Applewood Permaculture Centre
Regenerating lifestyles, landscapes and livelihoods
Our big vision & how we are making steps towards it
Welcome to Applewood Permaculture Centre
Our big vision is for an abundant and fair world where Earth and people are treated with respect.
Our mission (i.e. our positive steps to reach this big vision) is to provide inspiration, motivation and tools to enable people to be proactive in growing the ethics of Earth Care, People Care and Fair Shares.
We run courses online and in-person in North Herefordshire, UK.
Free Design Adventures workshop
Practice using the Design Web to activate your inner designer and strengthen your design skills
Monday 20th April 6pm UK time
Online with Looby Macnamara and Delvin Solkinson
Join with Looby Macnamara, Delvin Solkinson and many others for a deep dive into the Design Web and celebrate the launch of the new Design Library.
See how the Design Web is used with many different systems of many different sizes. From quick designs for something small around the home or a single regenerative day, all the way up to a design for life or livelihood, and everything in between.
See examples of many designs done by Cultural Emergence designers.
What is Permaculture & Cultural Emergence
What is Permaculture?
While permaculture is often thought of as just a gardening and farming methods, it has many more applications for our well-being, effectiveness, community building, social structures, education, health-care and businesses.
What is Cultural Emergence?
It is a toolkit and book written by Looby Macnamara Emergence initiates breakthroughs that expand our thinking and enable us to build personal and collective resilience, and embody new ways of being and interacting. It nourishes and empowers us to design the world we want to live in.
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Meet the Applewood Team
Looby Macnamara and Chris Evans own and run Applewood Permaculture Centre. They are highly experienced facilitators, designers and authors, who have dedicated their lifetime's work to developing and sharing regenerative solutions for people and the planet.
Looby has published 5 books; Design Adventures, Cultural Emergence, People & Permaculture, 7 Ways to Think Differently and Strands of Infinity and also has created the CEED Deck - Cultural Emergence Empowerment & Design Deck.
At Applewood we create learning environments that enable and empower people to bring forth their own gifts and wisdom to manifest positive change in their lives and communities. We run courses at our training and demonstration centre, Applewood Permaculture Centre as well as online and internationally.
Our Current Courses
Online Courses
2026: In person Courses
Join us for a course
You can see our online courses here
And our 2026 courses course programme here
To let us know which course you would like to attend please email Emma at applewoodcourses@yahoo.com
Or Check out our FAQ page here https://applewoodcourses.com/applewood-faqs/
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Sign up to the Online Embody Plan including the Cultural Emergence Collective
Supporting you wherever you are on your Design Adventure - from beginner to advanced
A place to connect, co-create positive cultures and grow your design skills
Join for just £20 per month or £240 a year
- Connect with Looby Macnamara and team
- Practice with the Cultural Emergence toolkit
- Access generous resources to uplift and inspire your journey
- Share inspiration at monthly online meetups
- Enjoy self-paced Design Adventures
- Have fun learning with a creative community of encouraging people
NEW Design Adventures book
Discover a Creative Framework for Effective Change
Get your copy of Design Adventures
By Looby Macnamara
Special Offer only £12 (RRP £12.95)
Order signed copies of Design Adventures directly from Looby
Looby's new book will unlock your creativity, gifts and potential with the Design Web, a flexible, holistic, dynamic framework that empowers you to improve all aspects of your personal and professional lives.
Cultural Emergence Empowerment & Design Deck - The CEED Deck
Looby has created a hand drawn card deck that shares thinking tools, design tools, connection tools and reflection tools. Each of the 96 cards has beautiful artwork and wisdom for playful engagement and easy access. While it is a great companion to Looby’s books, People and Permaculture and Cultural Emergence the deck is also accessible for those completely new to Cultural Emergence and permaculture.
The card deck is here and you can now order it directly from Looby!
What is Permaculture?
What is Cultural Emergence?
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