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03/06/2026

Community Spotlight 🌱

Permaculture is quietly taking root in all kinds of places.

Across the UK, members of our network are tending gardens, community spaces, learning projects and growing systems that support people, biodiversity and more resilient ways of living.

This month’s Community Spotlight features:
🌱 The Old Hall
🌱 Snapdragons Plymouth
🌱 Green North

Each project reflects permaculture in its own way, through education, food growing, ecological design, community connection and care for the living world around us.

We love seeing the diversity of projects emerging across the network, and we’ll be sharing more member projects each month.

Members can add their own projects to our Permaculture Project Map and may be featured in future spotlights, newsletters and stories: https://buff.ly/yNurXld

28/05/2026

“There is an alternative future.”

Today, our CEO Andy Goldring has a letter in , responding to growing conversations around heatwaves, climate disruption and the future of Britain.

The letter highlights the practical work already happening across communities, from food growing and rainwater harvesting to retrofitting homes and rebuilding local resilience, and calls for greater investment in community-led climate action.

Permaculture is not simply about reacting to crisis. It’s about designing systems that help people and ecosystems adapt, recover and thrive over time.

📰 Read the full letter in The Guardian here: https://buff.ly/MuRXdmJ

22/05/2026

Soil is not something separate from us. It’s part of the systems we depend on every day. From the food we eat to the health of ecosystems, soil connects to all sorts of aspects of life.

In permaculture, this relationship matters. It’s not just about improving soil, but about understanding how our actions shape the systems we are part of.

Over coming weeks, we'll be sharing practical ways to explore soil health - wherever you're growing - ahead of a very special online Soil Clinic in July, where you can bring your questions to a panel of experts.

21/05/2026

Taken a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC)? This global survey is worth a look.

Many people leave a PDC feeling inspired and transformed, but the pathway into applying permaculture professionally can often feel unclear, fragmented or difficult to navigate.

This new research project aims to better understand what happens next:
🌱 What supports people
🌱 What barriers exist
🌱 And how permaculture livelihoods and careers are developing across different contexts

The survey is being led by researchers at Utah State University in collaboration with permaculture practitioners and educators.

It takes around 8-10 minutes to complete, is anonymous, and findings will be shared openly with the wider permaculture community.

If you’ve completed a PDC, you can take part via the link below:

👉 https://buff.ly/dPgSW81

19/05/2026

Our monthly Diploma Online Gatherings are back and they are a space to connect, share ideas and support each other in practice.

Who is it for?
🌱 Those doing the Certificate in Applied Permaculture Design
🌱 Those doing the Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design
🌱 Diploma tutors

What will we explore?
• Collaborative design activities
• Action learning pathways
• Permaculture design tools and approaches

There’s also space to:
🤝 Make friends and connections
💬 Give and receive encouragement
🌿 Share designs, projects and ideas in progress

When?
📅 Last Tuesday of every month
🕡 6.30–7.30pm

Message us directly for more info.

Co-facilitated by Delvin & Grace Solkinson.

18/05/2026

Last chance to join us 🌿

From his 8-hectare stockfree organic farm, Iain Tolhurst has spent decades growing food in harmony with nature - building soil, biodiversity and resilience on land often considered unsuitable for vegetables.

His approach shows what’s possible when ecological balance comes first.

As he puts it:
“The primary product of this farm is the culture of biodiversity - food production is the by-product of that.”

Join us tomorrow evening for our next online Community Campfire, where Iain will explore the importance of soil health and what it takes to build resilient growing systems.

📅 Tuesday 19 May, 6:30-8:00pm (GMT)
🎟 Free for members | £6 non-members

👉 Book your place here: https://buff.ly/W8sE5eS

15/05/2026

What lies beneath this soil?

Join us next Tuesday 19 May to find out, as we dig deep with our next online Community Campfire.

We’re thrilled to welcome Iain Tolhurst, whose decades of experience in organic farming invite us to dig deeper and see the land in a whole new way.

Speaker: Iain Tolhurst
Theme: Understanding Our Soil
When: Tuesday 19th May 2026, 6.30 - 8.00pm GMT
Cost: Free for members | £6 for non-members

Book here: https://buff.ly/W8sE5eS

13/05/2026

Improving soil doesn’t require large-scale change.

Small, consistent actions can help build healthier soil over time by supporting the living systems beneath the surface.

In permaculture, the focus is on working with these processes: protecting soil, feeding it and allowing it to develop naturally.

You don’t need perfect conditions to begin. All it takes is a willingness to observe and take small steps.

12/05/2026

One week left to book 🌿

Join us next Tuesday 19 May, when Iain Tolhurst will be leading our online Community Campfire and sharing insights into soil and permaculture.

With over 50 years at the forefront of organic farming in the UK, Iain is a compelling speaker known for sparking fresh thinking about sustainability and our relationship with the earth.

Speaker: Iain Tolhurst
Theme: Understanding Our Soil
When: Tuesday 19th May 2026, 6.30 - 8.00pm GMT
Cost: Free for members | £6 for non-members

Book here: https://buff.ly/W8sE5eS

08/05/2026

Soil holds a memory of what has happened in a place.

It reflects how land has been used - whether it has been cared for, depleted or restored.

But soil is not fixed. With the right conditions, degraded soil can recover. Life returns, structure improves, and systems begin to function again.

In permaculture, this is a core idea: that through thoughtful design and long-term thinking, we can support processes that regenerate soil over time.

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