20 Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture Workshops
2 hours
(12.00)
Farming tools, net, buckets, gloves,
natural tree fiver
Need to make sure someone in charge of system afterwards
10 mins
(1.10)
Didn't wpractice this tecork so well need to hnique
15 mins
(1.25)
Participants whygiene orried about
20 mins
(1.45)
Great ideas! Kfuture referenceeep notes for
1.25 hour
(3.00)
Tools, buckets, gloves, tape
measure, wooden pegs Good results, yes!
15 mins
(3.15)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers Not enough time Pstill confused articipants
45 mins
(3.45)
Farming tools, buckets, gloves,
glass Always a winner
30 mins
(4.45) Good comprehension
15 mins
(5.00)
15 mins
(8.15) Lots of questions from yesterday, great
15 mins
(9.00)
45 mins
(09.45)
Farming tools, mulch materials,
gloves
15 mins
(10.00)
Big paper, white board & markers
HANDOUTS for ALL Well received! Use again
30 mins
(10.30)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers Lot of responses
15 mins
(10.45)
1 hour
(11.45)
Farming tools, buckets, gloves,
legumes cuttings Watcdon't get inh the small guys that volved
15 mins
(12.00)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers, samples Well received! Use again
15 mins
(1.15)
30 mins
(1.45)
30 mins
(2.15)
45 mins
(3.00)
Tools, buckets, gloves, manures,
carbon materials Great results
45 mins
(3.45)
Buckets, gloves, manure, carbon,
tank, compost, sugar Good results, yes!
15 mins
(4.00)
Big paper, white board & markers
FACT SHEETS for ALL
Participant had bad experience previously give worm stock
45 mins
(4.45)
Liquid Fertilizer, buckets, gloves,
sprayers Always a winner
15 mins
(5.00)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers
15 mins
(8.15)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers
1.15 hour
(9.30)
Tools, buckets, gloves, manure,
compost, worms
Note enough scrneed to make sure lateraps to feed
30 mins
(10.00)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers Very good result
Wrap up : Explain tomorrow's
agenda & review today
Participants remember what they have learned
& are prepared for tomorrow
Wrap up : Explain tomorrow's
agenda & review today
Participants remember what they have learned
& are prepared for tomorrow
12 pm - LUNCH BREAK 1 hour
10 am - BREAK 15 minutes
3 pm - BREAK 15 minutes
Creative Facilitation : Form groups Participants are divided into work groups
Creative Facilitation : Energizer Re-energize and refocus the participants after lunch
Creative Facilitation : Energizer Re-energize and refocus the participants after lunch
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers HANDOUTS for ALL,
related images
10 am - BREAK 15 minutes
Field activity : Create filter for waste
water
Participants gain understanding in how to treat
water using locals resources
Presentation : Types of composting
toilets
Participants gain understanding of various
designs for composting toilets
12 pm - LUNCH BREAK 1 hour
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers, related images
Need to remind evbring hats next timeeryone to
Creative thinking : Plan to eliminate
stagnant water
Participants exchange ideas about local plants
to help clean & oxygenize water
Field activity : Design a
Permaculture house
Participants design an integrated house design
in a creative way
Presentation : Soil improvement Participants understand about healthhow to improve soil y soil and
3 pm - BREAK 15 minutes
Field activity : Simple method for
soil testing Participants learn how to test soil
Creative thinking : Identifying
nutrient deficiencies in soil
Participants learn about soil quality and
nutrient deficiencies and the solutions
Participants gain basic understanding in
nitrogen fixing trees & how to use them
Creative thinking : List legume type
& their uses
Participants identify and learn about local
varieties legumes
Evaluation : Q & A about
yesterday's activities
Evaluate level of understanding of yesterday's
workshop materials
Field activity : Various methods for
using legumes
Participants learn about and practice various
methods for using legumes
Presentation : About natural
fertilizers
Participants understand about principles &
benefits of natural fertilizers
Presentation : Various natural
fertilizers techniques
Participants gain basic understanding in how to
make natural fertilizers
Creative thinking : List natural
fertilizers types & their uses
Participants identify local varieties of natural
fertilizers & their uses
Field activity : Make a quick
compost heap
Participants learn how to make & maintain a
compost heap
Field activity : Make liquid fertilizer Participants learn holiquid compost w to make & maintain
Evaluation : Q & A about
yesterday's activities
Presentation : About worms for
healthy soil
Participants understand the connection
between worms & healthy soil
Field activity : Use liquid fertilizer Participants learn how to use liquid fertilizer
To evaluate level of understanding of yesterday
workshop
Field activity : Make a worm farm Participants learn how to make a worm farm
Creative thinking : List worm's
foods
Participants identify & learn about local
resources that can be used for worm food
Not enough time Pstill confused articipants
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers, related images
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers
Presentation : Mulching for soil
improvement
Participants gain understanding about how
important it is to mulch soil
Field activity : Mulching gardens
bed
Participants learn how to mulch soil using local
materials
Presentation : Legumes & how to
use them
DAY 5 of 12 - Soil Improvement & Garden Preparation
DAY 6 of 12 - Worms & Seed Saving
Permaculture_Lesson_Plans.xls VDC 12 days 3 of 7
45 mins
(10.00)
Big paper, white board & markers
HANDOUTS for ALL
15 mins
(10.30) Related images & samples
30 mins
(11.00)
1 hour
(12.00)
10 mins
(1.10)
Forgot to copgive them out tomorroy the fact sheets w
10 mins
(1.20)
10 mins
(1.30)
1 1/2 hour
(3.00) Farming tools, buckets, gloves
15 mins
(3.30)
Big paper, white board, mm pad,
pencil, eraser & markers
Results quite different from earlier, check why
30 mins
(4.00)
45 mins
(4.45)
15 mins
(5.00)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers
15 mins
(8.15)
15 mins
(8.30)
30 mins
(9.00)
15 mins
(9.15)
45 mins
(10.00)
15 mins
(10.30
15 mins
(10.45)
45 mins
(11.30) Note pads & pens for participants
30 mins
(12.00) Note pads & pens for participants
10 mins
(1.10)
20 mins
(1.30)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers
1 1/2 hour
(3.00) Farming tools, buckets, gloves
10 mins
(3.20)
Big paper, white board & markers,
related images
25 mins
(3.45) Farming tools, buckets, gloves
1 hour
(4.45)
Tools, buckets, gloves, cardboard,
cutter, glue
Good design results thanks to Pak Gedur's demos!
15 mins
(5.00)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers
Presentation : About sustainable
farming (LEISA)
Participants gain basic understanding in
sustainable farming (LEISA)
Creative Thinking : Farming
chemicals pollution & cost
Participants have increased awareness of
impacts of unsustainable farming
10 am - BREAK 15 minutes
12 pm - LUNCH BREAK 1 hour
Wrap up : Explain tomorrow's
agenda & review today
Participants remember what they have learned
& are prepared for tomorrow
Creative Facilitation : Energizer
Big sheets of paper, white board,
mm pad, pencil, eraser & markers
Creative Facilitation : Energizer Re-energize and refocus the participants
Big sheets of paper, white board,
mm pad, pencil, eraser & markers,
related images
Re-energize and refocus the participants after
lunch
10 am - BREAK 15 minutes
Creative Thinking : Design a Food
Calendar
Participants learn local plants for food and how
to create a food calendar
Presentation : Food Storage &
Preservation
Participants understand good hygiene &
techniques for food preservation
Creative Thinking : Food Storage &
Preservation Ideas
Participants share ideas & learn about various
ways to store & preserve food
Creative Thinking : Garden
Location & Design
Participants understand multi functions,
locations & energy efficient designs
12 pm - LUNCH BREAK 1 hour
Presentation : Garden Maintenance Participants understand key principles of good garden maintenance
Remember to talk about
ongoing maintenance of the demo gardens at the end of
the workshop
Field Activity : Creative gardens
using Natural Patterns
Participants practice creating pest resistant,
efficient garden designs
Presentation : Making Use of Space
& Time
Participants understand how to maximize the
space & time in gardens
Presentation : Designing & building
a garden system
Participants learn designing & building an
integrated garden system
3 pm - BREAK 15 minutes
Wrap up : Explain tomorrow's
agenda & review today
Participants remember what they have learned
& are prepared for tomorrow
Farming tools, buckets, gloves Excellent
Evaluation : Q & A about
yesterday's activities
Field Activity : Design a garden
system Participants design an integrated garden system
Field Activity : Make raised garden
beds
Participants practice techniques for raising beds
and the many benefits
Evaluate level of understanding of yesterday's
workshop materials
Presentation : Windbreaks for
farming
Participants gain basic understanding in the
many benefits of using windbreaks
Creative Thinking : List of
productive windbreak plant
Participants identify local trees for windbreaks /
fruit & fodder etc.
Presentation : Natural fertilizer for
farming
Participants understand appropriate natural
fertilizers & their benefits
Presentation : Mulch for farming Participants understand mulcimportant to use them h & why its so
Field activity : Farm observation &
analysis walk
Participants learn first hand about good & bad
farming practices
Field activity : Identify windbreak
location
Participants practice identifying the best
locations for windbreaks
Creative Thinking : Integrating farm
systems & crop rotation
Participants share ideas about integrating
systems and rotating crops
Field activity : Create terraces &
swales using an A frame
Participants practice using an A frame, and
create terraces & swales
3 pm - BREAK 15 minutes
Use this opportunity to do some work over at Pak Gedur's
Presentation : Weed control Participants gain basic understanding in vnatural methods for weed control arious
Field activity : Weed control Participants prweed control methodsactice and adopt the natural
Creative Thinking : Make a 3-D
model of small farm
Participants integrate their learning and share
ideas through model making
Use this opportunity to do some more work over at Pak
Gedur's
Good garden designs, will need more seedlings soon
Farmers concerned about water, give special handouts
about wtomorrowater saving techniques
Too theoretical, Pasked if we could staak Gedur y an extra
couple of dafarm, suggest anys and go oyone ver his
interested can join extra
sessions
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers, related images
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers FACT SHEETS for ALL,
related images
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers HANDOUTS for ALL,
related images
DAY 9 of 12 - Sustainable Farming
Permaculture_Lesson_Plans.xls VDC 12 days 5 of 7
15 mins
(10.15)
Images of various natural plant
propagation systems
Session too short need more time
15 mins
(10.30)
Big paper, white board & markers
FACT SHEETS for ALL
Good images! SaToby for Sulawesi picsy thanks to
30 mins
(11.00) GMO game cards
30 mins
(12.00) Big paperrelated images, white board & markers, Good response
10 mins
(1.10)
20 mins
(1.30)
Big paper, white board & markers
FACT SHEETS for ALL
15 mins
(1.45)
Big paper, images of seed drier
white board & markers
30 mins
(2.15)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers
45 mins
(3.00)
Farming tools, transparent plastic,
bamboos, nails
45 mins
(4.00)
Farming tools, buckets, gloves,
cutter
45 mins
(4.45) SEED CHECK LISTS for ALL, pens
15 mins
(5.00)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers
15 mins
(8.15)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers
15 mins
(8.30)
Big paper, white board & markers,
images of farms
30 mins
(9.00)
Big paper, white board & markers
FACT SHEETS for ALL
15 mins
(9.15)
45 mins
(10.00)
1 1/4 hours
(11.30)
Tools, buckets, gloves, cardboard,
cutter, glue Great design work
30 mins
(12.00) Farming tools, buckets, gloves
Always a winner could use
more carbon & finer sand
10 mins
(1.10)
35 mins
(1.45) Farming tools, buckets, gloves
Need to remember to ask participants to bring tools
1 1/4 hours
(3.00)
Farming tools, carpenter tools,
buckets, gloves Good comprehension
1.5 hours
(4.45)
Farming tools, carpenter tools,
buckets, gloves
15 mins
(5.00)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers
15 mins
(8.15)
15 mins
(8.30)
15 mins
(8.45)
30 mins
(9.15)
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers HANDOUTS for ALL,
related images
Wrap up : Explain tomorrow's
agenda & review today
Participants remember what they have learned
& are prepared for tomorrow
Field Activity : Start a Nursery Participants prnursery actice making an integrated
Creative Facilitation : Energizer Re-energize and refocus the participants after lunch
Creative Facilitation : Energizer Re-energize and refocus the participants after lunch
Participants gain basic understanding in
unsustainable farming practices
10 am - BREAK 15 minutes
Creative thinking : What are GMO? are made & potential problemsParticipants learn about GMOs and how they
Presentation : Seed saving and wParticipants hahy to save seedsve more knowledge about how
12 pm - LUNCH BREAK 1 hour
Presentation : How seeds are
reproduced
Participants understand plants, flowers, seeds &
pollinating insects
Presentation : About GMOs
Creative thinking : How to save &
store seeds
Participants gain basic understanding in
techniques for saving & storing seeds
Presentation : Seed dryer design dryParticipants learn hoer w to design / make a seed
3 pm - BREAK 15 minutes
Creative thinking : Design a
community seed saving group
Participant consider developing a community
seed saving group
Field activity : Make a seed dryer Participants learn and prusing a seed dryer actice constructing &
Sessions too short need more time
Field activity : Seed collection &
storage
Participants learn and practice collecting,
saving & storing seeds
10 am - BREAK 15 minutes
Evaluation : Q & A about
yesterday's activities
Field activity : Test & document
seed viability
Participants gain basic understanding in how
to test & document seed viability
Evaluate level of understanding of yesterday's
workshop materials
Good results, yes!
Participants had some previous training and were able to
respond and picquickly k up ideas
Lots of inputs and enthusiasm follow up with Pak Maudin
Presentation : Different types of
agricultural system
Participants understand unsustainable &
sustainable practices like LEISA
Creative thinking : Compare
agricultural system
Participants better understand unsustainable &
sustainable agriculture
Presentation : Well Designed
Integrated Nurseries
Participants understand how to construct & use
an integrated nursery
Good response, requested special training and demo
Creative Thinking : Ideal Trees for
Local Nursery
Participants identify & learn about local
varieties of valuable trees for a nursery
Field Activity : 3-D Model of well
designed Nursery
Participants make an integrated nursery which
will save them labor & time
12 pm - LUNCH BREAK 1 hour
Field Activity : Make Good Quality
Potting Soil
Participants learn how and practice making
good quality potting soil mixes
Field Activity : Plant Propagation
Techniques
Participants increase knowledge about
techniques for plant propagation
Field Activity : Start a Nursery
continued
Participants practice making an integrated
nursery
Wrap up : Explain tomorrow's
agenda & review today
Participants remember what they have learned
& are prepared for tomorrow
Presentation : Good Nutrition good nutrition & healthParticipants increase their understanding about
Creative Thinking : Good Nutrition
from a Garden
Participants learn about how nutrition can be
enhanced with a home garden
Big sheets of paper, white board &
markers FACT SHEETS for ALL,
related images
Evaluation : Q & A about
yesterday's activities
Presentation : Home Gardens Participants gain basic understanding in wand how to start home gardens hy
Evaluate level of understanding of yesterday's
workshop materials
Excellent response from PPK group members
3 pm - BREAK 15 minutes
DAY 7 of 12 - Nurseries & Farming
DAY 8 of 12 - Nutrition, Garden Design and Beds
Permaculture_Lesson_Plans.xls VDC 12 days 4 of 7