Permaculture Training
The Durban Botanic Gardens Permaculture Centre offers a wide range
of food garden programmes for young and old.

Permaculture is an accessible and affordable way to grow safe organic
food at minimal cost to both one's pocket and the environment.
Courses and programmes will be of interest to the home owner,
children, teachers, students, land care practitioners, and community
gardeners.

Courses available in both English and isiZulu.

Download (MS Word Documents):
       Permaculture Courses 2011
       Booking Form

Schools Education Programme
Plants are amazing. There are over 400 000 different plants that we
know about in the world today.

The plant kingdom includes the tallest, heaviest and oldest living things on our planet. Another amazing fact is that plants produce their own food and without them there would be no life on our planet. Imagine living in a city that did not have a single plant in it. However, we live in an age that is fast losing its connection to the natural world.

More people than ever before now live in cities around the world.
Investigating the wonders of the plant kingdom offers an unlimited
learning experience for all ages to help people reconnect to the
value of nature in our cities.Learning about plants is essential for the
development of a more environmentally responsible society in which
the threats to biodiversity and key environmental issues such as
climate change are clearly understood and responsibly acted upon.

Botanic gardens across the globe have developed innovative informal,
hands-on learning programmes that enable people to connect plants
to their everyday lives. A botanic gardens is the ideal outdoor living
classroom to learn about plants and their connection to people and life on our planet.

Plants have intimate connections to all aspects of our lives from the
very air we breathe to food, medicine, shelter and clothing, as well as a range of spiritual benefits.

To find out more about our theme-based education programmes please
contact the Gardens Education Section on 031-309 1170 or e-mail:
clementm@durban.gov.za