Permaculture Courses & Gardening Programs

Natalie Bogwalker instructing student apprentices in the annual vegetable garden during the 9 month Gardening and Permaculture apprenticeship program at Wild Abundance's original campus

Our permaculture courses and gardening programs empower you with tools and skills to work with your environment – wherever that is – to create an oasis of balance, harmony, beauty, function, and sustainability.

Permaculture is the merging of human stewardship and the natural landscape; it blends ecology and agriculture with the dynamic presence of community. Do you envision living in a landscape lush with food and medicine, pollinators and birds? Explore our permaculture classes and gardening programs—they’ll hand you the keys to paradise.

Permaculture classes that prepare you to create the future you want to live in.


In-person Permaculture Courses & Gardening Programs

Permaculture Design Course

A permaculture design student's hands are shown drawing intricate landscape plans with plant labels and coloring as they prepare their final project to earn their permaculture design certificate at the annual Wild Abundance PDC
This permaculture class empowers students to become effective ecological designers and planners.  You will come out of this class with deep knowledge about creating forest gardens, ecology, permaculture principles, plant sread more
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Online Permaculture Classes & Gardening Programs

10 Spring Wild Foods That You Can Find Almost Anywhere

Closeup of chickweed, an edible weed students learn about in the spring wild foods online foraging class from Wild Abundance
Do you want to be able to feed yourself from the wild? Discover delicacies growing right outside your door. Your guide through this course is seasoned Wild Abundance instructor Luke Cannon. He’s been foraging wild foods foread more
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Seasonal Land-Based Living Handbook

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Learn about seasonal, land-based living in the Southern Appalachians from people actually living it! Here’s your guide to seasonal living and connecting with the beautiful, wild world around you. Even if you don’t live in read more
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Learn how to plan and design a garden during one of our in-person permaculture courses

About Our Gardening Programs & Permaculture Classes

Changing the world with one gardening program might sound pretty idealistic, but our permaculture courses are anything but. That’s because we’ve created curricula that don’t just cover big ideas and theoretical scenarios. Permaculture training with Wild Abundance is practical and realistic. All of our instructors bring life experience to the table. Many of them have been practicing and living permaculture for decades!

Permaculture courses that are rooted in real-world experience and practical know-how.

Permaculture classes are for everyone. We’ve had students from all kinds of backgrounds and lifestyles.

The traditional, intensive Permaculture Design Course is a 14-day workshop where you live and breathe permaculture. It’s full-on, fun, and free of distractions. In fact, we even offer a meal plan option. It provides you with amazing food and the time to focus more completely on your studies and design projects.

The people and planet need your unique contribution. Join us for a Gardening Program or Permaculture Course today.

Now is the time to take action. Ecological and social degradation are not waiting on us; they’re barreling ahead at full speed. With this in mind, solution-oriented change-makers (like ourselves) need to dive in and move at the same speed. But you don’t need to know all the answers or fix the world’s problems alone.

Taking a permaculture course is a first step. It will get you ready to make positive changes right now, where you’re at. We believe that a healthy, sustainable future needs lots of empowered individuals. With permaculture, you can begin working at the community level as someone who understands systems-thinking. We’re looking forward to meeting you and sharing our knowledge as we weave this web of change! We hope you’ll join us for a permaculture course or gardening program!

Learn how to prune and tend to a garden in one of our permaculture courses

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