The Inkpot – courses
If you don’t fancy attending a course without first having a nosy around please come and join us at one of our regular Working Wednesdays at 10am. They happen most weeks but please check before coming (contact us here.)
We try and set static annual courses here at The Inkpot so that even if the course details aren’t below yet you can start planning your Inkpot educational journey!
Introduction to Permaculture – the first full weekend in May
Full Permaculture Design Course – the first full weekend in May, June, July, Sep, Oct and Nov
Summer Skillshare – 2nd full weekend in July
Permaculture Diploma weekend – 4th full weekend in September
View all our courses into the future on google calendar.
2018 Courses
Off-grid Photovoltaic (PV) solar set-up – Sat 21 April 10:00 – 16:00 @ £95/£75 (book here)
Introduction to Permaculture – 5/6 May @ £210/£170 (taken off the price of the PDC if you decide to continue onto that course)
Permaculture Design Course – 5/6 May; 2/3 Jun; 7/8 Jul; 1/2 Sep; 6/7 Oct & 3/4 Nov @ £795/£495 (book here)
Training of Teachers (ToT) -Sat 9 June 18:00 – Tue 19 June 17:00 @ £795-595 (book here)
Summer Skillshare – Fri 13 July 16:00 – Sun 15 July 16:00 @ £50/£25 (book here)
Cook the Food you Grow – Sat 21 July 09:30 – Sun 22 July 16:30 @ £90/£120 (book here)
Preserving the Harvest – Sat 29 Sep 09:30 – Sun 30 Sep 16:30 @ £90/£120 (book here)
The Inkpot – venue
The Inkpot is an 18 acre field working farm and demonstration site of permaculture design and regenerative agriculture. Home to Hannah Thorogood and family since September 2010, there has been much observing, designing and implementing of such things as the planting of 3000 trees in shelter belts, long-term timber and coppice areas, the vegetable beds, poultry and the holistic grazing of cows and sheep. The classroom is a beautiful oak framed reciprocal roofed round house and the field has lovely views of the very gentle valley down the field. If you are attending a course there are options for camping or glamping with access to compost toilets, hot glass-roofed showers (so you can see the sky while you steam clean) as well as great sunsets, starry skies, all within a quiet rural location. The Inkpot is a working farm so be aware that there is often long wet grass and mud, especially over Autumn so make sure that if you are visiting make sure you bring appropriate footwear! Also please don’t bring animals without prior arrangement from Hannah (contact here) and loud music and unofficial fires are not permitted.
The Inkpot can be hired as a venue whether it be for a family picnic as a campsite or as somewhere that can host a gathering of up to 30 people. The field shelter can seat 30 people and there is a catering kitchen which can be used to feed that many as well.
