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Learn to document regenerative farms and ecological projects through video, photography, drones, virtual tours, and immersive media. This online program combines self-paced lessons, live support, and a collaborative community to help participants create powerful stories for education, outreach, marketing, and professional work. Learn more Book a discovery call here to explore if this course is a good fit.

OPTICAL SURVEYING Sharpen your eyes with layout skills for earthworks and water  October 22 – 27, 2026 Buckhorn Valley Farm, Ashland, OR Lead Instructor: Hazel Ward Course Fee: $950, early registration by Sept. 22 $850 This six day residential advanced permaculture course offers essential skills for implementing permaculture projects—skills that are highly valuable to every farmer, homesteader, designer and consultant. Hazel teaches the use of several analog  surveying tools, especially rod and scope, along with advanced skills in key line, pond and swale design, mapping and other core knowledge necessary for design and execution of permaculture projects. This is a very hands-on course—you will be surveying and designing. Siskiyou Permaculture has taught this course several times before to rave reviews. Expect a big rise in your skill set.  More Information and Registration.

2026 Florida Permaculture Convergence – At London Island ByEarth Collaborative Follow London IslandPoinciana, FL Friday, Nov 6 at 12 pm to Sunday, Nov 8 at 3 pm Overview Immersive workshops, engaging speakers, seed & plant sharing, and so much more! Florida Permaculture Convergence, celebrating the power of regenerative agriculture, homesteading, and sustainability! The aim is to encourage, educate, and inspire through an immersive weekend filled with hands on learning from community experts. Whether you’re a seasoned permaculturist or simply curious about practical ways to live more sustainably, you’re sure to find inspiration and practical tips at our event. Let’s come together to learn and grow as we discover the amazing power of permaculture. Friday starts off with a tour or the farm followed by a potluck dinner. Our evening is started by Microtalks (3 Minute “Ted talks”) and Live Music. Saturday is our Earthskills village featuring six villages each featuring multiple demonstrations. The villages include Creative (natural building & art), Economics (the business of growing – how to sustain yourself and your family through permaculture), First Aid (wilderness first aid, medicinal gardens, how to make basic first aid medicines), Plants & Propagation (growing, syntropic farming, grafting, seed saving, and more), Homesteading (blacksmithing, tool care, wood working, fermenting, and bee keeping), and Social (Non-violent Communication, interpersonal relationships, managing conflict). There is a kids program coinciding with the adult program.(this is not a drop off program) Please see our website for more information. In the evening we have the famous Tradeblanket, a bonfire, and music. Sunday we focus on Plants. Plant walks and plant talks. We will learn about native plants and permaculture favorites as well as how to grow and use these beauties. This includes a plant swap. As always we will include music, yoga, and our famous farm to table meals. Follow our social media to get all the updates on schedules and presenters. As always a weekend pass gets you free vending of personlay made items. Please contact us if you would like to be a sponsor of the event.

Permaculture Design Course (PDC)  February 15 – 28, 2027 ​Earn your Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) in an authentic regenerative living community in the agricultural heart of Costa Rica. This 72-hour PDC takes place over two weeks, and is led by our diverse team who have been practicing permaculture and regenerative living for the last decade. Students who want to integrate their permaculture learnings can ask about staying longer for our experiential learning program. ​ ​”If you can implement permaculture with all the biodiversity of the tropics, then you can do it anywhere!” -Jeff Davis Our program includes Finca Sol y Valle is an ideal setting for a tropical PDC, with many functioning systems in place to inspire your future plans, including veggie gardens on terraced land, an edible forest, bamboo forest, natural construction with structures and furniture built from the earth, a small-scale biofactory where we create organic compounds and micro-organisms to support our plants, renewable technologies, including rainwater harvesting, solar water heating and plants for greywater treatment and creative local economies.The course combines lectures, design sessions, group work and hands-on practical graft on the farm. Students have the opportunity to design a home project (wherever it may be) or help someone living locally to develop their property, and receive design feedback.Beautiful friendships are formed on this course, and you will graduate with a new community and support network. What you will learnPermaculture (“permanent culture and permanent agriculture”) is a creative design process that takes the patterns and relationships found in nature and applies them to all aspects of human habitation, from agriculture and building to technology and education, and even economics. With a permaculture tool kit, you will learn how to overcome most barriers in the design phase. It is possible to apply permaculture ethics, principles, and design methodologies to projects of any scale, from a home garden to a neighborhood, or an entire village.Here is a brief summary of what you will learn:  Community building: For us, community means living and working together daily. This requires us to reflect on our weak points, use compassionate communication, and practice conflict resolution. We often say ‘living in community teaches you more about yourself than others.’ Social sustainability techniques taught in this course are one of the most transferable skills to all our relationships including family, partners, and coworkers. Reading and creating maps: Maps are one of the most useful tools to visualize projects and transition a project from an idea to a plan that is easy to communicate. Final presentations for group design projects will solidify what you’ve learned and allow you to apply it to a local project or a project you are developing. Permaculture ethics, principles, and tools: This includes some of permaculture’s most influential practices including zone and sector analyses, pattern language, the scale of permanence, and techniques that can be applied in most climates around the world. Natural building techniques: One of our strong points, we have been building with locally available materials like bamboo, wood, volcanic rock, and clay for almost a decade now. We are focused on create low-impact structures that are elegant and interactive, so we can really appreciate our private and shared living spaces. Soil care: Understand how to improve soil quality, protect it, and create biodiverse ecosystems on human-impacted areas. Water capture and storage: The farm has many examples of different tank building techniques, terracing, berms and swales, efficient watering techniques, and greywater recycling. Growing organic food: Finca Sol y Valle is a certified organic producer. Organic guidelines are strict in Costa Rica and the natural pressures from wildlife, pests and fungi are intense. We like to say ‘if you can grow organically in the tropics, you can grow anywhere.’ Farm to Table Management: We plant over 400 species on the farm including vegetables, roots, vines, fruits, bamboo, woods, and natives. We teach and learn how to utilize biodiversity to develop more resilient and productive food systems. Plant, care for, harvest, clean and cook farm produce to create delicious local meals. Food preservation and fermentation: Process foods when they are abundant to avoid losing them. Create brines, dried plants, medicinal infusions, as well as elaborate fermentations like sourdough, sauerkraut, kombucha and kimchi. All students will receive a digital learning manual before the course.​ Course practitioners Daniella JiménezDaniela is an environmental engineer with a master’s degree in circular economy. She specializes in syntropic agroforestry systems and medicinal plants. With a deep commitment to regenerative practices, Daniela integrates ecological principles with holistic wellbeing, fostering sustainable solutions that honor the rhythms of the land and life. Read Daniela’s full profile here. Jeffrey DavisJeff has been a passionate permaculture practitioner for over 10 years. He began with the project Sol y Valle eight years ago with the goal of co-creating a sustainable lifestyle with an intentional community. He is also a teacher in bio-construction, building with earth materials like bamboo, rocks, clay, and wood. Read Jeff’s full profile here. Anamor ParraAnamor has been immersed in permaculture practices for the past four years at Finca Sol y Valle, She earned her PDC certification in 2024, a milestone that solidified her commitment to environmental stewardship. Passionate about cultivating life from the ground up, Anamor coordinates vibrant vegetable gardens and enjoys working with medicinal plants, brews, and ferments, blending traditional knowledge with modern techniques. Read Anamor’s full profile here. Don HumbertoDon Humberto has been reforesting in La Flor for over 30 years. He has an extraordinary story. At a young age, he made the unique decision to reforest his 2.5 acre inheritance instead of growing lucrative monocultures like most of his neighbors. Now, we value him as the only local with his skillset. We aim to be the caretakers of his knowledge and keep his traditional craft alive. ContributionRegular Price: $1,750Early Bird (December 15th, 2026) / Costa Rican Residents / Foreign Students: $1,500Costa Rican Nationals: 360.000 colones Reservation Deposit: $500ScholarshipOne scholarship may be offered to someone who can apply their knowledge immediately and demonstrates financial need. Does this sound like you? Please email us at solyvallecr@gmail.com and inquire about our scholarship application form. Scholarship availability depends on a course enrollment of at least 12 people or scholarship donations. ​ Are

What Makes This Permaculture Design Certificate Special? This immersive 10-day Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) combines expert instruction, hands-on field experience, and a comprehensive design project to prepare you to create resilient, productive landscapes. Designed specifically for the American Southwest and other dryland climates, you’ll learn practical skills you can immediately apply to your home, farm, ranch, business or development. Earning your PDC is also the first step toward becoming a professional permaculture designer. Recognized worldwide, the PDC provides the foundational knowledge for advanced study, consulting, teaching, and professional design practice. What You’ll Learn You’ll gain practical experience in: Permaculture ethics, principles, and systems thinking Site observation, analysis, and the Scale of Permanence Dryland design strategies and climate adaptation Passive and active rainwater harvesting Earthworks, erosion control, and watershed restoration Living soils, composting, mulch, cover crops, and soil biology Efficient irrigation and water-wise landscape design Food forests, tree guilds, orchards, and kitchen gardens Native plants, biodiversity, and pollinator habitat Livestock integration and regenerative land management Greywater reuse and residential water systems Natural building and appropriate technologies Site mapping, field exercises, and a complete permaculture design project Who Should Attend? Perfect for homeowners, gardeners, farmers, ranchers, landscape professionals, educators, conservation practitioners, and anyone interested in designing regenerative, water-wise landscapes. No prior permaculture experience is required. Graduate Ready to Design You’ll leave with an internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate, a completed design project for your portfolio, and the knowledge and confidence to create landscapes that conserve water, build healthy soils, support biodiversity, and grow more abundant over time. Participants are encouraged to book accommodations through the Ranch for the event duration to take full advantage of day and evening time learning and social activities. Seats are limited so register today! When: April 5 – April 15, 2027, M-F 9am-5pm (weekend off) Meals: Delicious catered breakfast and lunch included in registration (veg or meat). Lodging: First come, first served. Contact Starrlight Augustine at 505-471-2573 to book. What’s better than attending this workshop alone? Attending with friends and family! See you there! Register HereSee Accommodations