
Building rich, live soils
Designing sustainable water use
Greywater and rainwater catchment
Building food forests
Agroforestry and ecoagriculture, regenerative farming
Aquaculture
Composting and vermicomposting
Organic pest management
Natural building and regenerative building technology
Reducing energy costs in your home
Best forms of sustainable energy
Appropriate technology
Boosting your career with permaculture
Regenerative economics
Designing for climate change
Choosing the right land for you
Increasing quality of life through “placemaking” design
Community revitalization and rebuilding
Successful intentional communities, ecovillages and cohousing, urban and rural

Who benefits from this course:

Artists
City planners
Do it yourselfers
Educators – homeschool, teachers, professors
Environmentalists
Gardeners
Green architects/builders
Green businesses
Green consultants
Holistic and natural health practitoners
Homesteaders
Landscapers
Non-profit/community organizers
People seeking a career change
People who care about the earth and each other
People who love healthy or simple living
Permaculturists
Policy makers
Professionals (of many types)
Ranchers
Recent college graduates
Religious leaders
Scientists
Students
Urban and rural farmers
Vegan, raw food, slow food, and/or local food
Writers and journalists
Yoga practitioners

Jan 5, Webinar: Introduction to Permaculture
2022-01-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual, United States
What is it? How can it help improve your quality of life, and to be more resilient and live more abundantly? We’ll share examples of permaculture design that you can apply to your own life.
Koreen Brennan has engaged in master planning, business incubation and holistic economics using whole systems strategy and design, grown hundreds of species of edibles in a variety of conditions and climates, run edible nurseries, facilitated community development and facilitation, organized events, and has been a passionate educator for over 20 years, as well as a life coach and mentor, so finds herself taking on diverse projects at times. She currently sits on the Board of Permaculture Institute of North America.
She manages a permaculture medicinal herb and orchard demonstration farm in West Central Florida where she gets to dance with the natural world. She strives to live a balanced life, to walk her talk, and to make decisions in the interest of the next seven generations.
Please register here, an email will be sent with the Zoom link.

Dec 29, Webinar: How To Be More Resilient
2021-12-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual, United States
Resiliency means that you have choices. You are able to survive well even when things are changing around you. How can we all be more resilient in pandemics, in the face of changing weather, changing economic conditions and other changes? We’ll discuss some simple things to keep in mind that can help. Live Q and A after the presentation.
Koreen Brennan has engaged in master planning, business incubation and holistic economics using whole systems strategy and design, grown hundreds of species of edibles in a variety of conditions and climates, run edible nurseries, facilitated community development and facilitation, organized events, and has been a passionate educator for over 20 years, as well as a life coach and mentor, so finds herself taking on diverse projects at times. She currently sits on the Board of Permaculture Institute of North America.

She manages a permaculture medicinal herb and orchard demonstration farm in West Central Florida where she gets to dance with the natural world. She strives to live a balanced life, to walk her talk, and to make decisions in the interest of the next seven generations.
Please register here. Your Zoom link will be mailed to you.

Winter Solstice Celebration
2021-12-18 16:00 - 21:00 | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
Potluck at our farm! As farmers, we're very conscious of the seasons; they're very much a part of our lives. Winter solstice is a time when plants are drawing in and going dormant, but will soon start coming to life again. We use this time to harvest and enjoy our fall and winter crops, but also to plan, celebrate, and deepen relationships in the community.
So if you would like to celebrate regenerative, ecologically friendly living with us, come on down. We'll share some exciting developments for growers and farmers in the area, give you a short tour of our farm (which will be in winter mode), share a meal and get to know each other around a fire.
4 PM for tour and short briefing, 5 PM celebration starts

Bring a dish! Bring something locally grown or with locally grown ingredients if you can! We're looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. Bring a drum or instrument if you wish.

Graduation Reunion 2021
2021-12-04 09:00 - 2021-12-05 16:00 | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
We are going to have the GP graduates event on the first weekend of December (4 & 5).
This weekend opened up and it is a time when most of you could come. It is also slightly less likely to be cold that weekend than later.
It will be the entire weekend, but we'll focus on Saturday for those who can only come one day. We would like your input on co-creation (see below)!
You can camp on-site, we have compost toilets and showers (which most of you have seen). Please, bring your own food, dishes, pots and pans, ice, and prepare to be fully self-sufficient. We won't have room to store cold foods for everybody. We will have an outdoor stove, coffee and tea maker, things like that. If you want to bring enough to share with some others, please do! We'll have a central area for camping stoves, etc. We plan on having a fire Saturday evening in the fire pit.
We would really appreciate some volunteers to help with things such as the compost toilets, and cleaning up after the event. We can also use some people who could come up a day or two early to help us set up. That will help us want to do this and other events regularly (as much as we love to see you guys, cleaning up after a crowd can be quite a task)!
If you have a special skill you'd like to share, let us know.
If you have ideas for group actions, let us know.
We want to make this a co-create!
We are really excited to see you again and catch up!! And have ya'll meet those you haven't met yet, network, etc.
And please feel free to bring others with you, the vast majority of those who responded to our survey were fine with bringing others. You can bring kids but will have to be fully responsible for them. We won't have any capacity to watch out for them or help watch them, and there are aspects of our space that are not kid friendly. All we ask is that you let me know that you plan on coming and how many in your party?
** Use my email (steve at growpermaculture dot com) to communicate on this subject, and if you want to coordinate with others I will forward emails as needed to those of you who volunteer to help.
** If you can help out please notify me via email and I'll do the coordinating.

Earthskill Gathering
2021-11-06 09:00 - 2021-11-07 13:00 | Our Permaculture Farm, 11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL, 34614, United States
We are launching the first in a series of Earthskills gatherings at Our Permaculture Farm in Brooksville, Florida.
We will spend the weekend sharing skills from tracking to canning to wild edibles to caring for animals, growing food ecologically, and many other skills. All activities will be outdoors.
Our goal is to create a community setting whereby people with earthskills can meet each other and share their skills with others of like mind, learn from each other, get to know each other, and create stronger communities in our bioregions.
This event is open to everybody, but we expect it mostly to be attended by people in West Central Florida.
Because we want to keep this as accessible as possible, we are asking for donations and suggest a sliding scale amount. Suggested donations range from $25-50, which help us to cover costs of preparing the site, organizing and hosting the event.
To keep our costs low, we will ask that you bring your own food and eating utensils to this event. We will have facilities to warm it. We will have some camping spots available. Please let us know ahead of time if you intend to camp. Outdoor toilets and shower facilities available.
Nov 6 - 7, 2021
Sat - 10 AM to 5 PM, with evening activities and fire
Sun - 9 AM to 2 PM
Our Permaculture Farm
11251 Salina St, Brooksville, FL 34614
The main activities will happen on Nov 6, but we will have more activities on Sunday for those who would like to deepen their experience.
We will have a plant and goods swap at 4 PM on Saturday. Please bring plants, seeds, or other goods that you’d like to share at our “really free market” on Saturday.
Please Sign Up Here!
If you have an earthskill or other idea you’d like to share, please let us know!
