More than a course… an inspiring regenerative framework for living.
A 72-hour Hybrid Permaculture Design Course delivered across 8 immersive days on the beautiful Gateway Farm Hub and 5 online day sessions from wherever you are. Led by practicing designers, farmers and educators with decades of applied experience across four continents.
Permaculture is a set of techniques and more. It is a way of seeing, it’s a disciplined approach to understanding how natural and other systems work, and applying those principles to every apsect of life: your home, your food, your livelihood, your community and your planet.
This PDC gives you the internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate course content as well as practical experience, the peer network, and the design confidence to use it.
We love Graham Bell's quote 'Revolution disguised as gardening.' as representing the true spirit of Permaculture. Edible forest gardening, ecopsychology and regenerative agriculture are woven throughout the course - taught by people who do this work every day.
How It's Structured
The course runs across thirteen sessions total: eight consecutive in-person days on Gateway Farm, supported by five online sessions scheduled after the residential component.
The hybrid model is deliberate. Onsite sessions we explore and study frameworks, dig deep into skill building and techniques, all while building our community and relationships. Post-residential sessions support your design project, consolidate what you've absorbed on-site and keep our connections growing - whilst offering flexibility.
What sets this PDC apart
A genuinely hybrid format. Eight days on-farm in Plymouth, Michigan working directly with soil, plants, and water systems on a working regenerative farm - followed by five structured online sessions that extend your learning and keep you connected after you leave. Few PDCs offers both.
Our lead facilitation team Charlie Brennan PhD & Bridget O’Brien of Garden Juju Collective & Gateway Farm design and manage systems at every scale from balcony gardens to small holdings, community farms and broad-acre properties in Australia, North America, Europe and beyond. Their teaching draws on real decisions, (some failures), real successes and real outcomes.
An integrated curriculum. Rather than treating permaculture in isolation, this course is interdisciplinary - Just like Charlie & Bridget. It weaves in foundational permaculture and design praxis, rewilding and conservation, edible forest gardening and annual production, social permaculture, ecopsychology, holistic decision-making, wellness practices and more. The result is an education in grounded design and putting it all into practice.
Led by Practitioners
Dr Charlie Brennan
Lead Facilitator - Garden Juju Collective & Gateway Farm Hub
With over 30+ years of applied experience spanning gardening, farming, landscape design, conservation, horticulture, bush regeneration, ethics and ecopsychology, Charlie brings rare depth to both the ecological and human dimensions of permaculture. His work restoring rivers, planting forests, and building community food systems is the lived foundation of his teaching.
Bridget O'Brien
Lead Facilitator - Garden Juju Collective & Gateway Farm Hub
Educator, designer, farmer and gardener, Bridget brings together ecological, regenerative, social and community design skills to her facilitation. Co-creator of the Adapt design game and toolkit, she brings exceptional skill in making complex systems thinking accessible and actionable.
Plus Guest Facilitators to be announced.
More logistical information and pricing to come with event page in September 2026. For more information contact us at info@gardenjujucollective.com
What you'll study
The full 72-hour curriculum covers the internationally recognized PDC standards and extends into specialist knowledge areas taught directly by practitioners.
Permaculture design principles, ethics and Radical Redesign
Regenerative Agriculture
Conservation and Re-wilding of the Land
Making a Living with Permaculture
Preparing for Extremes
Healing Places
Walkabout Permaculture
Soil & Plant health
Edible forest gardening
Market gardening
Water, landform & earthworks
Natural building
Social permaculture & community design
Ecopsychology & nature connection
Holistic decision-making
Wellness & regenerative living
Applied design project
And more...
We warmly invite you to join us for these two weeks where together we can learn, grow and thrive.