14-Day Permaculture Design Portugal: Keela Farm 2026 - Apr 2026

📅 April 12-25, 2026 | 📍 Portugal | 🏷️ course

The Permaculture Design Course (PDC) Portugal at Keela Permaculture Farm is a comprehensive 14-day internationally recognized training from April 12 to 25, 2026, offering participants a deep dive into permaculture principles and practices. Tailored for aspiring designers, farmers, and sustainability advocates, this course equips attendees with the 72+ hours of certified instruction needed to earn a Permaculture Design Certificate, applicable worldwide. Held on a established permaculture farm in Portugal, it covers essential topics like observing and interacting with natural patterns, ecosystem design, ethical food production, integrated animal systems, water management (harvesting, storage, conservation), land regeneration techniques, agroforestry, forest gardening, appropriate technologies, renewable energy, urban permaculture strategies, and social permaculture including personal ecology and collaboration skills. Through a mix of lectures, hands-on demonstrations, practical exercises, group design projects, and site visits, learners of all levels—beginners to advanced—engage head, heart, and hands. Instructors, experienced permaculture practitioners, guide participants in analyzing the farm's mature systems, from food forests to bio-intensive gardens, providing real-world examples of regenerative agriculture in a Mediterranean climate. For permaculture practitioners, this PDC is invaluable for networking within Europe's permaculture community, refining design skills for diverse contexts like organic farming and environmental restoration, and gaining tools to implement projects back home. The course fosters community through shared meals from farm-fresh produce, evening discussions, and collaborative designs addressing local challenges like drought resilience and soil health. Participants will develop a final group design project, applying learned principles to a real or hypothetical site, solidifying their ability to create abundant, low-impact systems. Beyond technical expertise, the training emphasizes permaculture's holistic worldview, promoting biodiversity, ethical land use, and people-centered solutions. This event is perfect for those committed to sustainable agriculture, offering lifelong skills in agroecology and a supportive environment to inspire action towards planetary regeneration.