Beyond Buckthorns - Permaculture Design Hub in rural Finland

A life beyond sea buckthorns. A journey into regenerative gardening, agroecology, permaculture design, biogas and food in rural Finland, Laitikkala - Pälkäne.

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BeyondBuckthorns - Permaculture Design Hub in Rural Finland
Dandelion - symbolizing the tenacity of our homestead

Come visit!

All visits must either be part of the course or help us with some tasks.

Please contact us in advance - at least one week before.

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A world full of knowledge

Study permaculture!

Are you interested in a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design? Then Nick could be your tutor!

About permaculture tutoring

The world as guest at Beyond Buckthorns - come Wwoofing

Be a Wwoofer!

Wwoof = World wide opportunity in organic farming.

You want to help us in our garden or with projects?

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Support our efforts

In 2022, we founded Vihreä Pourusmäki RY - an association for rural development.

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With hosts that are so warm and knowledgeable, the PDC at Beyond Buckthorns is magical. Discussions of all sorts, friendships begin to flourish.

Alexis, PDC participant 2022

From the garden

Zucchinis on the stairs

PermaBlitz DesignCamp 2023 - Photo by Gergő Szász

Food forest in Zone 1 at Beyond Buckthorns

DIY Biogas movie

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Holy Shit - a journey into DIY biogas - movie poster

In 2023 Nick released his documentary "Holy Shit - a journey into DIY biogas". Follow him visiting several key figures in the DIY Biogas movement in the United States. Learn about DIY biogas. Get inspired!

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Latest news

AI generated of an image of a person walking on a path

Thoughts about Artificial Intelligence in permaculture in context of the Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design

In 2021 I came across generative AI, first image, then text. This article is for my colleagues, the tutors at the Permaculture Association Britain in order to give them some insights into my thoughts about AI.
This article was co-written by Lumia and Dominik and are our shared thoughts.

Peek into permaculture in Helsinki course

Peeking into permaculture in Helsinki

Peek into Permaculture course brought people and ideas together

The age of Digital Permaculture

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Digital Permaculture book cover

Digital Permaculture extends the current understanding of permaculture into the digital space. Follow Nick on his journey where he explorers how personal digital sustainability can be achieved using permaculture design. On ~352 pages he will guide you through one big permaculture design. Learn about IT and permaculture design at the same time!

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Nick and Lumia

About us and our permaculture design hub

Beyond Buckthorns is a permaculture design hub and education centre. In the past years, we have worked on the old log house and its three-hectare plot in accordance with sustainability, esp. the principles of permaculture.