Ecovillage Design Education (EDE)
EDE at Bramblewood (DEMO)
Certified by Gaia Education since October 2026. Hosted at Bramblewood Farm.
About this programme
What you will be part of
When it runs
Dates
- 1Block 1 — Ecological: 11 – 20 Jun 2027
- 2Block 2 — Social & Economic: 9 – 18 Jul 2027
- 3Block 3 — Worldview & Design: 13 – 22 Aug 2027
Hybrid
Three residential blocks with fortnightly online sessions in between. All three blocks are required.
Registration is handled by the host organisation, not by Gaia Education.
Who is running it
The host organisation
Bramblewood Collective (DEMO)
Eleven adults and four children on fourteen hectares above the Dyfi valley, brought back from degraded sheep pasture since 2011.
Where it happens
Bramblewood Farm
A south-facing holding above the Dyfi valley: two hectares of market garden and orchard, four of young mixed woodland, a reedbed treating all waste water, and the rest grazed in rotation.
Bramblewood Farm, Machynlleth, Powys SY20, Wales
Machynlleth, United Kingdom
Accommodation
Eight twin rooms in the longhouse, plus a camping field with compost toilets and a wood-fired shower block.
Food
Vegetarian, largely from the garden, cooked in rotation by the group.
Also coming up
Other certified Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) programmes
EDE at Riverside Ecovillage — Spring to Autumn 2026
14 Mar – 18 Oct 2026
at The Green Barn, Riverside
EDE test 2
1 – 31 Oct 2026
TEST — EDE at Quinta do Vale
Weekend 1 — Ecological: 26 – 28 Mar 2027
Weekend 2 — Social & Economic: 23 – 25 Apr 2027
Weekend 3 — Worldview & Design: 28 – 30 May 2027
at Quinta do Vale (TEST)
Certification
What being certified means
A certified Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) has been assessed against Gaia Education’s criteria by an independent reviewer, and the host has signed an agreement covering safeguarding, the curriculum and how the Gaia Education name is used.