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Permaculture Apprentice.
Meet William Horvath
Hi, I’m William Horvath, a permaculture designer, farmer and creator of Permaculture Apprentice.
I’ve helped hundreds of people seeking to live a more sustainable and self-reliant lifestyle go from analysis paralysis to designing the permaculture property of their dreams.
Like many of you I’ve long dreamed of having my permaculture farm and creating my own permaculture paradise.
This dream became my obsession during my career as a geologist. At the time I had many positive experiences, and I earned a good wage in doing it. Still, overall my work was contributing to environmental destruction, and for a nature-oriented person like myself, that fact was morally tortuous.
So in 2016, I decided to leave my engineering job and take over my grandparents’ farm. This was an amazing opportunity, only – as many of you have also experienced – it turned out not to be as easy as I hoped. I was suddenly overwhelmed by what to do first and how to set things up correctly.
What I was missing was a plan that outlines a clear set of goals…
Not long after, I decided to take a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) and, although this was a fantastic experience and helped me to start thinking in the right direction, I was actually hoping to get a step-by-step process for creating a design for my farm, yet instead all I got was vague guidelines. I felt out of my depth…
As a result of this, I was forced to clarify and come up with that design process myself. So, I dove into the permaculture literature, and read many books and countless blog posts. I listened to innumerable permaculture podcasts covering all aspects of permaculture design. Since I started my website, I’ve consulted with experts in the field and learned from them about permaculture design and their methodology.
Many of the permaculture gurus, such as David Holmgren, Mark Shepard, Stefan Sobkowiak, Richard Perkins were happy to share information with me about how they organized and designed their farms, and today I share that wisdom with my subscribers and students.
Over 160,000 people read my website every year (1 million+ website visitors in the last 6 years), and more than 28,000 have signed up for my newsletter. This shows how sought-after this type of information is by novice permaculture farmers and homesteaders.
All of the research I’ve conducted over the years has led me to develop a simple process that I used to design and plan the layout of my farm and one that I use today in my consultation work. It builds on the previous work of great permaculture designers but it’s tailored, simplified and adapted to the needs of a land-owner designer.
So every time I’m faced with designing a piece of land, I have a framework and set of instructions on what precisely I need to do. I don’t have to constantly think about what my next step should be. I can relax knowing that the process works, and today I want to share this framework and this design process with you.
Which course is right for you?
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Dreaming of buying land someday? – you could be actively looking for land or just planning to do so in the future.
Discover exactly: where to buy land, how much land you need, and what to look for in a property from a permaculture perspective.
And avoid major pitfalls and mistakes people make when searching for land.
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Want to create a permaculture design for your land without spending thousands of dollars on professional design tools, acquiring advanced drawing skills, or dedicating months of your time to creating the design?
Learn how to create a layout of your permaculture farm or homestead (with all of its essential systems for growing food, managing water, and optimizing infrastructure) you can start implementing and working towards immediately.
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Ready to develop the plot? Kickstart your permaculture property the right way so that you can achieve food security asap, without costly mistakes that set you back years.
Get a Yearly Plan that tells you exactly WHAT to do this year, a Permaculture Calendar for your climate zone to understand WHEN to do each project, and Implementation Guides to know HOW to execute each project.
THE WORLD IS CHANGING AT AN ACCELERATED PACE, HERE IS WHY YOU NEED TO START PLANNING YOUR FARM TODAY
Climate extremes, supply chain disruptions, economic shocks, geopolitical conflicts…
Unless you already have your permaculture property set up and are self-reliant enough to not ‘sweat’ about it, you may have noticed that since 2020, we’ve been hit with crisis after crisis.
It may have all started with the pandemic and the extraordinary response to it by the governments around the world, but then it all quickly translated to supply chain issues, material shortages, rising fuel costs, and as of recently, runaway inflation.
In this short period of 2 years, the world has been destabilized so much that full-scale military war between world powers seems more plausible than at any time in the last 75 years.
A lot is happening, and given the inertia of current trends, we could very much still be in the early days of “the great unraveling” that lays ahead.
The ordinary people are getting pressed left, right and center, and there is a build-up of resentment, anger, and frustration toward the ruling elite. People are increasingly showing dissatisfaction by protesting on the streets, while governments are accelerating their efforts to control the populace under the justification of safety and climate change.
This decade will be pivotal in our fight to set things straight for humanity as a whole and the planet we live on.
Because here is the thing:
Although this current crisis is not desirable, it is in some ways necessary to allow us to create a new system that’s not exploitative of nature or people and goes even beyond being sustainable into a truly regenerative process to heal the planet.
So right now, this is our moment; it’s time for us permaculturists to be the guiding light we need in the world and lead by example. First, we need to prepare to weather this storm and provide for our needs, and then, as the dust finally settles, we need to showcase a better way of living, producing food, and working with the environment.
As day to day life for most people becomes more challenging, they’ll start to look for alternatives, and we’ll be able to show them with our example how they should proceed.
Finding Land Course
In 2012, after the North American drought and wildfires, two farmers took the PDC to help heal the landscape.One was expanding the “pocket of permaculture paradise” he had created amidst challenging dry landscape – a green patch that flourished with food, resources, and life, showcasing a better way.The other was forced to move and abandon his farm because the location had become untenable.WHAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE?
Permaculture Farm Design Course
From Blank Slate to Abundance!HOW TO DESIGN A PERMACULTURE FARM THAT PRODUCES AN ABUNDANCE OF FOOD, REGENERATES THE LAND AND BUILDS SELF-SUFFICIENCY (Without endlessly searching the Internet, feeling overwhelmed and getting stuck in analysis paralysis.)THE SIMPLEST, EASIEST WAY TO DESIGN YOUR PERMACULTURE FARM WITHOUT SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND LOSING YEARS OF YOUR LIFE ON INTERNET RESEARCH...
Permaculture Implementation Program
KICKSTART YOUR FARM THE RIGHT WAY AND PRODUCE ORGANIC-EVERYTHING FROM THE GET-GO, WITHOUT COSTLY MISTAKES THAT SET YOU BACK YEARS…
BECAUSE LIFE IS TOO SHORT NOT TO ENJOY YOUR FARM AND EVEN SHORTER IF YOU’RE FORCED TO EAT SUPERMARKET FOOD!
READ THE FIVE REASONS WHY YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO MISS ANOTHER YEAR…
Permaculture Design Student
“OVERPLANNING ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED, AND UNDER-PLANNING ONLY TO END UP WITH A JOB HALF-FINISHED.
THIS COURSE SAVED ME FROM BOTH!
I would say that the course really helps focus your ideas and bring them into the real world. I appreciate the method of doing a large amount of research and planning before you start work, but not so much that you get stuck in the design phase. I can relate to both overplanning only to be disappointed, and under-planning only to end up with a job half-finished. Knowing what to do next is invaluable.”
Erin D.
Permaculture Implementation Program Student
“It’s very very important for me to learn how to do as much as I can as fast as I can. I’m 50 and I myself am running out of time too.“
Bill S.
“IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ORGANIC, BUT NOW IT’S CONTAMINATED…”
What’s included in the Finding Land course…
WHATEVER YOU DO, AVOID THESE 7 PERMACULTURE IMPLEMENTATION MISTAKES THAT SET YOU BACK YEARS…
Component #1: Video lessons
The course is broken down into five modules with 8 video lessons that are immediately available; these will be your visual guide through the process of finding the ideal land for your permaculture property.
Component #2: Step-by-step tutorials and worksheets
Each lesson also has detailed written step-by-step tutorials that will help implement what you learned, and accompanying worksheets so that you can personalize and fine-tune your search.
Component #3: Pre-purchase property assessment protocol
Exclusive online tools developed specifically for assessing the property for its potential and deal-breaking type #1 errors you’ll want to avoid at all cost (think permaculture fatal flaws).
Component #4: Repository of resources and free tools
Plus, alongside each module, there will be a repository of resources and free tools I recommend so that you can quickly improve your property search and assessment skills.
“There are a lot of voices in Permacultre and sustainable agriculture these days, but I’ve never found one more reliable, insightful and useful as William Horvath and Permaculture Apprentice. The way that he connects the dots from a wide variety of progressive practices such as holistic grazing, food forestry, keyline earthworks and many more, can only come from someone who has put them into practice through experimentation and constant observation.”
Oliver Goshey
Author, Consultant, Natural Builder, Abundant Edge, LLC
“Williams content is a “go to” resource for anyone wanting to build freedom for themselves by establishing their own self reliant systems. In my opinion, he is overly generous with his all inclusive, hands on, step by step instructional material. Any contribution whether it be time, money and/or energy for his information will certainly yield 10-100Xs your investment.”
Justin Rhodes
Film producer, author and teacher, Abundant Permaculture
“This is probably the best organized and most instructionally sound training in the domain that I’ve seen. I can also say the guides formatted well with robust quality for a beginner gardener.”
David M.
“When I first opened PermacultureApprentice.com, I was blown away that I hadn’t discovered it earlier! William’s ability to distill the teachings and experimentation of the permaculture greats has allowed a new generation of regenerative farmers and designers to take permaculture to the next level. Working with William is a joy, because he brings a lighthearted curiosity to his core focus: helping you succeed.”
Pete Widin
Artisan Environments, LLC
