These two or three day intensives offer you an opportunity to polish up your design skills at a beautiful permaculture venue and in the company of your peers. It is intended to help both those just starting out and those who feel close to accreditation. Come to learn, share, make new friends and to be inspired!

The core of the event will be to provide you with the feedback you need to become a better designer by taking you though another design process. Either bring a design that you'd like to finish (you'll need to have done all the information gathering for it, such as site observations & client interviews), or come & start one afresh at Ourganics. The former option can be achieved in two days, whereas the three day event gives enough time for starting a design from scratch. In addition bring two or three of your 'design projects-in-progress' (if you have them) for evaluation and we will assist you in gaining new insights and understanding. These projects can be at any stage; ideally bring one or two fairly well developed designs and maybe another started, but perhaps a bit stuck. No particular standard is expected, the Diploma is all about supporting us to become better designers and we all have to start somewhere. If we can help you, at whatever level, then you're just who we're looking for!

In addition to our feedback, you will also have the opportunity to gain extra ideas and inspiration from your peers. We will also be taking another detailed look at the design process, to remind you of anything you've forgotten and to fill in any details that may have been overlooked on your design course (this is not as uncommon as we would hope).

If you are well into your Diploma pathway, you'll be looking ahead to accrediting. If you are just started, it's helpful to know where you're heading. For that reason we shall also examine the criteria and the process that leads up to this and to reassure you that it's a lot less scary than you might think!

At the end of it all, you will leave with inspiration, a new peer support network (friends!), a new design for your portfolio and a complimentary copy of Aranya's 'Step-by-Step Guide to the Permaculture Design Process' to help keep your designing on track.

"Many thanks for a fantastic weekend, I really feel fired up to get stuck in"