Current Courses and Events

Permaculture Design Course - Bullock's Permaculture Homestead
    July 19 - August 8, 2009
Youth Permaculture Camp - Bullock's Permaculture Homestead
    July 19 - August 8, 2009
A Saturday with Robyn Francis & the Bullocks - Bullock's Permaculture Homestead
    August 22, 2009

Our course cancellation policy can be found here.

Permaculture Design Course - FULL. Accepting people for waiting list only.

Orcas Island, WA

July 19 - August 8, 2009

At the Bullock Permaculture Homestead

Instructors: Douglas Bullock, John Valenzuela, Joseph Bullock, Sam Bullock, & Dave Boehnlein

Course Will Cover:

Approximately 144 hours of classroom and hands-on education. Including: design methodologies, observation skill building, whole system design, annual and perennial foods, water/energy/waste techniques, appropriate construction, plant propagation and culture, outdoor mushroom cultivation, herbs and fiber use, and animals. Agricultural strategies for drylands, wetlands, and everything in between will be observed, discussed, and implemented at our ever-evolving homestead.

Course Tuition:

Cost: $1850 ($1750 if paid in full by June 1st, 2009); includes delicious, mostly organic meals, materials, and certificate. Camping space is provided. A $250 nonrefundable deposit is required with course registration, with the remainder due on or before July 1, 2009. Course is limited to 30 participants.

For more info contact:
Dave Boehnlein
360-840-8483

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Youth Permaculture Camp

Orcas Island, WA

July 19 - August 8, 2009

For children 6-13 years old at the Bullock Permaculture Homestead

Instructors: Jamie Mulligan-Smith, Whitney Hartzell & Scott Brinton

Join us as we explore nature awareness, Permaculture, and community within a dynamic and wonder-based three-week camp!

Week 1 includes:

  • Coastal cleanup through mushroom inoculation
  • Group dynamics
  • Community artwork and more!

Week 2 includes:

  • Ethics & principles of Permaculture
  • Gardening & compost
  • Herbal medicine making and more!

Week 3 includes:

  • Nature awareness
  • Shelter building
  • Primitive skills and more!

Fun and inspirational, this course promises to encourage creativity, leadership, adventure and respect for nature by sharing sustainable living skills and providing a chance to work and play in unscripted reality.

Cost: $1200 1st child; $1100 2nd child
Includes healthy, prepared meals
($100 discount if paid-in-full by June 1st, 2009)
Note: Parents must be enrolled in concurrent Permaculture Design Course.
Local parents interested in our day camp options: please email for more information.

For more info contact:
Dave Boehnlein
360-840-8483

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A Permaculture Saturday with Robyn Francis & the Bullocks

One Day Event - August 22, 2009

At the Bullock's 30 year old Permaculture Homestead, Orcas Island, WA

Instructors: Robyn Francis, Douglas Bullock & Sam Bullock

Description:

Come join us for a Saturday with permaculturist Robyn Francis and the Bullock family! Robyn Francis will be offering two presentations:

  • My Eco-Neighborhood - Robyn Francis presents an inspiring case study of her village of Nimbin in Northern NSW Australia as an example of Permaculture working at a community level. The local bioregion boasts over 40 intentional communities and the village has been at the cutting edge of social experimentation and environmental innovation for over 30 years. Learn how she has worked with her community as a Permaculture consultant for eco-developments and local government, influencing state planning laws, facilitating participatory design, and establishing a Permaculture training centre and bioregional campus.
  • One-Earth Footprint - Learning from Cuba's Experience" Discover the key factors enabling Cuba to survive collapse, live within its ecological footprint, and how this relates to Permaculture & Transition design. Inspired by the 2007 State of the Planet Report, Robyn visited Cuba in 2008 to investigate the only society on earth living within its ecological footprint and achieving a 'first-world' standard in the UN Human Development Index for literacy, life expectancy and health. While Cuba isn't the perfect model of a sustainable nation, it presents valuable lessons, inspiration and food for thought as we embrace the challenges of the transition to a low carbon culture and learn to live within our planetary resource allocation. Key themes explored include decentralisation and localisation, urban food production and permaculture, simple living and the power of community.

Also, enjoy a site tour of the Bullock's Permaculture Homestead, one of the oldest permaculture projects in North America. We'll end the day with a pizza party, live music, and plenty of witty campfire banter. Come for the day or spend the night!

Course Tuition:
$75 for the day; includes site tour, 2 presentations by Robyn Francis, & pizza party
$95 if you'd like to spend the night (same as above, but includes camping & breakfast on Sunday morning)
We will start at 11 am sharp on Saturday & everyone should bring a bag lunch. Payment is due upon course registration.

For more info contact:
Dave Boehnlein
360-840-8483

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