Learn permaculture with Russell Manning and Chris Hill.
An established teaching partnership with around ten Permaculture Design Certificate courses taught together, Russell and Chris are bringing their shared experience into an online PDC. Learn to connect permaculture principles with practical design decisions and apply them wherever you live.
Meet your teachers
ONLINE PDC / CO-TEACHER
Russell Manning
Russell is a qualified permaculture instructor through the Permaculture Research Institute. He brings his experience of teaching PDC courses into a practical approach to understanding and applying permaculture design.
Originally from the UK, Russell has a degree in plant biology and trained with Geoff Lawton. His teaching experience includes Love Grows in Colombia. He is particularly interested in birdwatching, medicinal plants and bringing permaculture into education.
ONLINE PDC / CO-TEACHER
Chris Hill
Chris is a permaculture instructor whose everyday life reflects the principles he teaches. His farm, Finca Sin Fronteras in Colombia, is also where he and Russell have taught PDC courses together.
Born in Wales, Chris studied engineering and brings extensive practical experience with wood, stone, earth and metal. His interests span mechanics, solar installations and gardening. Finca Sin Fronteras is a living school dedicated to sustainable living, organic farming and permaculture.
Having taught around ten PDCs together, Russell and Chris bring a shared teaching approach grounded in practical experience.
Russell’s PRI teaching qualification is personal to him. No PRI endorsement, accreditation or certificate issuance is claimed for this online course.
Chris’s farm, Finca Sin Fronteras in Colombia, is where he and Russell have taught PDC courses together. Their established teaching partnership connects permaculture principles with practical design decisions.
They are bringing that shared experience into a full online PDC, delivered in English and accessible from wherever you live. A farm visit, residential stay or in-person workshop is not included.
The existing free mini-course and paid practical course are separate offers. The joint teaching partnership described here applies to the forthcoming full online PDC.
In-person design learning. No individuals are identified in this photograph.
Photographs show in-person learning. Outdoor participation is not included in the online courses.
A WIDER DESIGN EDUCATION
Beyond the garden.
Growing food is a compelling place to begin. The full PDC also considers buildings, resources, climate, people and the relationships that shape how we live.
