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Dive Into Permaculture 

Become a regenerative change maker with our

 Live & On Demand Online permaculture design course (PDC) 

 

Four Month Winter Course Begins January 2025


All levels |130 Hour Course| 72 hours On Demand |10 Live Sessions with recording  | 43 hours Bonus content |Optional 1 week hands-on  | Online Live Seasons: , January - April, 

Starting at $789  +tax                                                                                                                                 Sign Me Up!


Live Design Classes 

Wednesday Evenings 5:30-7pm EST

January 8th, 15th ,22nd ,29th February 5th March 5th, 19th  April 2nd, 16th, 30th

All sessions are recorded for your benefit, participation is recommended

15 hours Live Online

10  Live sessions with Breakout rooms, group projects, and live Q n A sessions. Recorded and uploaded for on demand access


42 hours bitesize video sessions

short clips for your convenience!  review  specific tools and techniques without wading through 2 hour long recorded videos session

Earn your Certificate

Follow and complete an internationally recognised Permaculture Design Certificate curriculum

Learn Adaptive Design

So many techniques in permaculture are taught as a copy and paste solution however are rarely appropriate to simply do as has been done without being able to read the land and adapt the design. 

Grassroots Guidance

Our Instructors are Experienced, Cultured, and Diverse in our on the ground experience and knowledge!

We are not Engineers, Bigshots, or Famous. We are real People doing real work on the ground

Earth Based

Learn how to observe the land, forest, animals and water and reconnect with the patterns and cycles. This basis to permaculture coupled with our grass roots team gives us a real world skills for transition


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Reconciliation in Action

We offer 25% off minimum discount on all online courses for Indigenous Community Members or People who identify as BIPOC. Take the discount or pay it forward to build up to a full sponsorship for people in need. 

All levels |130 Hour Course| 72 hours On Demand |10 Live Sessions with recording  | 43 hours Bonus content |Optional 1 week hands-on  | Online Live Seasons: , January - April, 

Starting at $789  +tax                                                                                                                                 Sign Me Up!

Transformational Experience

More than just a permaculture course, connect with peers, practice your skills, and make your first design project come to life. 

#Level Up on the Farm

Once the online course is done if you still want the hands-on #levelup then you have the option to join us for one week of practical, intensive, onsite workshops on the farm that not only connect you with your peers and the land, it builds your realtime skills. 

Step by Step Design Tools

We took our years of experience and broke permaculture concepts into actionable step by step tools that simplify the design process

Wake-up and Grow

Learning about our world and the solutions to all the challenges is hard, and to think most of us feel alone in the journey when we are literally surrounded with like minded people. Join up in support groups and connect with others through the process. 

Why Take a PDC?

Let our Participants tell you in their own words.

The Course

Earn your certification with a Geoff Lawton recommended instructor. Engage with like minded participants and develop your skills with multiple scales of group and individual projects

The P3 School

Our professional Learning Management systems makes it easy to follow, and organise all the different components of your certificate course. With options to #Levelup on other topics, like Advanced Earthworks, Food Forest Design, Mushroom Cultivation and more. 

The Community

Our Discord Channel is growing a Non Facebook Community with groups for sharing projects, resources, and connecting with like minded people in your area. 

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Join P3's worldwide community of permaculture practitioners.

Our On-demand and Live online classes support a diverse community of permaculturists. We have been teaching environmental and permaculture courses since 2007 and have taught in 10 countries in 3 languages. 

 Our students come from all walks of life

● Homesteaders looking to increase nutrition and health

● Business Owners seeking more productivity and wellness un the workplace

● Aspiring Professionals pursuing a permaculture-related career

● Urban Homeowners and Renters transitioning to a more ecological future.

● People lost in the despair of the world seeking a Regenerative path to the issues of the world. 

1. Sign up!

Choose your package below. Pay the fee, and follow the email prompt to complete your account setup.

2. Explore the Community

Gain immediate access to the discord community "The Good Swale". Connect with fellow students and share your story.

3. Tour the E-Learning platform

Watch the recorded content. Take a quiz. dive into the Rabbit hole of recommended resources.

4. Prepare to take the next step

Get ready to open your eyes to a new world full of options. with a new way to see challenges and a new way to design our future. 

What our Participants say
"!!! A self investment 110% !!!" -- Francois Paquet
4.8
Raphael Blais
Raphael Blais
28 days ago
My first Pdc, great courses! Graham really love what he do.
Charles M
Charles M
2 months ago
J’ai suivi le cours de permaculture avec P3 en 2023 et jai adoré mon experience. Graham est un excellent enseignant qui sait communiquer sa passion et surtout son savoir! Le cours est très bien structuré avec énormément de contenu. Les pré requis en ligne sont très pro! J’étais content de pouvoir profiter de cette formation en personne après ses dernières années plutôt isolé. Je recommande chaudement pour l’expérience de Graham et pour les apprentissages théoriques et pratiques qui ont changé ma vision de l’agriculture.
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Laurie Bourgeois
Laurie Bourgeois
2 years ago
I did my Permaculture Design Course with P3, full on-farm course in 2020. And seriously, if you don't do it, you are missing on a lot. For 2 weeks, we have theoretical course in the mornings, and practice what we learned that day in the afternoon. It is a wonderful way to learn and I couldn't have ask for better. The food was amazing, the site was charming, the team is so knowledgeable, and you get gest speakers once in a while, who have different experiences around the world and in their own personal lives. Believe me, you should go with P3.
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Diane Cccn
Diane Cccn
2 years ago
Graham is someone trustworthy and very professional. He knows his work, and has been a super co-worker and is still a good friend for me. He listens to customers and make his best to combine their needs with the principles of permaculture.
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Léa Normand
Léa Normand
2 years ago
J'ai fait le camp PDC 15jours intensifs. C'était une expérience merveilleuse ! Graham est un excellent professeur, passionné qui vous donnera de multiples informations. L'équipe P3 est accueillante, tout le monde est bienveillant. La nourriture était au top. J'y retournerai sans hésiter !
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Genevieve Boyer
Genevieve Boyer
2 years ago
Excellente excellente formation en permaculture. Graham a beaucoup de connaissances, il est un excellent vulgarisateur, il a une grande curiosité.
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Francois Paquette
Francois Paquette
3 years ago
!!! A self investment 110% !!! I would like to give a HUGE thank-you to Graham Calder of P3 Permaculture! I feel the PDC was a first step into a new and better life. The true knowledge that was shared was nothing less then jaw dropping, mind blowing, eye opening and is so very very important to know. Graham is the kind of teacher we need to truly evolve into what we are ment to be. I would recommend the PDC to EVERYONE , as you can apply the principles learned to every aspect of your life. I certainly will be trying.
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All levels |130 Hour Course| 72 hours On Demand |10 Live Sessions with recording  | 43 hours Bonus content |Optional 1 week hands-on  | 

Online Live Seasons: January to April

Starting at $789 +tax                                                                                                                                 Sign Me Up!

Choose your PDC+ Package

Study On Demand, Live and at the farm


Essential

$789 .00

+ tax
  • Lifetime access
  • PDC+ Online Course (15 modules)
  • live support during 2 PDC sessions
  • 72 hour Internationally recognized PDC
  • 2 x PDC+ live sessions (10 classes each)
  • 43 hours Bonus video content
  • Online PDC community group
  • 7 Step by Step Design Tools
  • 14 Quizzes
  • 4+ Design Projects
  • 1 Final Design Project presented
  • 1x PDC certificate
  • 20% 0ff advanced hands on courses
  • Lifetime access to online PDC resources, practice exercises, videos, quizzes and tools

PDC+ Online Course only

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Hands-on Bundle

$ 1549 .00

+ tax
  • Everything in Essential (789$ value)
  • APP Hands-on at the farm (1250$ Value)
  • 1 on 1 Personal Mentorship 1 hour with recorded video (148$ value)
  • Advanced Practicum On Farm
  • 5 Day 30 hour training
  • Day 1: Observation & Design Process
  • Day 2: Market and Home Garden Design
  • Day 3: Soils, Compost; tea & extracts,
  • Day 4: Water & Erosion Management
  • Day 5: Forestry & Food Forests
  • 5 Days of Breakfast, Lunch & Supper
  • Camping Included
  • Nightly Campfires
  • Discover and Tinker with Permaculture tech and techniques

PDC+ APP

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Pro Bundle

$ 2947 ​ .00

+ tax
  • Everything in Essential (789$ value)
  • 1 Week Intensive #LevelUp at the farm (30 hours)
  • Lifetime access to all our Online Courses
  • 10 Hours Consultation (1700$ value)
  • Courses Included: (1533$ Value)
  • PDC+
  • Permaculture Fundamentals
  • Advanced Earthworks
  • Mushroom Growing
  • Urban Permaculture
  • Permaculture Garden Design
  • Climate positive solutions for your back yard
  • Intro to Food Forests (Fall 24)
  • Companion Planting (winter 24)
  • Water Filtration (winter 24)
  • Over 4200$ value

 PDC+ | Consultation | Online Course Bundle

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Reconciliation & Equity in Action

We are committed to doing more than acknowledging that our courses are held on the unceded, unsurrendered territories of the Kanienkehaka, or Anishinabewaki. 

We also acknowledge that we are living today in a society that is structured to privilege white patriarchy. As such we are taking many steps to adapt and grow. In every online course we offer 25% and 4 spots with 25% off in our in person courses, for those individuals who live with systemic barriers in their daily lives (more specifically Indigenous people and people of Colour). Regardless of your identity, if you are a person in need of additional financial support we can discuss options to support your learning. 

 Contact us for more information

450+
Students certified
15
years experience
9
Countries served
37
PDC courses hosted

About Our Teachers 

(More to come)

Graham Calder Founder & Chief Designer, P3 Permaculture

    Graham has more than 13 years' experience in teaching permaculture and ecological design. In 2009, he finished his BA in Environmental and Ecology Studies at Concordia University, (Montreal, QC). Dissatisfied with the traditional environmentalist approach and its ability to meet the challenges of our time, he turned to permaculture. In the same year he obtained his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) from Jesse Lemieux at Pacific Permaculture. Afterwards, he became an apprentice of one of the great names in the field, Geoff Lawton, at the Permaculture Institute of Australia (PRI).     
    He founded P3 Permaculture in October of 2009 and has ever since been teaching and consulting with the goal of making permaculture accessible to everyone. To date, Graham has certified over 375 students in permaculture design and has offered design services in more than 9 countries around the world: from urban gardens in Montreal, to the 7000 Hectares in the deserts of Gansu in China, and the tropical rain forests of Costa Rice and Cameroon.

He is dedicated to creating new courses and projects that will inspire and facilitate the transition to regenerative solutions for our society.