Advanced Education in Permaculture Design
The Verge Permaculture Academy gives you both the knowledge and the community of peers you need to support your lifelong journey of practicing permaculture.
✓ Live, Online Events & Workshops
✓ Library of self-paced courses in advanced permaculture practices
✓ Exclusive Online Community and Access to Experts
What happens after the PDC?
A great PDC (Permaculture Design Course) opens up an inspiring world of possibilities for your future. It also makes you realize how much you have left to learn and how permaculture thrives in community and collaboration.
But after your initial PDC experience, there aren’t many structured programs for advanced education. You’re left wandering the internet for answers when your time would be better spent learning from experts and improving your skills.
Verge Permaculture Academy guides your next steps.
Find Your People
One of the most important aspects of the Academy is its community. Beyond our online classes, workshops, and resources, there’s an international community of peers ready to support you.
Learn from the Experts
The Academy includes a curated series of self-paced masterclasses, workshops and webinars with the world’s leading experts.
Find Your Path
Permaculture design is used in many contexts. The Academy provides the specialized knowledge and flexibility needed to customize your education for your goals. (Or decide what they are!)
Self-Paced Masterclasses & Workshops
Access a library of on-demand masterclasses in advanced permaculture techniques and The Vault a curated library of workshops, tools, templates and more!
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Live Online Interactive Sessions
Personalized expert advice through live events featuring a rotating roster of instructors with diverse expertise who will present Q&A, group mentorship, case-studies and in-depth educational workshops.
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The Verge Community
Free from the ads and algorithms of social media, our exclusive, proprietary online platform is where you’ll find friendship and support.
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Who will you meet in Verge Academy’s online community?
Over the last 15 years, Verge has supported more than 15,000 registrants from more than 30 different nations.
● Professionals interested in integrating permaculture in their products and services
● Aspiring Professionals pursuing a permaculture-related career
● Urban Homeowners dedicated to regenerative living
● Community Leaders with a vision of serving others
● Passionate Learners trying to find their path forward!
Verge Permaculture Academy is endorsed by leading experts.
If you want to schedule an event with them, or just attend one, I recommend them very, very highly.
TOBY HEMENWAY
I have watched Rob and Michelle build Verge Permaculture from the ground up and I am proud to say that Verge Permaculture is now one of North America’s premier permaculture design and education companies.
GEOFF LAWTON
Rob & Michelle – I’m proud of your work and your vision. What a delight to see young people like you embrace and then lend your savvy talents to this movement.
JOEL SALATIN
Enroll in the Verge Academy Today!
MONTHLY
MEMBERSHIP
$147/month
Value $335+/mth
6 MONTH
MEMBERSHIP
$599/6 month
Value $3000+
If you haven’t taken a Permaculture Design Course yet, we highly recommend it as your first step. The Verge PDC has packages which include access to the Academy. Learn More.
Our Guarantee…
When you enroll in a 6-month or annual subscription, you have 10 days to decide if the program is a good fit for you. If not, we’ll provide a full refund. (Read more in our FAQ)
Permaculture doesn’t have to be a lonely journey.
When we started our permaculture journey more than 15 years ago, we were truly overwhelmed and felt like we were on our own to sort things out. We spent years traveling the world in pursuit of leading permaculture certifications and mentors to guide us.
You probably don’t have years to spend on this, so we’ve curated the best minds in the field together into one community.
If you share our mission to restore the planet, you’re in the right place, and the answers you’re looking for are here in the Verge Permaculture Academy.
~ Rob and Michelle Avis, Co-Founders of Verge Permaculture
Find the permaculture community and support you’ve been looking for.
1) Enroll in the Academy
Choose from one of three packages above and follow the email prompt to complete your account setup.
2) Find Answers to Your Questions!
You’ll have immediate access to the community, the Verge Vault of resources, and signup forms for upcoming masterclasses.
3) Find Support from the Community
From planned events like Q&A’s and Design Clinics to conversations in the online portal, you’ll find answers, partners, and lifelong friends for the journey ahead!
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Library of Self-Paced Courses
Be the FIRST to access these by clicking on the course that interests you and signing up to be notified when it goes On-Demand for Academy Members.
Featured Live Events
You have questions. We have answers.
Are you thinking about renting farmland to raise your herd? Wondering about the intricacies on agroforestry on your property? Debating whether to use hugel berms, swales, or a combination of both to control run-off? Curious about the safe practices for compost management?
These are just a few of the questions that might come up in our biweekly, themed Q&A sessions! We bring in experts from across a variety of disciplines to answer our students’ pressing questions on how to develop resilience and abundance in their lives and on their property.
As an Academy Member you help determine the themes we offer.
Live Workshops & Q&A Sessions with Global Experts:
Syntropic Agroforestry with Klaus Lotz
Composting with Chickens with Sean Dembrosky
Coppice Agroforestry with Mark Krawczyk
Compost Science for Gardeners with Robert Pavlis
Grey Water Systems with Dr. Peter Coombes
Rainwater Harvesting with Michelle Avis
Community Design Clinics
Facilitated, collaborative, permaculture ‘think tanks’
Verge Vault Resources
When you’re up against a knotty question or need to know how to do XYZ, it’s easy to type a question into Google or Youtube and come up with rafts of information from hundreds of sources….problem is, how do you vet them? How, as we like to say, do you separate signal from noise?
So we’ve pulled hours of our best-loved, classic resources from the Verge Archives to create the Verge Vault – a curated library of easy-to-search content covering a wide spectrum of topics!
Over 100 hours of quality educational content including:
Case Studies
Design Templates
Tools
Interviews & Articles
Tutorials
Pssst… Want to hear Bill Mollison teach permaculture? Watch or listen to a remastered version of a full PDC design course taught by the master himself. Join the Academy and see for yourself what our permaculture treasure hunters dig up next!
Online Community
Imagine: An online Community with no ads, bots, spam, or distractions!
Connect with like-minded folks in our private online community. Academy Members, gain access the private Insiders’ group with direct access to Verge faculty and fellow Insiders.
Forget Facebook, this is where the magic happens!
