What Is Permaculture Design?

Hey folks. Permaculture design is not pretty gardening with nicer words. It is a way to arrange a site so water, energy, plants, structures, and people support each other with less fight.

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The usual trap

The internet sells pretty techniques. Tips without design give patchy results. Full design training means the internationally recognized 14-chapter map, for any climate.

Design, not decoration

Design means you decide placement on purpose. Where water slows. Where access runs. Where food grows relative to the kitchen. Observe first. Then plan. Then implement in stages you can steward.

The pieces

Ethics steer the why. Principles steer decisions when tradeoffs appear. Methods turn that into maps, overlays, zones, sectors, and staged build-outs. A PDC packages that into an internationally recognized 14-chapter curriculum.

What you actually design for

Water, energy, living systems, built elements, and people. Miss people and the perfect design dies in year two.

  • Water catch store move use
  • Energy sun wind biomass labor
  • Living systems in relationship
  • Built elements as ecology
  • People who maintain and eat

Design vs collecting techniques

Mulch, sheet mulch, and swales are techniques. Design asks whether that technique belongs here, in this sequence, for this climate trend, with this labor budget. Pick a teacher who covers all 14 chapters.

Soft next steps

Free Intro: https://www.p3permaculture.ca/free-introduction-to-permaculture-on-demand-course

Eco-luxury gardening: https://www.p3permaculture.ca/eco

PDC Essential: $1,022 CAD tax-in, or 6 monthly payments of $200. Equal payments. No fake $898 price. 30-day money-back window.

Accelerator (scarce): $4,997 or 12×$497; stack worth $8,697. Most people start Essential first.

30-day money-back window

If Essential is not the right fit after you start, use the 30-day money-back window. Soft ask only.

Quick answers

Is design the same as tips?

No. Tips are tools. Design chooses which tools, where, and in what order.

What does a PDC cover?

An internationally recognized 14-chapter curriculum across climates, water, soils, trees, earthworks, aquaculture, social systems, and more.

Any climate?

Yes. Including climates that are shifting. Same logic. Different plant palette and water strategy.

Ready when you are

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