Workshops on Permaculture and Sustainable Living
In addition to our Permaculture Design Course, we offer an exciting range of smaller sustainable living workshops, often on Saturdays.
Get passionate about establishing your own nutritious food garden, using sustainable building products, saving money, developing new skills and discovering old ones, including:
- Herbal medicine
- Bamboo harvesting and building
- Keeping chickens in your backyard
- Compassionate Communication
- Vertical Gardening
- Establishing and Maintaining a healthy vegetable garden
- Dynamic governance (Sociocracy)
- Propagation and seed saving
- Solar cooking
- Weaving with natural and recycled materials
- Composting and worm farming
- …and more!
Spaces fill up fast for these popular, informative and fun workshops. Please book early to avoid disappointment
Current Workshop Program
25th May: 9am – 4pm - New!
Intro to Dynamic Governance - with Erin Young
Sociocracy is a governance tool based on cyclical patterns and feedback; one enabling dynamic, transparent and equitable decision-making, guided by a group’s collective aims.
Due to its interactive nature this workshop will only run if it gains 5 or more enrollments. If this does not occur, you will receive a full refund or credit.
Cost: $85, $65 (conc.)
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25th May: 7.15am – 5.30pm - Places Available!
Thinking of a Tree Change? – Bus Tour - with Tim Auld and Robin Clayfield
Be inspired by this tour of productive permaculture properties and organic farms in our rural hinterland
Cost: $85, $65 (conc)
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25th May: 9am – 4pm
Herbal Medicine Making - with Jayne Azzopardi
Herbal Medicine Making is a great place to start if you are interested in making your own medicine within your home and community. This workshop is very suited to people who have always wanted to learn more about making herbal medicine.
We will harvest and dry medicinal plants for use. You will learn the art of fluid extract, tinctures, vinegars, sprays and oil-based preparations. You will be given the opportunity to taste and explore the differences in preparations and you will gain the benefits of discussing and sharing this journey in a group environment.
Herbal Medicine Making can be taken as a stand-alone workshop or together with Making Herbal Medicines.
Full-day fee: $85 + $15 materials cost, $65 + $10 concession (materials cost to be paid on the day).
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1st June: 9am – 12pm - Fully booked!
Building a Local Permaculture Community- with Dick Copeman
Cost: $50, $35 (conc)
Full day cost with Sustainable City Living Walking Tour $85, $65 (conc)
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1st June: 1.30m – 4.30pm - Fully booked!
Sustainable City Living Walking Tour – with Dick Copeman
A tour of established permaculture gardens and water and energy efficient buildings in Brisbane’s suburbs.
Cost: $50, $35 (conc)
Full day cost with Building a Local Permaculture Community $85, $65 (conc)
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1st June: 9am – 4pm
Making Herbal Medicine - with Jayne Azzopardi
In this practical hands workshop you will learn to make nourishing infusions, oxymels, syrups, honey infusions, compress, poultices, creams and smudge sticks for a variety of common ailments. We will also actively practice using a variety of these preparations for first aid and preventative health care.
Must have enrolled in Herbal Medicine Making as this is a continuation of the first day’s learning
Full-day fee: $85 + $15 materials cost, $65 + $10 concession (materials cost to be paid on the day).
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1st June
9am – 12pm
Growing Healthy Veggies - with Bunya Halasz
Seasonal selection, crop rotation, companion planting and other ways to get the best out of your edible garden. Full-day fee if booked together with Establishing and Maintaining a Vegetable Garden on the same day.
Cost: $50, $35 (conc) / Full-day fee: $85, $65 (conc)
1pm – 4pm
Establishing and Maintaining a Vegetable Garden - with Bunya Halasz
Hands on workshop to teach you the skills to turn garden waste and organic materials into your own no-dig vegetable garden. Learn the art of planting, growing and maintaining your own home vegetable patch. Full-day fee if booked together with Growing Healthy Vegies on the same day.
Cost: $50, $35 (conc) / Full-day fee: $85, $65 (conc)
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8th June: 9am – 12pm - Fully booked!
Managing Pests and Diseases and Weeds – with Tim Auld
Learn to identify common pests and diseases and manage them using natural and sustainable methods.
Cost: $50, $35 (conc)
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8th June: 9am – 4pm & 15th June: 9am – 4pm - New!
Introduction to Biodynamic Gardening – with Peter Kearney
The workshop combines theory and practice and will enable you to work with biodynamic practices to improve your soil, increase garden productivity and food quality, whilst raising your awareness of the deeper spirit of nature.
Cost: $240 / $220 concession (for both full days).
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To book please complete and return this form or contact us directly.
29th June
9am – 12pm
Seasonal Vegetable Gardening for the Subtropics - with Bunya Halasz - New!
Seasonal selection, crop rotation, companion planting and other ways to get the best out of your edible garden. Full-day fee if booked together with Vegetable and Herb Gardening for Pots, Containers and Balconies on the same day.
Cost: $50, $35 (conc) / Full-day fee: $85, $65 (conc)
1pm – 4pm
Vegetable and Herb Gardening for Pots, Containers and Balconies - with Bunya Halasz -
New!
Learn how to make the most of limited urban spaces by creating and maintaining healthy, productive gardens in pots and containers. Make the most of your space with trellising and vertical stacking and find out the ins and outs of potting mixtures, soil feeding and more to help you to grow fresh seasonal food in your home space. Full day rate if participating in Seasonal Vegetable Gardening for the Subtropics in the morning. Please bring along a drawing and full measurements of your space to garden including direction of north.
Cost: $50, $35 (conc) / Full-day fee: $85, $65 (conc)
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6th July: 9am – 4pm
Making Plant Fibre Paper & String - with Lesa Hepburn - New!
Join Lesa for a paper-making and string workshop using locally grown plants. Herbaceous plants will be processed to create pulp for use in oriental papers. Participants will learn about suitable plant types, processing methods and oriental-style hand paper making. String will be made by hand using bast fibres collected from the local area with information on fibre preparation.
For more information on Lesa and her work visit her webpage here or view her Facebook page here.
Cost: $85 + $20 materials fee , $65 + $15 (conc.)
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27th July: 1pm – 4pm
Everyday Fermenting [A Workshop in Befriending Bacteria] - with Dr Sarah Lantz & Jason Callender - New!
This hands-on workshop introduces you to the basics of fermentation, including what fermented foods are, how they can assist you in overcoming some of the common ailments of modern life such as fatigue, constipation, acid reflux, arthritis, joint pain, and other ailments. We’ll explore the gut-brain connection, the history of fermenting foods, and easy-to-learn fermenting techniques including kombucha, water and milk kefir, beet kvass, house cheese and saurkraut.
For more information on the workshop facilitators and the workshop please click here.
Cost: $50 / $35 (conc.)
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Every Tuesday, Friday & Sunday
Earth Arts Activities - with Bob Mud
Also check out Bob’s Earth Arts workshops for school groups with Hands on Art
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Bookings and Payment
Workshop Cost:
Half-day workshops: $50 ($35 for concession Health Care Card holders).
Full-day workshops: $85 ($65 concession).
Other workshops: varies, please refer to specific workshop page.
…ask about our members’ discount on selected workshops and join now!
Pay Online:
Places are limited in most courses and workshops, so get in quick! We strongly recommend phoning the farm on (07) 3857 8775 to ensure there is still space in your desired workshop. If a session is full prior to payment, you will be quickly and happily refunded.
Alternative Payment Methods
Download a booking form for reference and choose one of the following options:
- Phone us on (07) 3857 8775 for credit card payment.
- Email your booking form with payment details to info@nscf.org.au.
- Print out and complete the booking form and post it (along with your cheque or money order payment) to 16 Victoria St, Windsor 4030
- Bring your booking form in to The Farm and pay cash or EFTPOS at the Farm Nursery.
- …or, if places still remain, simply show up on the day and pay at the Nursery.
Phone: (07) 3857 8775 (10am-4pm, Tue-Fri)
Email: info@nscf.org.au
Bookings for PDC require payment of a deposit of $300 ($240 conc.) There is a discount for payment in full by one month prior to course commencement.
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