I wish you well with this! My experience with a pricey permaculture course was disappointing, to say the least. As a long time gardener and short time farmer, I felt that common sense had already taught me most of what was being promoted. And I really hated feeling like the teachers had never been up at two in the morning diverting floodwater from a new planting, or had a bobcat get in with their baby goats- not that I would wish them grief, but that they hadn't walked the walk. Their hands were just too clean and their answers a bit too pat. They were good with the buzzwords like "holistic" and "multifunctional", but they were one part fire and nine parts smoke in my book. Moral of the story, check them out before you pay!