The Winter Permaculture Design Course explored topics of sustainable drainage, localised food production and community on Paulet Road Estate in Brixton, London.

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.

In 2016, we took another 12 people on an empowerment journey through a 84h Permaculture Design Curriculum exploring cutting edge design solutions relating to our most fundamental human needs, such as food, water, shelter and energy, companionship and community, livelihood and purpose.

Social Landscapes collaborated with St Martins of Tours to design an event aiming to bring together two diverse and disparate community groups located around Wilton Square, Islington. The event created included gardening and painting activities to spruce up the area, food and non-alcoholic drinks as well as live music. 

Together with Social Landscapes, Paula opens her 1 acre garden in Streatham Hill to vulunteers and ex-addicts, who she supports in their recovery. We joined up with the Permablitz London team to run an event that transformed the kitchen garden into an abundant Permaculture growing space.

Social Landscapes has brought the community together to plant a community orchard of 15 fruit trees, build vegetable planters and reinvigorate the community allotment in Hillside Gardens Park. There have been 55 volunteers involved in planting and volunteering sessions in the park.

This Permaculture Design Course is a 72h training accredited by the UK Permaculture Association. !0 participants learned about practical design solutions that make our cities and communities more resilient, can bring about transformation and abundance.

The sunken garden on Cale Street had been neglected for over a dozen years. Michel supported residents from the estates in sprucing up the space, planting wildflowers along the edges and in the middle, building new benches and planters for food growing, planting a soft fruit area and painting the railings.

In 2014 Social Landscapes supported a group of local residents on Wellfield Road to build their own planters - 3 for vegetable growing and 2 containing crab apple trees, herbs and flowers. The project was funded by Streatham Action and The Mayor of London.