The team at the community garden Bandstand Beds on Clapham Common have used some of their funding to organise a series of three winter workshops on their site. Michel Thill from Social Landscapes was invited to deliver the sessions. In the first workshop the group has explored strategies for natural pest control.

“I feel like I know a secret and want to share it with the world!”

This time, I find myself sitting in a café near Old Street, chatting to the outgoing Natasha. Deciding that spending the majority of your waking hours in a job that doesn’t bring you much satisfaction, in August 2015 Natasha...

For those of you who prefer Italian, the previous blog post "5 reasons permaculture has become a global movement" was translated into Italian for the Magazine Permacultura & Transizione. See the whole article here.

Our October Newsletter includes upcoming gardening workshops, a community planting event, the full permaculture design course, blog posts and pictures from our last introduction to permaculture workshop. Read the newsletter here.

My second interview was with Permaculture Design Course (PDC) participant Nicky, 26, who works with children with special needs. He is currently developing his practice as a yoga teacher and artist and he chose to do the permaculture design course hoping to ...

I felt a sense of grief, after the passing of a man I’ve never met. Also an overwhelming sense of gratitude for the abundance he has left us with.  Bill Mollison, the father of the permaculture movement, truly was, as the Permaculture Research Institute writes, a “massive tree in the forest of humanity”.

“If you apply it to your life, permaculture is a manual for surviving on the planet”

These are the final words of my interview with Permaculture Design Course (PDC) participant Louise - the first in a series of participants' stories, aimed at sharing why people take the course and how it can enrich their lives. 

Veronica Simpson on the 'benefits of thinking outside the box' in FX magazine after attending a one day permaculture course with us. Read the full article here.

September Newsletter with announcement of the new webpage and a range of events... Find it here.

You would like to grow food in the winter? or get your garden ready for the coming year?

Social Landscapes will be running a series of three 2-hour workshops at Bandstand Beds on Clapham Common this Autumn. Come and join in! Pay what you can...

Find our latest Newsletter with Gardener Role, Workshops and more here.

Would you like to join a small social enterprise, changing the landscapes of London? Are you passionate about the environment and enjoy working outdoors? If yes, we would like to hear from you.

In the Permaculture Magazine, Ros Bedlow writes about the Permaculture for Transition workshop, she and Samantha Woods pioneered at our venue Treadwell first in January 2015, then again the same year in December. Read the article here.

Do you want to engage in a community initiative to promote local food and permaculture design? Would you like to be supported in the process, grow your skills, gain work experience and become part of a community? An internship with Social Landscapes might be the right opportunity for you!

See our May Newsletter with Freelance and Internship Opportunities, Permaculture Courses, Inner Transition Evenings and more here.

So I guess we're not superior, Not inferior either. We must be equal then? But what if we're not even that... And there is something that we forget? And I guess, It's not worth pondering On whether we exist, or not...

Social Landscapes was contracted by Streatham Common Cooperative (SCCoop) to deliver an outreach project. The aim of the project was to support the newly formed cooperative that is managing the Rookery, part of Streatham Common, to attract some of the hard to reach communities that live in the area around the park. 

Our Coming Back To Life Workshop, which we ran in Luxembourg exploring the psychology of change, is featured in the local Transition Magazine ö! Read the full article with interview here on page 13.

Rock River Oak Deer I am whole As You come alive in me... I am timeless As I come alive in you...

Social Landscapes featured in Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine. Thanks Jini!