Permaculture Design Certificate
International Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC)
In-Person Immersion • Atlixco, Puebla
Are you ready to become a designer of living systems and regenerative, sustainable solutions?
The return to Mexico of Bill Mollison’s original Permaculture Institute accreditation
Join the course that will change your perspective on the land, community, and future.
This is not an ordinary permaculture course. We will experience total immersion at Granja Orgánica Tequio (Atlixco, Puebla), following to the letter the original curriculum designed by permaculture co-founder Bill Mollison.
This Permaculture Design Certificate — PDC is based on Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual by Bill Mollison, one of the foundational texts of modern permaculture and the classic curriculum for the Permaculture Design Certificate course. During the course, we will study the manual in a structured and in-depth manner, following its core themes to build a solid foundation in observation, analysis, design, and practical application.
One of the most important features of this course is that it is certified by the Permaculture Institute, Tasmania, Australia, connected to the original legacy of Bill Mollison. Today, our PDC carries this exclusive and direct accreditation from the birthplace of permaculture. Your certificate will have unparalleled value and history worldwide.
The course will be held in a residential format, with accommodation and all meals included, prepared with organic food grown on the farm itself. The experience will not be purely theoretical: we will live permaculture on site, observing real systems, doing hands-on activities, eating from the land, sharing community, and visiting other projects designed by Granja Tequio.
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What is a PDC?
The PDC, or Permaculture Design Certificate, is the international foundational training in permaculture. It is the course that introduces the ethics, principles, observation tools, and design methods needed to create regenerative systems on farms, gardens, homes, communities, productive projects, and rural or urban territories.
More than an agriculture course, the PDC is training in integrated design. You will learn to read the landscape and understand the flows of water, energy, soil, climate, vegetation, animals, housing, economy, and community in order to integrate them into functional, resilient, and productive designs.
Course Topics
The course will follow the classic curriculum based on Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual by Bill Mollison, including:
- Introduction: Permaculture philosophy and ethics.
- Design Concepts and Themes: Laws of energy, resources, and yield.
- Design Methods: Analysis, data, maps, and master planning.
- Understanding Patterns: Application of patterns in nature to human design.
- Climate: Climate factors, microclimates, and global design.
- Trees and Their Energy Transactions: The role of the forest in the landscape.
- Water: Harvesting, storage, conservation, and efficient management.
- Soils: Structure, soil life, composting, and land regeneration.
- Earthworks and Resources: Swales, terraces, and dams.
- The Humid Tropics: Specific strategies for tropical climates.
- Strategies for Arid Zones: Design and survival in deserts.
- Temperate to Cold Climates: Strategies for wet and cold climates.
- Aquaculture: Production systems and pond integration.
- Strategies for an Alternative Global Nation: Legal and community aspects, bioregions, and solidarity economy.
- Final project of team design, applying what has been learned to a real-world case.
What’s Included?
- Complete PDC course in residential format.
- Permaculture Design Certificate.
- Accommodation during the course.
- All meals included.
- Organic food grown at Granja Tequio.
- Theoretical classes and practical exercises.
- Farm tours and landscape reading.
- Visits to other permaculture projects designed by Granja Tequio.
- Team design work.
- Community, shared living, and immersive learning.
Why Take This PDC?
This course is an opportunity to study permaculture from its roots, with a curriculum based on Bill Mollison’s classic manual and certification linked to the Permaculture Institute of Tasmania, Australia.
Unlike introductory courses or partial training programs, this PDC offers a complete experience: in-depth theory, field practice, community living, organic food, real-world design, and visits to applied projects. Granja Orgánica Tequio will be our classroom, dining room, living laboratory, and source of inspiration.
Who Is This Course For?
- People who want to design or transform their land, farm, ranch, garden, or community.
- Farmers, producers, gardeners, and technicians seeking regenerative tools.
- Architects, landscape architects, biologists, educators, therapists, environmentalists, and designers.
- People interested in food sovereignty, agroecology, natural building, water, soil, and living systems.
- Those seeking serious training to begin or deepen their professional path in permaculture.
- People who want to experience an immersive, practical, and transformative learning experience.
The Experience at Granja Orgánica Tequio
During the course, we will also visit other permaculture projects designed by Granja Tequio to observe how the principles adapt to different real-world contexts. This will allow participants to understand permaculture not as an abstract theory, but as a concrete, adaptable, and deeply transformative practice.
Advantages of This Course
- Certification from the Permaculture Institute, Tasmania, Australia.
- Curriculum based on Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual by Bill Mollison.
- Intensive residential training.
- Accommodation and meals included.
- Organic food produced on site.
- Learning on a living, functioning farm.
- Visits to real projects designed by {{ site where the course will be held }}.
- Integrated approach: water, soil, trees, climate, housing, economy, community, and design.
- Final design project to apply everything learned.
- Community experience, shared living, and connection with the land.
- Ideal for those who want to design real projects, not just learn concepts.
Course Outcomes
By the end, you will have a solid foundation for observing, analyzing, and designing permaculture systems. You will leave with tools to apply permaculture to land, homes, communities, agricultural projects, educational spaces, regenerative ventures, and life projects.
You will also receive your PDC certificate and become part of an international network of people committed to regenerative design, food sovereignty, and the creation of permanent cultures.
What Does Your Registration Include?
- Full Accommodation: Stay at the sustainable facilities of Granja Orgánica Tequio.
- “Farm-to-Table” Meals: All meals are included, prepared with organic ingredients harvested directly on site.
- Field Practices and Visits: We will tour and analyze other real-world permaculture projects successfully designed and implemented by the Granja Tequio team.
- International Certificate: Issued by the Permaculture Institute (Tasmania).