Permaculture

Growing your own herbs, fruit and vegetables can be a rewarding and exciting experience. During the course we will follow the seasons of a north coast vegetable garden. Growing, maintaining, harvesting, fertilising and sowing with the seasons at the local Mullumbimby Community Gardens. A mixture of theory and practical make this course an exciting journey into the world of organic gardening. This course can help you get the most out of your space, so come along, have some fun and get your hands dirty. Tuesdays, 20 Jul – 7 Sep 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Full Fee: $250 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p. 4 (additional resource fee of $80 for all enrolments)

CREATING HEALTHY SOILS with Angela Skehan

NEW A next level course for those seeking more strategies to enhance and protect the soil environment whilst improving their harvests, reducing inputs and relieving pest and disease pressure. With an emphasis on the soil food web, this course will delve into the microscopic world of the soil and how we can manage the soil system whilst enhancing organic food production and care for our environment. Thursdays, 15 Jul – 2 Sep | 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Full Fee: $250 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p. 4 (additional resource fee of $80 for all enrolments)

CARING FOR WATER PLACES with Cate Coorey

Do you live near a creek, river or estuary that looks in poor shape? Are you interested in helping them come back to life? Sadly, many of our beautiful water places are seriously degraded through development and historic land use practices. In this course you will learn how to determine the quality of your waterway and gain knowledge and experience to take steps to fix it, in the process restoring aquatic plant and animal life, drawing down some carbon and healing the planet. Mondays, 9 Aug – 13 Sep | 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Full Fee: $270 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p. 4 (additional resource fee of $80 for all enrolments)

BAMBOO BASICS PART 2 with Jules Hartmann

NEW Starting fresh or building on the skills learnt in Bamboo Basics Part 1. You will delve deeper into the 1001 multifunctional uses for this incredible renewable resource and master the basics of designing to build with bamboo. Held at the beautiful Mullumbimby Community Gardens. Join us for one of the most comprehensive bamboo courses available in Australia. Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 2 Nov – 1 Dec | 9 am – 4 pm Full Fee: $400 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p. 4 (additional resource fee of $100 for all enrolments)

We are currently taking expressions of interest for the following courses, be among the first to be notified when new dates are released. Call 02 6684 3374 for more details or visit www.byroncollege.org.au

AHC33816 CERTIFICATE III IN PERMACULTURE

So you’ve heard a bit about permaculture and are keen to know more? Make like-minded friends in this highly practical course as you develop the skills to help make lives, homes and communities more sustainable. Be inspired by natural ecosystems, holistic philosophy, integrating organic farming, animal systems, natural building, food preservation, systems thinking, community development and more. This course is the ‘trade equivalent’ qualification that prepares you to work in a skilled and independent manner developing and operating permaculture systems. You will divide your time between the classroom and our specially designed outdoor site at the Mullumbimby Community Gardens for valuable hands-on experience.

AHC42116 CERTIFICATE IV IN PERMACULTURE

Do you want to grow your permaculture know-how right in the green heart of Northern NSW? A career in permaculture is richly rewarding, where you can immerse yourself in sustainable living and organic farming practices. You will learn about soil improvement, planning and implementing permaculture works, harvest and storage systems, seed bank management, approaches to sustainable community, bioregional development programs and more. Guided by our highly skilled, industry current trainers you will expand your personal and professional skills, acquiring the resilience to adapt to a rapidly changing world. The course will kick-off with a 3-day residential immersion experience at Djanbung Gardens in Nimbin - a purpose designed permaculture education centre and living learn-scape; campus of Permaculture College Australia, and home of Robyn Francis.

AHC30716 CERTIFICATE III IN HORTICULTURE

Do you have a passion for plants, getting your hands dirty and the outdoor lifestyle? If the answer is yes, then a career in horticulture could be for you. This nationally recognised training will give you the skills required to enter this growing, thriving industry. During the course you will be guided by our highly skilled industry experts and divide time between the classroom and our purposefully designed site at the Mullumbimby Community Gardens for valuable hands-on experience. Once completed you will have the opportunity to work in nurseries, parks, gardens and sports fields in a variety of roles.