Online Gardening and Permaculture Courses
Our online courses are part of a collaborative project called The Teaching Grove, created together with Jo Holleran. Through this shared space, we bring together our experience in permaculture education to offer thoughtful, practical learning journeys that you can access from wherever you are. Our courses are hosted on Mighty Networks through the Permaculture Association, as well as on Payhip, making it easy for you to join, learn at your own pace, and connect with a wider community of like-minded growers and learners.
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Working with Trees: Building Resilient Gardens for a Changing Climate
This course is designed to make planting and working with trees simple, practical, and accessible, whether you have a large rural space or a small garden. You’ll learn how to choose the right trees for your soil and changing climate, design with microclimates to protect and support your garden, and establish strong, resilient root systems from the very beginning. We’ll also introduce the forest garden approach, showing how to create a layered, low-maintenance system where plants work together naturally.
At its heart, this course is about making confident, long-term decisions, planting not just for today, but for a garden that will thrive for years to come.
What is included
- 7 focused lessons: a clear, structured course made up of seven lessons covering everything from tree identification to practical design.
- Learn to understand trees: build confidence in recognising trees and reading their role in the landscape.
- Practical planting guidance: learn how to choose the right trees for different spaces, including small gardens and changing climates.
- Design with trees: explore tree guilds and forest gardens, and how trees work within healthy ecosystems.
- Easy-to-follow learning materials: each lesson includes videos, guidance, and practical support to help you learn and apply what you discover.
Course introduction
A short welcome from Jo Holleran
Future Proof Your Garden in a Changing Climate
Join this 7-week teacher-led online course, co-created by permaculture educators Karen Noon and Jo Holleran. It is designed to help gardeners of all levels adapt their growing spaces to shifting weather patterns, improve soil health, attract pollinators, and create resilient, low-input, high-yield gardens.
Take practical steps to future-proof your garden, learn regenerative gardening techniques, and gain confidence in creating sustainable growing systems that work with nature.
More online courses coming soon
Karen’s full online course library is moving to a new home. Check back soon, or get in touch to be notified when new courses open for enrolment.
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
Questions about online courses?
Get in touch if you have questions about any of Karen's online courses, or if you'd like to be notified when new courses become available.
karen@afrinoonpermaculture.org