Courses

Hey Everyone… (our July 18th field trip was such a success that we are doing it again…. updated details below! Note that where the last tour was restricted to Permaculture Calgary members, [...]

Attention farmers: Joel is back!   Our friends at Milkwood are hosting a series of live, in-depth, 90 minute online sessions with Joel Salatin where he’ll dive into the nuts and bolts [...]

Jan 31st – Cabin Fever!   Cabin Fever 2015, is the second annual event to promote awareness of permaculture, build community capacities, attract new members and raise funds to support the [...]

Hi everyone, We want to wish you a lovely holiday season filled with good food, friends and family. And… We’ve got three big announcements to make! (And a few little scheduling changes [...]

What is permaculture? For those of you who’ve only heard of the term in passing, and ever for you seasoned “permies” who struggle to explain this exciting (and sometimes [...]

When Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunities Arrive, We Believe in Sharing Them… …And thanks to a surprise visitor, we’ve got the perfect opportunity to share! Presenting Geoff [...]

Did you know that the soil beneath our feet is teeming with microbes? Soil is a complex community of life and actually supports the most bio-diverse ecosystem on the planet! The health of our [...]

  Do you want to make a BIG difference in the world growing food, working with nature, getting off the grid, heating your home…or even building your own home!?   Check out this amazing, [...]

Note: This offer is no longer available. You’ve heard about SPIN farming, the ultimate urban farm formula that turns lawns into lush food (and money) producing systems! But how do you know [...]

This free teleclass is no longer available.   You’ve Seen the Success Stories of Small Farming Businesses. You’ve Read the Books. But You’re Still Wondering – Could I Make It If I Followed My [...]

This spring, Verge converged with Big Sky Permaculture and 7 apprentices (most of them past students) at the Invermere Community Greenhouse site, to do a design blitz. We had three days to [...]

Part 7: Sara Haney and Chrissy Begus   Sara Haney and Chrissy Begus are piecing together the puzzle of sustainability through their education company Puzzle Permaculture, which currently [...]

Joel Salatin to Teach (and Preach) The Virtues of Small-Scale Farming in Alberta This March      Join us, March 20-22, as Joel offers up his highly praised how-to’s for establishing and [...]

Kym Chi shows with creativity and humour, that permaculture is a form of art, as well as a tool for increasing personal empowerment and community resiliency. Her sense of enjoyment and infectious [...]

Josh Baker demonstrates a beautiful and functional approach to urban permaculture design at his home in Calgary, AB, incorporating many unique landscaping elements including a young food forest, [...]

When sustainable agriculture superstar Joel Salatin agreed to come teach for us, we knew we had to make it count. Joel’s message of reclaiming farming and food production has been so influential [...]

We are stoked to be heading to Edmonton in February to serve up another Permaculture Design Course with a new set of inspired folks! But before that all happens we will be up in the your fair [...]

Stay tuned for details on his live-stream webinar, banquet and public talk! Can’t make it to Joel’s 3 days of workshops? Don’t fret – we’ve got options for you! Read [...]

Verge is pleased to present Joel Salatin, America's Most Influential Farmer, for 3 days of how-to workshops and a Local Food Banquet co-hosted by Slow Food Southern Alberta. Save the [...]

Next month we are stoked to be hosting urban water harvesting guru BRAD LANCASTER, author of the award-winning series Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond for a few different events. Brad [...]

This blog was contributed by current PDC student, Vanessa Hanel. We’ve now made it through 2/3 of the fall PDC and we are learning so much. Most recently we’ve covered Climate, Water & [...]

This blog was contributed by current PDC student, Vanessa Hanel. Weekend #1: Getting Started & Compost Piles After waiting for what seems like forever, attending various courses and talks, [...]

This weekend, folks from all over Alberta gathered in Didsbury for our 6 hour Introduction to Permaculture Course.  It was so wonderful to meet a whole new group of permaculture [...]

Well we had an absolute blast teaching the Calgary part time PDC this year and it is hard to believe that it is over! During the course we designed the Mustard Seed rooftop garden, surveyed and [...]

The first week-end of December Rob was invited "down south" to Lethbridge, Alberta to teach an introductory course on permaculture design to 16 students in partnership with Southern [...]

The Mustard Seed is a non profit charitable organization that helps Calgary’s less fortunate. They have recently had their rooftop patio renovated and are interested in the design and [...]

About a month ago we managed to convince our friend Ashley Lubyk to teach a Cob Oven workshop in our backyard.  We quickly found twelve eager participants, spent a few days collecting materials [...]

Fun of summer camp meets four year course on healing degraded landscapes... this is the Gull Lake Permaculture Design Course, and here are photos from our 2010 course.

Thanks to the great group of people who joined us for a wonderful time this past week-end learning about the edible and medicinal qualities of wild plants. Big thank-you also to Master [...]

Last week-end we were invited up to Edmonton to teach a course at the UofA Campus Saint-Jean. It was a small, but very engaged class and we thoroughly enjoyed teaching and meeting more [...]

Rob & I were invited out to Mountain Waters Retreat, in the beautiful Kootenay Valley, to teach a Permaculture Design Certificate Course to nine students.  We are having a wonderful time and [...]

We just completed another fantastic week-end course and permablitz and have unleashed 15 new permaculture students in Alberta (& one in Brazil!). Here are some photos of the week-end and [...]