Frances Osborn Taking new Diploma apprentices? No Educator experience Kitchen Gardens; Forest Gardens; Lifestyle. Educator skills Growing food; soil ecology and restoration; teaching; soap making; translations (Spanish - English). Educator qualifications Permaculture Teacher Training (Tot) (Barcelona, 2021) Diploma in Applied Permaculture (UK Permaculture Association, 2021) PDC in Permaculture (Brighton Permaculture Trust, 2014) PhD in Biology (Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela, 1997) BSc in Environmental Sciences (Southampton University, 1988)