Formation en permaculture - Le potager au fil des saisons : concevoir et entretenir un jardin en permaculture

Permaculture training - The vegetable garden through the seasons: designing and maintaining a permaculture garden at La Ferme d'Emilie.

Would you like to learn about Permaculture? Here's a course that combines theory and practice, and takes place progressively over 5 Saturdays between September 2025 and June 2026.

The aim of this course is to teach you how to design, manage and maintain a vegetable garden according to the principles of Permaculture!
The vegetable garden becomes a highly productive place where abundance goes hand in hand with preserving resources, improving the soil and welcoming biodiversity!

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Dates & prices :
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Day 1: 20/09
Introduction to Permaculture
Mounds and the mandala garden
Practical workshops: tour of the garden, cuttings

Day 2: 25/10
Permaculture principles: in-depth study and practical illustrations for your crops
Designing your Permaculture space
The soil and how it works, fertility
Practical workshops: soil analysis, vegetable garden design

Day 3:25/04
Garden health: encouraging biodiversity, purins, green manures
Water management
Managing weeds: tools, techniques, mulching
Practical workshops: soil preparation, sowing

Day 4: 23/05
Producing a lot from a small area, plant combinations
Preparing your growing plan
Permaculture applied to other areas: group governance, housing, etc.
Practical workshops: recognising and encouraging living soil, planting

Day 5: 27/06
The Nourishing Forest-Garden: another way of practising Permaculture
Different plant propagation techniques
Report
Practical workshops: botanical walk on the theme of the Nourishing Forest-Garden, design of a Nourishing Forest-Garden, etc.


Instructor :
Corinne Thérézien-Racamier, who holds a BPREA (Brevet Professionnel de Responsable d'Exploitation Agricole) and a CCP (Cours Certifié en Permaculture), specialises in garden forests. She is working to develop the potential of garden forests for high-quality food and a healthy planet.

The venue :
The course takes place in the privileged setting of Émilie's farm, on the Ile d'Yeu. Established two generations ago, this family farm puts trainees in direct contact with the realities of a career change project, especially in the agricultural sector.


Practical details:

Public: adults and older teenagers
Timetable: 9am to 5pm
Price: 430 euros for 5 days
95 euros / day if daily rate
"Packed lunch: each participant brings his or her own lunch.

Tickets available from the Tourist Office

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