PDX Permaculture Presents:
The Summer 2025 Permaculture Design Course Intensive
July 20-30 at Jean’s Urban Forest Farm in Portland, Oregon
***RSVPing through Meetup lets us stay connected with who is interested and hoping to attend. To officially register, pay the course fee through our parent website here: www.pdxpermaculture.org/pdc/summer***
Passion & Purpose: The PDC is often remembered as the moment when passion and purpose found their alignment. Transformative in its very nature, the course is a must-do step for anyone at any life stage who is answering the call to discover right livelihood, gain the skills to better meet the needs of our times and serve their community in a meaningful way.
Course Location & Dates: This 11-day intensive PDC places you on a historic organic educational farm bordering a nature park and creek in a forested canyon served by public transportation within the city of Portland! Field trips to several permaculture & placemaking demonstration sites will be woven into the program. Participants are encouraged to arrive on Saturday, July 19th. A dinner and course overview will be provided. Participants may depart on the morning of the 31st.
Format: This course is being offered in an intensive format with classroom sessions, demonstrations and hands-on projects and will exceed the required 72 hours of learning time. Sessions will run from 8:30am-6pm with a 1-day break in the middle of the course. Evenings will include some optional on/off-site happenings. Participants can expect to utilize some evening time reading course materials and working collaboratively in design project groups.
Cost: The base fee for the course is $1200 USD and includes materials, organic lunches and snacks. Residential options include all meals and tent camping (you bring the gear) for a total course cost of $1700. Limited dorm or prepared tent space with bedding included costs a total of $1850. Save 10% off the base fee by registering before May 1. Staying on-site or nearby is recommended. Participants are responsible for their own transportation. Local Airbnb’s are available on a first-come, first-served basis and must be arranged independently.
Instruction: Matt Bibeau, MSEd, will serve as the primary course instructor. The course will also feature daily guest teachers TBA. Matt holds degrees in env. science and sustainability ed, and has been teaching permaculture courses since 2009. He served as the co-lead instructor for the City Repair Project’s annual PDC from 2014-2021, and taught as an adjunct professor at Portland Community College in 2022. In 2024, Matt was awarded the Professional Diploma of Permaculture Design in Education from the Permaculture Institute of North America, one of the most distinguished permaculture design instructor credentials available.
Certification: The course will follow PINA’s curricular standards and graduates will receive certificates endorsed by PINA, as well as a complementary 1-year membership to PINA’s subscription content, resources and learning community.
