All courses at Applewood Permaculture Centre
UK Courses 2023
A CEED of PEACE Year Long Programme
June 2023-June 2024
Facilitators: Looby Macnamara & Leona Johnson
Location: In person Courses at Applewood Permaculture Centre, UK and Online Events
This programme is a wonderful opportunity to deeply embody the Cultural Emergence toolkit. It includes the ACE, PEACE & CEED courses plus Online Connection. The support of the community will hold the container for truly integrated transformation and life long friendships. It will be a solid foundation for anyone who wishes to facilitate Cultural Emergence in the future.
Forest Gardening - May 2023
13th-14th May 2023
Facilitator: Chris Evans
Location: Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire UK
This 2-day introduction to the concept and techniques of forest gardening involves theory and practice from visioning to harvesting, in our established forest garden.
Practical Permaculture Volunteer Week 2023
26th-31st May 2023 – FULL
Facilitators: Looby Macnamara & Chris Evans
Location: Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire UK
This week is a chance to share our beautiful home with friends, previous visitors & people interested to see what we do, whilst getting important maintenance jobs done.
A CEED of PEACE Year Long Programme
June 2023-June 2024
Facilitators: Looby Macnamara & Leona Johnson
Location: In person Courses at Applewood Permaculture Centre, UK and Online Events
This programme is a wonderful opportunity to deeply embody the Cultural Emergence toolkit. It includes the ACE, PEACE & CEED courses plus Online Connection. The support of the community will hold the container for truly integrated transformation and life long friendships. It will be a solid foundation for anyone who wishes to facilitate Cultural Emergence in the future.
Permaculture Teacher Training Course 2023
13th-22nd June 2023
Facilitators: Looby Macnamara & Chris Evans
Location: Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire UK
This course will give you a grounding in how to teach and share permaculture in a variety of ways, from giving talks to running full permaculture design courses.
Activating Cultural Emergence - ACE 2023
30th June-2nd July 2023
Facilitator: Looby Macnamara
Location: Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire UK
We will look at the many levels of culture, right through from our own personal culture and patterns of being, to the global context. We will share Cultural Emergence Tool Kit, techniques, processes and ways of being, thinking and seeing differently
Fruit Tree Budding and Pruning Workshop 2023
8th July 2023
Facilitator: Chris Evans
Location: Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire UK
You will learn about budding and summer pruning of fruit trees, and take home 2 trees you’ve budded yourself.
Advanced Design Course
21st -23rd July 2023
Course Facilitators: Looby Macnamara and Delvin Solkinson
Location: Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire, UK
Already involved with Permaculture or Cultural Emergence and want to experience an Advanced Design Course? This transformative learning adventure is for you. Designed to boost anyone’s design practice, the course is also a golden key for anyone practicing post-PDC permaculture, doing a Diploma or teaching any subject.
Peace Course - Peace Empowerment And Cultural Emergence 2023
8th-13th August 2023
Facilitators: Looby Macnamara & Leona Johnson
Location: Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire, UK
Join us for a nourishing and empowering week, discovering and embodying tools to connect to ourselves, each other and the land.
Forest Gardening - September 2023
2nd-3rd September 2023
Facilitator: Chris Evans
Location: Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire UK
This 2-day introduction to the concept and techniques of forest gardening involves theory and practice from visioning to harvesting, in our established forest garden.
Mothers As Natural Leaders Course 2023
16th-17th September 2023
Facilitators: Looby Macnamara & Emma Gorbutt
Location: Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire UK
This course guides women through what leadership means to us as mothers; leadership of ourselves, our families, in our community and in the wider world.
Apple Picking and Pressing Volunteer Week 2023
Late Septmber-Early October 2023
Facilitator: Chris Evans & Looby Macnamara
Location: Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire UK
This week gives us a chance to share our beautiful home with friends, previous visitors and people interested to see what we do, whilst brining in the apple harvest and processing it in to juice.
CEED Course - Cultural Emergence Effective Design (Online) 2024
February-March 2024
Course Facilitators – Looby Macnamara & Jon Young
Location: Online
We focus on how we can manifest our goals and visions effectively using the Design Web.
Group Diploma Adventure (online) 2024
Next Intake: January 2024
Course Facilitators: Looby Macnamara & Delvin Solkinson
Location: Online
An opportunity to do your Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design with expert guidance and a community of other designers.
Fruit Tree Grafting and Pruning Workshop 2024
MARCH 2024
Facilitator: Chris Evans
Location: Applewood Permaculture Centre, Herefordshire UK
You will learn how to prune and graft fruit trees. You will also take home from the day 2 trees you have grafted your self.
FREE Online Courses
Cultural Emergence Taster Course
Dates:
Enroll online
Facilitator:
Information & Booking:
https://cultural-emergence.circle.so/c/cultural-emergence-taster-course/
Leading Mother Nature Circles Course
Dates:
Enroll online
Facilitator:
Emma Gorbutt
Information & Booking:
https://mothernatureproject.org/leading-mother-nature-circles-online-course
Other Events at Applewood

Mothers in Action Course 2023
Dates:
15th-21st May 2023
Facilitator:
Looby Macnamara & Emma Gorbutt
Information & Booking:
Click here for more information
Over the week we will be exploring our personal leadership, family leadership and then how we bring our leadership skills into our communities. As mothers facing the world’s ecological crises, social injustice and climate emergency, many of us are searching for an appropriately healthy response.

Practical Permaculture Volunteer Week 2023
Dates:
26th - 31st May 2023
Facilitator:
Information & Booking:
Check out the web page for the volunteer week here. To book email Emma applewoodcourses@yahoo.com
Our Applewood annual practical permaculture volunteer week will be next 26th - 31st May 2023. This week gives us a chance to share our beautiful home with friends, previous visitors and people interested to see what we do, whilst getting important maintenance jobs done, which we need your help with.

Apple Picking and Pressing at Applewood 2023
Dates:
Late September / Early October 2023 - (Dates TBC)
Facilitator:
Information & Booking:
Check out the web page for the volunteer week here. To book email Emma applewoodcourses@yahoo.com
This week gives us a chance to share our beautiful home with friends, previous visitors and people interested to see what we do, whilst brining in the apple harvest and processing it in to juice