Introduction to Permaculture
Permaculture is an ethical design system, based on ecological principles, that creates sustainable and regenerative human habitats by following nature's patterns. This workshop will introduce permaculture by outlining the key ethics and principles and how they can be applied to a design process. We will look in particular at permaculture’s relevance to living in an urban context and how attendees can apply permaculture in their own lives.
Speaker: Susannah Hall
Susannah Hall is a designer, trainer and facilitator for Permablitz London teaching their Permaculture Design Certificate course. She also teaches adults and children about crafts, the wildlife we find in the city and designs edible gardens that work with rather than against nature.
Her balcony design with 50 different plants (see image), quails, a wormery and space for natural dyes won Camden in Bloom Best Mini-Garden 2021. She has also designed a forest garden for Forest Farm Peace Garden and co-designed (with Kayode Olafimihan) the food forest at Northwick Park Community Garden and the permaculture community gardens at Battersea Arts Centre and London’s Community Kitchen.
Tickets £25/£20 available by clicking here:
https://www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk/event/introduction-to-permaculture/
Permablitz at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
Join us for the first Permablitz organised in collaboration between Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses and Permablitz London.
Come and learn how to prune fruit trees and soft fruit bushes in an urban woodland.
On this permablitz we will be learning the theory and practice of winter pruning fruit trees and soft fruit bushes. The day will start with a workshop explaining how to prune and after that we will apply what has been learnt by pruning the fruit trees and soft fruit bushes on site before mulching around their bases and carrying out other winter tasks in the orchard. Come along to meet fellow volunteers, learn about orchard care and hone new skills. A simple vegetarian lunch will be provided.
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses is a community garden in the centre of Lambeth’s Brockwell Park. We provide a welcoming space where people of all ages and backgrounds can connect with nature and community. We run activities 7 days a week including garden volunteering, school visits, workshops, gigs and community events. BPCG is a Registered Charity.
RSVP Essential - If you would like to come along you need to let us know so we know numbers for lunch, which is provided, and so we can give you all the specific details. Register for the permablitz by clicking here.
The orchard at Brockwell Community Greenhouses
Gardening with Nature at Cecil Sharp House
Forest garden maintenance at the Cecil Sharp House Garden
Wednesdays, 11th, 18th, 25th February, 10.30am-12.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Cecil Sharp House is a Permaculture Learning and Demonstration Site (LAND project). Our February sessions offer a chance to review the planting in the garden, to prune, to set up bird boxes and feeders. Everyone welcome.
If you’d like to come along to either or both of the sessions please let us know and RSVP to info@permablitzlondon.com.
Gardening with Nature at Cecil Sharp House
Forest garden maintenance at the Cecil Sharp House Garden
Wednesdays, 11th, 18th, 25th February, 10.30am-12.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Cecil Sharp House is a Permaculture Learning and Demonstration Site (LAND project). Our February sessions offer a chance to review the planting in the garden, to prune, to set up bird boxes and feeders. Everyone welcome.
If you’d like to come along to either or both of the sessions please let us know and RSVP to info@permablitzlondon.com.
Gardening with Nature at Cecil Sharp House (Copy)
Forest garden maintenance at the Cecil Sharp House Garden
Wednesdays, 11th, 18th, 25th February, 10.30am-12.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Cecil Sharp House is a Permaculture Learning and Demonstration Site (LAND project). Our February sessions offer a chance to review the planting in the garden, to prune, to set up bird boxes and feeders. Everyone welcome.
If you’d like to come along to either or both of the sessions please let us know and RSVP to info@permablitzlondon.com.
Learn about the benefits of an edible, wildlife-friendly hedge
Join us for the day to learn about planting an edible, wildlife-friendly hedge. Hedges are very beneficial for nature: they offer shelter (nesting and roosting spots for birds), food (berries, nectar & pollen) and safe travel routes (hedgehogs and other mammals use their cover to move about). We can also harvest food, herbal remedies and natural dye material from hedge plants. This day will teach all about hedges: about which plants to select, how to space them out and how to maintain your hedge.
In the afternoon you’ll have the chance to put what you have learnt in the morning into practice by planting the new hedge at Kentish Town City Farm. We are replacing a hedge that disappeared with the landslide in 2022. It used to provide a highway for hedgehogs from Hampstead Heath to come to the farm so we hope it will once again.
Timetable:
11am-12.30pm – How to design a hedge with a diversity of plants that provide benefits to people and wildlife.
12.30pm-1.30pm – Lunch of soup, bread and dips will be provided
1.30pm-3.30pm – How to plant a hedge – get practical experience of planting a new hedge at the farm
All welcome. RSVP essential: if you want to come along you need to let us know so we know numbers for lunch, which is provided.
You can register by completing this form: https://forms.gle/TaoxHkLF6ckvXHnG7
This training is organised as part of the partnership between Kentish Town City Farm and Permablitz London.
Gardening with Nature at Cecil Sharp House
Forest garden maintenance at the Cecil Sharp House Garden
Wednesdays 14th & 21st & 28th January, 10.30am-12.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Cecil Sharp House is a Permaculture Learning and Demonstration Site (LAND project). Our Janury sessions offer a chance to review the planting in the garden, to prune, to set up bird boxes and feeders. Everyone welcome.
If you’d like to come along to either or both of the sessions please let us know and RSVP to info@permablitzlondon.com.
Gardening with Nature at Cecil Sharp House
Forest garden maintenance at the Cecil Sharp House Garden
Wednesdays 14th & 21st & 28th January, 10.30am-12.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Cecil Sharp House is a Permaculture Learning and Demonstration Site (LAND project). Our Janury sessions offer a chance to review the planting in the garden, to prune, to set up bird boxes and feeders. Everyone welcome.
If you’d like to come along to either or both of the sessions please let us know and RSVP to info@permablitzlondon.com.
Learn all about composting: a Permablitz to install new composting systems at Calthorpe Community Garden
Join this Permablitz, organised in partnership between Calthorpe Community Garden and Permablitz London.
Our goal is to significantly improve the garden’s compost systems and deliver educational workshops about composting for the community.
This Permablitz will focus on a major upgrade to the composting system by building nine new compost bays using recycled pallets. This will double our current capacity and significantly improve the working flow of the existing system, allowing the garden to process much more garden waste efficiently.
The day's main tasks will include levelling the ground for the new bays, preparing and setting the pallets and tie beams, securing the structure into the ground, adding cladding to the exterior where needed, creating a slotted panel system at the front of the bays for easy access and installing informational signage.
Throughout the day, participants will receive hands-on instruction through mini-workshops on a variety of composting methods, including:
Hot Composting: Featuring examples already in use at the garden, such as the Ridan and the Hot Bin.
Cold Composting: Covering traditional garden waste bays, plastic bins, and leaf mould piles.
How to set up and use a wormery (Vermicomposting)
How to set up and use bokashi
Calthorpe Community Garden is a friendly space where everyone is welcome to meet, get active, grow, and feel part of a community. For over 40 years, we’ve been helping people look after their physical and mental well-being while making the neighbourhood greener and more sustainable.
This event is made possible thanks to funding from the Big Give Green Fund and the North London Waste Authority.
RSVP Essential: if you want to come along you need to let Permablitz London know so we know numbers for lunch, which is provided, and so we can give you all the specific details.
Contact us here letting them know you want to join the Calthorpe Community Garden Permablitz.
Learn about the Ridan composting system
Learn about setting up and maintaining a wormery
Gardening with Nature at Cecil Sharp House
Forest garden maintenance at the Cecil Sharp House Garden
Wednesdays 14th & 21st & 28th January, 10.30am-12.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Cecil Sharp House is a Permaculture Learning and Demonstration Site (LAND project). Our Janury sessions offer a chance to review the planting in the garden, to prune, to set up bird boxes and feeders. Everyone welcome.
If you’d like to come along to either or both of the sessions please let us know and RSVP to info@permablitzlondon.com.
Permablitz at Kentish Town City Farm
Permablitz at Kentish Town City Farm
Sunday 23rd November, 10am-4.30pm
Join this permablitz organised as part of the partnership between Kentish Town City Farm and Permablitz London.
This permablitz will prepare the soil in the garden for winter to best support the soil-food-web (all the small creatures in the soil). Come along to help mulch, plant green manures, create overwintering insect habitats and plant out some winter salads, peas and broad beans to provide an early spring harvest. We will also be maintaining the composting systems in the garden: the cold compost, the wormery and leaf mould bin.
Mini workshops will include:
How does a mulch benefit the soil-food-web?
What are winter green manures and why are they beneficial to support microbes in the soil?
Inoculating the soil with the soil-food-web using ectowhip dip and aerated compost tea
Why is leaf mould (composted leaves) so beneficial and how to setup a leaf mould bin?
Which vegetables can you plant in November to grow over winter?
How to set up mushroom logs with inoculated dowels
RSVP Essential: if you want to come along you need to let Permablitz London know so we know numbers for lunch, which is provided, and so we can give you all the specific details. Contact us here letting them know you want to join the Kentish Town City Farm Permablitz.
Gardening with Nature at Cecil Sharp House (Copy)
Cecil Sharp House is a Permaculture Learning and Demonstration Site (LAND project). Our November sessions will be teaching about autumn maintenance of the decorative forest garden including planting bulbs, pruning and taking hardwood cuttings. Everyone welcome.
If you’d like to come along to either or both of the sessions please let us know and RSVP to info@permablitzlondon.com.
A permaculture approach to designing a tiny home on water
Wednesday 12th November • 6.30pm-8.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 7AY
(nearest tube: Camden Town northern line)
This talk shares the journey of redesigning and fitting out a tiny narrowboat home: exploring how to zone a small space, build multi-functional features and integrate simple off-grid systems. Rooted in permaculture ethics and principles, the project was both a design challenge and a lifestyle experiment that required significant creative problem-solving.
The latest phase of the project has been to build a garden on the boat using recycled pallets to create wicking planters. This wouldn’t have been possible without the practical benefits of the reciprocal nature of permablitzing.
We’ll be sharing insights for anyone curious about:
Tiny space living & narrowboat life
Permaculture applied to tiny space and off-grid living
Ways to make upcycled furniture on a budget
Permablitz at Debbie's Allotment
This permablitz will be preparing Debbie’s allotment for the winter months: laying down a no-dig mulch and sowing autumn vegetables including onions, garlic, broad beans and peas. We will also be building a fence out of recycled wooden pallets on the plot. Lunch will be made from food grown on the plot.
Mini workshops will include:
Vegetables you can sow in October/November to harvest in spring
The benefits of mulching your soil over winter
How to build a fence out of recycled wooden pallets
Permablitzes offer the chance to learn by doing: the mini-workshops explain the how and why for what we are doing and then you take the practical action so they provide a great way to learn. They are based on the principle of reciprocity so once you have been to three permablitzes you can apply to have one in your own space and apply to join the Introduction to Permablitz Design, a free introduction to permaculture design course that we will be running in September.
RSVP Essential: if you want to come along you need to let us know so we know numbers for lunch, which is provided, and so we can give you all the specific details. Contact us at info@permablitzlondon.com letting us know you want to join Debbie’s Allotment Permablitz.
Gardening with Nature at Cecil Sharp House
Forest garden maintenance at the Cecil Sharp House Garden
Wednesdays 8th & 29th October, 10.30am-12.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Cecil Sharp House is a Permaculture Learning and Demonstration Site (LAND project). Our October sessions will be teaching about autumn maintenance of the decorative forest garden including planting bulbs, pruning and taking hardwood cuttings. Everyone welcome.
If you’d like to come along to either or both of the sessions please let us know and RSVP to info@permablitzlondon.com.
Permablitz at Josiah Braithwaite Community Garden
Josiah Braithwaite Community Garden is a small community garden based at Nubian Life, a day centre for African and Caribbean older people with complex health and social care needs; residents and the local community learn about growing and the natural world.
This permablitz will be focussed on autumn work for small space growing to prepare for the cold months. We will be mulching, pruning, planting green manures in the planters/mini-forest garden area and planting up the recycled wicking planters with food for spring. We'll also be planting bulbs that will provide colour in early spring for the elders, many of whom have dementia and Alzheimer's.
Mini workshops:
Tips for preparing planters and pots for winter
Seeds you can plant now for spring food
Spring bulbs for colour, nectar/pollen and to eat
Permablitzes offer the chance to learn by doing: the mini-workshops explain the how and why for what we are doing and then you take the practical action so they provide a great way to learn. They are based on the principle of reciprocity so once you have been to three permablitzes you can apply to have one in your own space and apply to join the Introduction to Permablitz Design, a free introduction to permaculture design course that we will be running in September.
RSVP Essential: if you want to come along you need to let us know so we know numbers for lunch, which is provided, and so we can give you all the specific details. Contact us at info@permablitzlondon.com letting us know you want to join the Josiah Braithwaite Community Garden Permablitz.
Gardening with Nature at Cecil Sharp House
Cecil Sharp House is a Permaculture Learning and Demonstration Site (LAND project). Our September sessions will be teaching about late summer maintenance of the decorative forest garden including planting autumn salads for green leaves over the winter. Everyone welcome.
If you’d like to come along to any of the sessions please let us know and RSVP to info@permablitzlondon.com
Gardening with Nature at Cecil Sharp House
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Cecil Sharp House is a Permaculture Learning and Demonstration Site (LAND project). Our August session will be teaching about feeding plants with aerated compost and plant teas, adding new unusual edible perennials and general forest garden maintenance. Everyone welcome.
If you’d like to come along to any of the sessions please let us know and RSVP to info@permablitzlondon.com
London Permaculture Festival
Come along for 20 workshops and demonstrations, a stalls market, a pop-up unusual edible perennials plant stall and a ‘families at the festival’ zone. Enjoy discussions, networking and learning about creative solutions for a sustainable, healthy future.
Tickets: £20 (includes access to all the workshops) • Buy tickets here
£10 concessions tickets available only on the door • U18s free