News & Events
Welcome to 2025! Please continue to tell us about your events by emailing info@londonpermaculture.com – see the bottom of the newsletter for more details.
Wassailing at Meadow Orchard Project
Saturday 4th January, 4pm-7:30pm
Meadow Orchard Project, 151 Park Rd, London, N8 8JD
We are planning a Wassail Celebration at Meadow Orchard on the 5th January 2025 to welcome in the new year and the harvest to come! Following on from our volunteering activities from 11.00am -4.00pm, we will be hosting a Fireside song and Wassail celebration from 4.00pm. Join us in the Roundhouse or around the fire (if weather permits). suggested donation £5 – more details at the website
Growing Food in Small Spaces
starts 6th January, 7pm-8:30pm
Online
Perfect for those with limited space, this course teaches you how to use permaculture techniques and regenerative practices to create productive, sustainable gardens in small areas. With guidance from Rakesh “Rootsman Rak,” you’ll learn to optimize your time and effort to grow high yields of nutritious food—even if you’re limited to a balcony, patio, or small plot.
Four Zoom sessions every 2 weeks, 7-8.30 pm. Monday Jan 13th, Monday Jan 27th, Monday February 17th, Monday March 3rd. Now only £67.50! . More details and booking at the website
Gardeniser Pro training course
starts 8th January
Online
Gardeniser Pro is a course developed specifically to support and train the key, professional role of community garden manager or facilitator, with every aspect of your role and the challenges you face covered. The Gardeniser training program is divided into 3 modules and with units entirely relevant to community gardening projects. The next course is planned as an online course in 2025. Runs Wednesdays from 4:30-6:30 pm from 8th January 2025-19th March. There is a one week break on Wednesday 19th February 2025. Cost: £350 More information and booking at the website
Hackney Herbal workshops in January
start Saturday 11th January
Hackney Herbal, Unit 16, Celia Fiennes House, 8-20 Well St, London E9 7PX
Join Hackney Herbal for their programme of workshops that show you how to use herbs in a creative way.
Saturday 11th January, 2pm-5pm – Herbal Wellbeing Masterclass
Sunday 12th January, 2pm-5pm – Grow Your Own Herbs: Plan Your Herbal Year
Sunday 19th January, 2pm-5pm – Winter Remedies: Keeping Warm and Well with Herbs
Sunday 26th January, 2pm-5pm – Herbal Wellbeing Masterclass
For more details and booking see Hackney Herbal website
Foraged Basketry Workshop
Sunday 12 January, 2025, 12-4pm
Bee Urban, Saint Agnes Place London SE11 4BE
Join us in an immersive experience of creativity at the beautiful BeeUrban apiary, in the heart of Kennington Park in London. We will gather in the circle, in the light of the full Moon over the four month period, starting from January 2025, every second Sunday of the month. Whether you are an experienced crafter or new to the art, this workshop is a perfect opportunity to learn new skills, express your creativity and craft something beautiful and functional with your own hands. This is a very relaxing and deeply restorative space where everyone is welcome.
Future events : Sundays, 12 – 4pm (Second Sunday of the Month) – Dates: January 12th, February 9th, March 9th & April 13th, 2025. At BeeUrban, St Agnes Place, London SE11 4BE. More details and booking at the event webpage
Introduction to Permaculture
starts 13th January, 6:30-8pm
online
In this CPD-accredited course, learn the core principles of permaculture design with expert guidance from Aline Va Mo. This comprehensive introduction provides a foundation in sustainable and regenerative design, equipping you with the knowledge to make impactful changes in your life and environment.
Whether you’re interested in sustainable gardening, community building, or eco-friendly living, this course is the perfect starting point. Four sessions January 20st, 10th Feb, 3d March, 24th March. Price: £190. More details and booking at the website.
Winter forest garden maintenance at the Cecil Sharp House Permaculture Garden
Wednesday 15th and 29th January, 10am-12.30pm
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Cecil Sharp House is a Permaculture Learning and Demonstration Site (LAND project). Our January sessions will be teaching about winter forest garden maintenance, including planting seeds, pollarding, coppicing, pruning and preparing the garden for spring.
If you’d like to come along to either or both of the sessions please let us know and RSVP to info@permablitzlondon.com
Winter Fruit Tree Pruning
Saturday 25th January, 10.30am–3pm
Carshalton Community Allotment, South London SM5 2PW
Find out about pruning fruit trees in the winter months in our one day workshop,
Free standing apple and pear trees should be pruned in winter when they are dormant, to keep them productive and control their size. If you are new to pruning, or not feeling very confident, join us on this popular, hands-on winter pruning workshop to find out how to successfully prune your trees, led by our RHS qualified & experienced tutor. Price £38. See website for details and booking
Winter Pruning Skills -Session 1
Sunday 26th January, 10am – 2pm
Edible Landscapes London, Finsbury Park, N4 2NQ
Join us to learn the beautiful and valuable skill of winter tree pruning. We’ll learn how to support the health and growth of the plants in a forest garden. This session will be guided by our forest garden manager Camila Barbosa. Tools provided but feel free to bring a pair of sharp secateurs if you have them. Spaces are free, but limited, so please book your place in advance on the link here.
Keeping healthy over winter
Sunday 26th January 2pm-4.30pm
Kentish Town City Farm, 1 Cressfield Close, London NW5 4BN
In the midst of winter come along for some tips about how to support your health through the rest of the colder months. We’re going to be making fire cider vinegar, an old recipe combining herbs and spices to create a remedy to support your immune system. As well as learning how to make it you’ll be able to take a jar home with you.
We’re also going to plant some fresh greens: microgreens that will offer both a boost of minerals and polyphenals as well as a burst of flavour. You’ll be able to plant up a pot with a mixture of seeds to take home as well.
The workshop is free to attend but you’ll need to register so we know how many people are coming and ensure we have enough materials. Register here.
Forthcoming events
Three Acres And A Cow
Wednesday 5th February – 7pm
Online
Three Acres And A Cow is a history of land rights and protest in folk song and story. Our show is a-moo-sing and connects the Norman Conquest and Peasants’ Revolt with current issues like the housing crisis, reparations, climate breakdown and food sovereignty via the Enclosures, English Civil War and Industrial Revolution, drawing a compelling narrative through the radical people’s history of England in folk song, stories and poem. This performance is available to watch live or opt-in to receive a recording of the gig, available for 72 hours. Tickets £18-£30 at the website
Planning your growing year
Sunday 9th February 2pm-4.30pm
Kentish Town City Farm, 1 Cressfield Close, London NW5 4BN
February is a good time to start planning what you are going to grow through 2025. Join us to find out how to prioritise what you want to grow and timetable your sowing or planting out. Susannah will explain how to plan your soil preparation and design a polyculture of plant communities that provide mutual support for each other.
The workshop is free to attend but you’ll need to register so we know how many people are coming and ensure we have enough materials. Register here.
Winter Pruning Skills -Session 2
Sunday 11th February, 1pm-3pm
Edible Landscapes London, Finsbury Park, N4 2NQ
Another opportunity to join us to learn the valuable art of winter tree pruning. We’ll learn how to support the health and growth of the plants in a forest garden. This session will be guided by Caroline Cuppitt from the Orchard Project. Tools provided but feel free to bring a pair of sharp secateurs if you have them. No booking required! More details on the website
Permaculture Magazine
Permaculture magazine – earth care, people care, future care is a visionary magazine that will give you the tools needed to create productive and resilient homes, gardens, economies, relationships, schools, farms and communities. Our range of articles includes no-dig gardening, food forests, cutting edge community projects, renewable technologies, regenerative agriculture, DIY & upcycling projects, natural building, education and wellbeing. It is full of solutions, projects and pioneering ideas from the very best of the permaculture movement.
Also, all subscribers get a whopping 25% discount off of Permanent Publications books – Buying from them directly is the equivalent of shopping locally and helps to keep revenues within the permaculture community.
21st Century Permaculture Radio
Archive programmes available at https://www.mixcloud.com/21stcenturypermaculture/
Brighton Permaculture Trust
Head to the Brighton Permaculture Trust. Check out their website for news of courses, events and Permaculture by the sea. They are running a number of Online permaculture, Eco Build, and gardening courses. See the website for more details and booking.
London Permaculture Network – Interactive Project Map
The London Permaculture network has launched a map of permaculture, and permaculture-friendly projects in London. Go to https://www.londonpermaculture.com/map/ to see it. Use the map to guide yourself around the projects in your local area, and the whole of London.
This map is still being developed, and we would love your project to be included! If you would like your project added to the map please contact us at info@londonpermaculture.com
How do I get events and webinars in the newsletter?
If you want your webinars, offline & online events, and announcements to be in the London Permaculture Network newsletter (sent out at the start of each month), please email them to us, at info@londonpermaculture.com before the 15th of the month, and they will go into the next month’s newsletter.