Make Your Place Matter for People & Planet

 
 

 

We believe that places can be different. 
Places can give us a sense of belonging, community & 
be the basis of our livelihoods.

We support you to create places where people and planet prosper.

 

People

We organise community events, conduct surveys and engage residents in participatory design processes. 

Place

We bring place into the heart of the community through placemaking and our garden care and design services. 

Livelihoods

We deliver permaculture and horticulture trainings, build support networks and create rewarding job opportunities.

 
 
 
 

Upcoming Workshops & Events

We offer a wide range of bespoke training as well as regular Permaculture Design Courses, community building and horticulture workshops. We organise regular volunteer sessions and community events that are open to all.

 
Workshops & Events in London, UK & Europe - Permaculture Design Courses, Gardening, Community
Online Permaculture Design Course - Live & Interactive Online Learning
Oct 29
Online Course
Online Permaculture Design Course - Live & Interactive Online Learning
Online Course

November 2024 to March 2025

45+ hours of live online sessions - 8 hours of pre-recorded sessions - 25 hours of additional coursework - Additional learning resources available

The 7 modules of our online Permaculture Design Course bring us together as a learning community to explore practical and creative solutions for creating resilient ecosystems and designing abundant lifestyles and livelihoods.

Online Course
Embodied Ecology Retreat: Rest & Collapse
Feb 21
Brimpts Farm, South Devon
Embodied Ecology Retreat: Rest & Collapse
Brimpts Farm, South Devon

For this upcoming winter retreat ‘Rest & Collapse’, we will be exploring the embodied experience of rest as a natural stage in the continuous cycle of life and how it relates to its close relative, the often experienced collapse or break down. We give space to play with this juxtaposition of rest and collapse and discover the edges that keep us in a constant dance between rest and re-emergence, self care and engagement, our inner world and the outer worlds.

Brimpts Farm, South Devon
Tread Well on Earth - A 2-Day Introduction to Permaculture
Mar 15
Paper Garden
Tread Well on Earth - A 2-Day Introduction to Permaculture
Paper Garden

Learn the basics of Permaculture Design on this two-day Introduction to Permaculture and be ready to try it out in your garden, your workplace and your life.

Paper Garden
London Permaculture Design Course - Creating Resilient Communities
Apr 26
Paper Garden
London Permaculture Design Course - Creating Resilient Communities
Paper Garden

6 weekends between April 27th and October 13th 2024 at Global Generation’s Story Garden in Central London.

The Permaculture Design Course is a 72-hour often life-changing experience, accredited by the UK Permaculture Association. Over the period of 6 weekends we will explore practical and creative solutions for building resilient communities and designing abundant eco-systems.

Paper Garden
Permaculture Design Course in Wales
Apr 29
SAWA Architecture
Permaculture Design Course in Wales
SAWA Architecture

The Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is a 72-hour internationally recognised training engaging head, heart and hands of participants to discover the principles and techniques of permaculture. We will explore the patterns of our predominant consumerist culture and compare them to the sustainable and regenerative patterns of the natural world. We will not only apply those patterns and principles to the example of ecosystems and the land but also communities and and our own embodied selves.

SAWA Architecture
Embodied Ecology Retreat: Engage & Connect
Jun 3
Embodied Ecology Retreat: Engage & Connect

For this upcoming summer retreat ‘Engage & Connect’, we will be exploring the nature of our engagement and our intrinsic embodied connection to life. Through our actions in the world we create relationships and affirm our ecological belonging. We will cultivate presence to ourselves and meet the land and people from there. The venue in Tuscany gives us the opportunity to bring the embodied principles and practices into engagement with the land and the local people through volunteering activities in the community.

Embodied Ecology Retreat: Gift & Gratitude
Sep 29
Embodied Ecology Retreat: Gift & Gratitude

For the autumn retreat ‘Gift & Gratitude’ we explore the generosity of the natural world and our ability to receive the gifts we are offered. Autumn is a time for harvest and integration of what was given to us and what is already available, whether those are physical gifts of the land or lessons we have learnt, friends we have made or projects we have embarked on over the course of the year. We will engage in practices that allow us to stop and appreciate the little and big things that give us life, support, resource and capacity to be more fully here.

Tuscany Permaculture Design Course - Italy
Sep 21
Tuscany Permaculture Design Course - Italy

The Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is a 72-hour internationally recognised training engaging head, heart and hands of participants to discover the principles and techniques of permaculture. We will explore the patterns of our predominant consumerist culture and compare them to the sustainable and regenerative patterns of the natural world. We will not only apply those patterns and principles to the example of ecosystems and the land but also communities and and our own embodied selves.

 
“The course was a fantastic learning process and a truly enjoyable experience. The tutors were very knowledgeable and transmitted Permaculture as an approach to living, thinking, doing, making and being.”
— Raquel, PHD student in Food Policy
 
 
 

Previous Projects & Stories

We have designed and delivered a number of community projects and trainings, engaging residents in making their neighbourhoods thriving and abundant places. To see more examples visit our portfolio page.

 
Portfolio - Permaculture Design, Community Engagement, Placemaking
A Permaculture Design Course report for Roupell Park Estate
A Permaculture Design Course report for Roupell Park Estate

We held our 2022 Permaculture Design Course at Roupell Park Estate community Centre on Brixton Hill, London. The course participants worked in groups to create designs for different areas of the estate. The following slides present a summary of the outcomes.

Treadgold House Retrofit
Treadgold House Retrofit

We were asked by BowTie Construction to engage the residents in a re-design of the greenspaces surrounding Treadgold House, which is undergoing a retrofit and will become the UK’s first zero carbon multi-unit.

2018 Creating Resilient Communities Permaculture Design Course at Loughborough Farm
2018 Creating Resilient Communities Permaculture Design Course at Loughborough Farm

16 designers graduated with a Permaculture Design Certificate on the 2018 Permaculture Design Course at Loughborough Farm. We also visited venues such as Hazel Hill Woods, the Remakery, the Meadow Orchard Project and were grateful to have had guest teachers such as Linda Royles and Sam. The course was led by Michel Thill and assisted by Tish Vail and previous course participants Naomi Allen and Dre Ferdinand.

Community Design at Roupell Park Estate
Community Design at Roupell Park Estate

Social Landscapes worked with The Community Education Foundation, the Roupell Park Resident Management Cooperative and the Roupell Park residents themselves to come up with a design proposal for an disused green space on the estate.

Farm to Table Permaculture Design Course at Monestevole
Farm to Table Permaculture Design Course at Monestevole

Organising a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) is generally a great opportunity for a project or a community to integrate more of the Permaculture principles into their workings. This was the purpose of our full Permaculture Design Course at Tribewanted Monestevole.

The Challenge on Egham Road
The Challenge on Egham Road

Michel supported residents on Egham Road to make a more beautiful, safer and useful space. The job was a big challenge, building a 25 m long planter, shifting 12 tonnes of soil and planting 60 plants along the pavement to create a border between the grass and play area and road. With a large group of corporate volunteers and residents, the job got done in a day and brought out the neighbourhood.

 
 
 
 

Our Partners

We work with a variety of partners in mutual support.

 
 
 
 
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”
— Arundhati Roy