Educational Programs

The Permaculture Skills Center (PSC) is implementing an apprenticeship program over the next six months at our beautiful five-acre property in Sebastopol. Come learn exciting and practical Permaculture applications for your life’s work.

You will learn about regenerative farming, ecological landscaping, food forest management, program development and management, CSA development, water harvesting, soil fertility systems, design and planning, project management and more. Work alongside the PSC to design and build ecological farms and landscapes. You will work on projects locally and regionally.

This apprenticeship program is broken into two different areas of focus; regenerative farming and ecological landscaping. The apprenticeship will cover both focal areas over the course of the program.

There are only eight places available, so please send us your resume including references and a one to two page letter about why you’re interested in our program by October 4th, 2013. We will then be scheduling interviews over the following few weeks and will be selecting qualified individuals for the program, with a start date of October 25, 2013(6-month program). Please apply using the email address, below.

Selected applicants will participate in this program for 3-6 months, two days per week. We will be working together on Thursday and Friday from 9-430. Lunch is not provided, although there may be a potluck organized if it is advantageous for all participants. There will be a break over Thanksgiving week and the last two weeks of December through the first two weeks of January 2014.

Upon successfully finishing the apprenticeship program, you will receive a certificate of completion and a letter of recommendation for future schooling and employment opportunities.

All interns get to take home a weekly box of seasonal veggies and fruits, as well as seeds and plants as available. There will be a total of three overnight on-site campouts as part of a team-build over the course of the program.

The cost per person is:

6-month apprenticeship Oct 2013-May 2014 = $2,500-$3,000 sliding scale. (4 openings)

3-month apprenticeship Feb-May 2014 = $1000-$1500 sliding scale. (4 opening)

We have scholarship/work trades available for two people to attend at a $1,500 rate (6 month program). If you need the work trade please include reference to this in your cover letter.

Thank you! The PSC team

The Ecological landscaper Immersion at the Permaculture Skills center is a nine-month professional training in all aspects of ecological landscape design, installation, and maintenance. We will cover all you need to know to manage a landscaping firm, vineyard, farm or contracting business. The goal of this program is to train the next generation of professional land managers in the skills of ecological regeneration, good business practices and social equity.

Learn from local landscapers, business owners and experienced instructors and get prepared to:

• run a economically sound and thriving business,
• design an ecologically diverse landscape, tailored for your clients and their goals, that can enhance the fertility & abundance of the land and your pocketbook
• design landscapes for energy, water and soil conservation and efficiency
• understand your role in operating a land based business
• participate with a cohort of colleagues for ongoing support
• Classes and mentorships will be held at the Permaculture Skills Center and at local sites throughout Marin and Sonoma Counties.

Who is this for?

The Ecological Landscaper Program is for anyone ready to roll up their sleeves, put their hands in the earth, work with people, plants and animals, serve the health and well-being of their communities and engage in fully regenerative entrepreneurship. The program is designed for those ready to take the next step toward their vision of designing healthy, regenerative landscapes and stewarding the land in an economically successful way.

Three-month Sections that comprise the full 9-month Immersion

We’ve heard your feedback and we want to make this course possible to all who want to attend, so we’ve divided the 9-month Ecological Landscaper Immersion into three sections that can be attended individually.

2014 Program Details
(150 Hours per section)
Days: Thursday & Friday
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Section 1: Ecological Designer    March to May
Section 2: Ecological Homesteader June to August
Section 3: Ecological Contractor    September to November

Each Section can be taken individually. The Permaculture Design Consultant’s Certificate and the Ecological Landscaper Certificate of Training are only available to those participants who attend all three sections.

What it entails:

March – November: Nine months of classes, hands-on workshops, field-trips and guided study (2 days per week; Thursdays and Fridays)
Development of a business plan for either a new or existing project or a personal development plan

This course offers three qualifications:
1) Permaculture Design Consultant’s Certificate
2) QWEL, Qualified Water Efficient landscaper Certification
3) Ecological Landscaper Certificate of Training

The ELI program offers a wide range of topics, including:

Registration and Tuition for Each Section

Registration & Tuition for Full Immersion

Limited work-trade positions are available.

If you’d like to apply to our program, you can find more information about the application process at www.permacultureskillscenter.org/ELIapplication.html or email our Program Coordinator at adam@permacultureskillscenter.org

The Ecological landscaper Immersion at the Permaculture Skills center is a nine-month professional training in all aspects of ecological landscape design, installation, and maintenance. We will cover all you need to know to manage a landscaping firm, vineyard, farm or contracting business. The goal of this program is to train the next generation of professional land managers in the skills of ecological regeneration, good business practices and social equity.

Learn from local landscapers, business owners and experienced instructors and get prepared to:

• run a economically sound and thriving business,
• design an ecologically diverse landscape, tailored for your clients and their goals, that can enhance the fertility & abundance of the land and your pocketbook
• design landscapes for energy, water and soil conservation and efficiency
• understand your role in operating a land based business
• participate with a cohort of colleagues for ongoing support
• Classes and mentorships will be held at the Permaculture Skills Center and at local sites throughout Marin and Sonoma Counties.

Who is this for?

The Ecological Landscaper Program is for anyone ready to roll up their sleeves, put their hands in the earth, work with people, plants and animals, serve the health and well-being of their communities and engage in fully regenerative entrepreneurship. The program is designed for those ready to take the next step toward their vision of designing healthy, regenerative landscapes and stewarding the land in an economically successful way.

Three-month Sections that comprise the full 9-month Immersion

We’ve heard your feedback and we want to make this course possible to all who want to attend, so we’ve divided the 9-month Ecological Landscaper Immersion into three sections that can be attended individually.

2014 Program Details
(150 Hours per section)
Days: Thursday & Friday
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Section 1: Ecological Designer    March to May
Section 2: Ecological Homesteader June to August
Section 3: Ecological Contractor    September to November

Each Section can be taken individually. The Permaculture Design Consultant’s Certificate and the Ecological Landscaper Certificate of Training are only available to those participants who attend all three sections.

What it entails:

March – November: Nine months of classes, hands-on workshops, field-trips and guided study (2 days per week; Thursdays and Fridays)
Development of a business plan for either a new or existing project or a personal development plan

This course offers three qualifications:
1) Permaculture Design Consultant’s Certificate
2) QWEL, Qualified Water Efficient landscaper Certification
3) Ecological Landscaper Certificate of Training

The ELI program offers a wide range of topics, including:

Registration and Tuition for Each Section

Registration & Tuition for Full Immersion

Limited work-trade positions are available.

If you’d like to apply to our program, you can find more information about the application process at www.permacultureskillscenter.org/ELIapplication.html or email our Program Coordinator at adam@permacultureskillscenter.org

The Ecological landscaper Immersion at the Permaculture Skills center is a nine-month professional training in all aspects of ecological landscape design, installation, and maintenance. We will cover all you need to know to manage a landscaping firm, vineyard, farm or contracting business. The goal of this program is to train the next generation of professional land managers in the skills of ecological regeneration, good business practices and social equity.

Learn from local landscapers, business owners and experienced instructors and get prepared to:

• run a economically sound and thriving business,
• design an ecologically diverse landscape, tailored for your clients and their goals, that can enhance the fertility & abundance of the land and your pocketbook
• design landscapes for energy, water and soil conservation and efficiency
• understand your role in operating a land based business
• participate with a cohort of colleagues for ongoing support
• Classes and mentorships will be held at the Permaculture Skills Center and at local sites throughout Marin and Sonoma Counties.

Who is this for?

The Ecological Landscaper Program is for anyone ready to roll up their sleeves, put their hands in the earth, work with people, plants and animals, serve the health and well-being of their communities and engage in fully regenerative entrepreneurship. The program is designed for those ready to take the next step toward their vision of designing healthy, regenerative landscapes and stewarding the land in an economically successful way.

Three-month Sections that comprise the full 9-month Immersion

We’ve heard your feedback and we want to make this course possible to all who want to attend, so we’ve divided the 9-month Ecological Landscaper Immersion into three sections that can be attended individually.

2014 Program Details
(150 Hours per section)
Days: Thursday & Friday
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Section 1: Ecological Designer    March to May
Section 2: Ecological Homesteader June to August
Section 3: Ecological Contractor    September to November

Each Section can be taken individually. The Permaculture Design Consultant’s Certificate and the Ecological Landscaper Certificate of Training are only available to those participants who attend all three sections.

What it entails:

March – November: Nine months of classes, hands-on workshops, field-trips and guided study (2 days per week; Thursdays and Fridays)
Development of a business plan for either a new or existing project or a personal development plan

This course offers three qualifications:
1) Permaculture Design Consultant’s Certificate
2) QWEL, Qualified Water Efficient landscaper Certification
3) Ecological Landscaper Certificate of Training

The ELI program offers a wide range of topics, including:

Registration and Tuition for Each Section

Registration & Tuition for Full Immersion

Limited work-trade positions are available.

If you’d like to apply to our program, you can find more information about the application process at www.permacultureskillscenter.org/ELIapplication.html or email our Program Coordinator at adam@permacultureskillscenter.org