Jodie Tellam's 12-Day PDC: Community Roots 2026 Intensive

Led by Jodie Tellam of Design to Thrive, this accredited 12-day Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course at Community Roots in 2026 delivers intensive, hands-on training for aspiring designers. Structured over consecutive days, it covers foundational ethics, 12 design principles, and practical applications like site analysis, zone planning, water systems, soil regeneration, and food production strategies. Participants engage in group projects designing real sites, incorporating elements such as swales, keyline plowing, composting toilets, and guild planting for biodiversity. Field trips to local permaculture projects provide inspiration, showcasing mature systems in temperate climates. Tellam's expertise emphasizes adaptive designs for UK conditions, integrating agroecology, natural building, and social permaculture for community resilience. Accreditation by recognized bodies ensures global validity, opening doors to teaching, consulting, and project leadership. Daily schedule balances theory lectures, demonstrations, and fieldwork, with evenings for reflection and portfolio building. Topics span energy flows, appropriate technology, invisible structures like governance, and invisible flows like information networks. Emphasis on observation skills hones pattern recognition for context-specific solutions. The immersive format builds cohort bonds, vital for future collaborations. Prerequisites are minimal, welcoming beginners with passion; no prior experience needed. Post-course, graduates receive resources for ongoing practice, including design software intros and business starters. At 72+ hours, it meets international PDC standards, distinguishing it from online alternatives. Community Roots' setting—likely a demonstration farm—offers living labs for testing ideas like rocket mass heaters or poultry tractors. This course empowers systemic change-makers to regenerate landscapes, economies, and societies amid ecological crises, with Tellam's approach blending innovation and tradition for actionable, scalable impacts.