Source-backedVariable Custom

International Permaculture Day

The official International Permaculture Day site describes the observance as taking place on the first Sunday in May “or thereabouts,” with local events allowed on or near the focal date.

Date / ruleFirst Sunday in May or thereabouts
ScopeInternational permaculture community / event-listing initiative
VerificationOrganizer Variable Rule Verified
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is International Permaculture Day?

The official International Permaculture Day site describes the observance as taking place on the first Sunday in May “or thereabouts,” with local events allowed on or near the focal date.

Date and recurrence

First Sunday in May or thereabouts

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is International permaculture community / event-listing initiative. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Animals, Nature & Environment →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. International Permaculture Day — About IPDEvent Organizer
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is International Permaculture Day?

First Sunday in May or thereabouts The stored recurrence guidance is: First Sunday in May or thereabouts; resolve the target-year/local organizer schedule rather than forcing one universal exact date.

Does International Permaculture Day fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is International Permaculture Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: International permaculture community / event-listing initiative. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes International Permaculture Day?

The stored designation basis is: The official International Permaculture Day site describes the observance as taking place on the first Sunday in May “or thereabouts,” with local events allowed on or near the focal date.. Supporting provenance includes International Permaculture Day — About IPD. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is International Permaculture Day international or country-specific?

The record has international or global institutional scope: International permaculture community / event-listing initiative. That does not mean every country treats the date as a public holiday or observes it in the same way.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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