Resilient Living in Challenging Times
Creating abundant, sustainable, and regenerative properties and lifestyles - meet Resilient Living.
Successfully running a popular Permaculture Design Course in Matakana for the past five years, Resilient Living’s internationally recognised course is offering even more this year. With exciting new hands-on workshops and additional permaculture professionals and facilitators - all experts in their fields - the course is sure to be a sell out.
Permaculture is a design system that aims to observe and work with nature, rather than against it, to provide human needs such as food, shelter, and community.
At its core, it encourages regenerative practices, environmental stewardship, and resourcefulness, offering solutions for transforming any space - whether rural or urban - into a productive, abundant environment. With its holistic approach, the principles of permaculture can also be applied to other areas of life including work projects, groups, and communities.
Resilient Living’s modular 12-day certified course begins in April, with sessions spread across nine Saturdays and three Sundays throughout the year. Suitable for all skill levels, it’s packed with knowledge, practical tips, and real-world applications. Participants explore a range of topics, including permaculture philosophy, principles and ethics, property analysis and designing regenerative landscapes, climate resilience, soil enhancement, water and tree management. Edible landscapes are explored, teaching participants how to grow their own food abundantly, plus integrating animals, building structures with natural materials, and how social permaculture and community resilience combine.
The course is a mix of knowledge and experiential learning with an emphasis on hands-on experiences. Participants roll up their sleeves for practical workshops covering organic gardening, food forest design, seed saving, mushroom growing, composting, fruit tree pruning, plant propagation, eco-building, and growing inner resilience. There’s even a dedicated field trip to local properties, allowing participants to see permaculture in action and gain inspiration for their own projects.
“This course is more than just a learning experience,” says lead facilitator Guenther Andraschko. “Participants tell us that what they love about the course is connecting and journeying with like-minded people where wonderful friendships and connections are made”. Register now for the upcoming course starting in Matakana on Saturday 5 April. Additional onsite property consulting is also available.