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Products related to permaculture:
Shrubs for Gardens, Agroforestry, and Permaculture
A range of useful shrubs for different niches, sites, and functions–in gardens and on homesteads and farms World-renowned expert Martin Crawford covers common fruit bushes like currants and gooseberries, and includes many other less-known shrubs with edible fruits, nuts, leaves, or other parts. He takes us on a journey into the world of exotic spice…
- Shrubs for Gardens, Agroforestry, and Permaculture
- By Martin Crawford
- $23.96
Permaculture Design Companion
A Practical Workbook for Integrating People and Places
- Permaculture Design Companion
- By Jasmine Dale
- $21.71
Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds
Designing, Building and Planting Your Treatment Wetland System
- Permaculture Guide to Reed Beds
- By Féidhlim Harty
- $11.21
The Permaculture Book of DIY
Permaculture is a low cost, environmental and creative approach to living. The Permaculture Book of DIY presents over 20 practical projects that show you how to cleverly recycle materials into useful and unique objects at low financial and environmental cost. Some projects can even be completed for free. Want to spend more time enjoying your…
- The Permaculture Book of DIY
- By John Adams
- $14.96
Permaculture and Climate Change Adaptation
Inspiring Ecological, Social, Economic and Cultural Responses for Resilience and Transformation
- Permaculture and Climate Change Adaptation
- By Thomas Henfrey, Gil Penha-Lopes
- $11.99
The Permaculture City
Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience
- The Permaculture City
- By Toby Hemenway
- $12.47
Trees for Gardens, Orchards, and Permaculture
Are you wondering which productive trees to plant in your garden? Or are you planning a forest garden? Perhaps you are planting an orchard but want a greater diversity of useful trees than is typical? Or you’d like to know what unusual fruit trees you can use? The answers to all these questions can be…
- Trees for Gardens, Orchards, and Permaculture
- By Martin Crawford
- $29.96
The Vegan Book of Permaculture
Recipes for Healthy Eating and Earthright Living
- The Vegan Book of Permaculture
- By Graham Burnett
- $18.71
Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist
How to Have Your Yard and Eat It Too
- Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist
- By Michael Judd
- $18.71
People & Permaculture
Caring and Designing for Ourselves, Each Other and the Planet
- People & Permaculture
- By Looby Macnamara
- $26.21
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture
A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening
- Sepp Holzer's Permaculture
- By Sepp Holzer
- $14.97
Living with the Earth, Volume 2
Food Crops and Forest Gardens
- Living with the Earth, Volume 2
- By Charles Hervé-Gruyer, Perrine Hervé-Gruyer
- $75.00
The Basics of Regenerative Agriculture
Chemical-free, nature-friendly and community-focused food
- The Basics of Regenerative Agriculture
- By Ross Mars
- $21.95
The Resilient Farm and Homestead, Revised and Expanded Edition
20 Years of Permaculture and Whole Systems Design
- The Resilient Farm and Homestead, Revised and Expanded Edition
- By Ben Falk
- $33.71
Articles related to permaculture:
Building Your Backyard Permaculture Paradise
The award-winning Paradise Lot takes a behind-the-scenes look at how two plant geeks transformed a desolate urban backyard into a permaculture paradise. At the same time, the pair were hoping to each find their own Eve for this special garden adventure. They succeeded on both fronts–creating an urban, food-producing oasis on a tenth of an acre, and…
Permaculture Advice For Beginners
Trying something for the first time can be intimidating, especially when it’s something as big as learning how to live off your land. But like with any new adventure you shouldn’t bite off too much at once. Instead, it’s better to take the time to properly plan and educate yourself on what it will take…
Agroforestry Versus Permaculture: Which Approach to Use for a Community Food Forest
Ok, so we’ve gone over some basics of community food forests: Now it’s time to figure out how to plan one. There are two schools of thought on the best approach to building a community food forest: agroforestry or permaculture. The former offers a science-based approach while the latter incorporates elements of social design. Both…
How to Distinguish Permaculture from Natural Farming
Just what are the differences between permaculture and natural farming? How are they connected, and where do they diverge in philosophy and principle? Those questions are answered in One-Straw Revolutionary, a book that delves into the philosophy and work of Japanese farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka. In this passage, author Larry Korn compares and contrasts two…
Urban Permaculture: The Social, Cultural, and Ecological Potential
As more people flock to urban areas to live, nowhere are the empowering principles of permaculture more needed and desired. In his latest book, bestselling permaculture author Toby Hemenway (Gaia’s Garden) demonstrates that the same nature-based approach that connects the pieces of our landscape together in harmonious ways applies perfectly to our need for water,…
The Permaculture Way—Tending Your Personal Garden
An integral aspect of Permaculture—”an approach to designing human settlements and perennial agricultural systems that mimic the relationships found in the natural ecologies”—is the realization that all things are connected. Finding peace in the harmonious systems of your garden is a good entry point for plugging into the interconnectedness of all systems on Earth. The…
Taking Permaculture Beyond the Garden Gate: Q&A With Toby Hemenway
The Permaculture City begins in the garden but takes what we have learned there and applies it to a much broader range of human experience; we’re not just gardening plants but people, neighborhoods, and even cultures. Author Toby Hemenway (Gaia’s Garden) lays out how permaculture design can help towndwellers solve the challenges of meeting our…
Permaculture Q&A: Perennial Plants for Temperate Climates
Our award winning author Eric Toensmeier (Perennial Vegetables, Paradise Lot), and two authors from our UK publishing partner Permanent Publications, Anni Kelsey (Edible Perennial Gardening) and Stephen Barstow (Around the World in 80 Plants), unanimously agree that perennial plants are perfect for cold weather climates. Perennials require less maintenance than typical annual crops and are…
What is a Plant Guild?
What does the term “plant guild” actually mean? Technically, a plant guild is a beneficial grouping of plants that support humans, animals, and even one another. The key to creating a successful one is identifying the right design for your permaculture project. The following is an excerpt from Integrated Forest Gardening by Daniel Halsey, Bryce Ruddock,…
Grow Mushrooms on Your Jeans. Seriously.
Do you have an old, worn-out pair of jeans in your dresser? Instead of throwing them out, try to grow mushrooms on them. Follow this simple step-by-step outline to start growing mushrooms in the unlikeliest of places…on your pants! The following is an excerpt from Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation by Tradd Cotter. It has…
October Garden Planning: 10 Tips for Success
Just because fall is here, that doesn’t mean gardening season is over! There’s still plenty of time to wrap up the season, prepare for next year, and tackle all of those pesky to-dos around the homestead. So without further ado, here’s your October garden planning cheat sheet. October Garden Planning: The Harvest 1. Pumpkins and…
Not Level? No Problem. How to Build a Greenhouse on a Slope
Is your yard uneven or sloped, but you want to build a greenhouse? It may not seem like the “perfect spot,” but building a greenhouse on a slope actually comes with a couple of benefits that you won’t get from making one a level site. The following is an excerpt is from The Bio-Integrated Farm by…
Controlling Pests Organically: Insects on Fruit Trees
When we grow fruit trees, we know we’re creating something delicious. Bugs understand the same thing, which results in an unwelcome army of pests eating and affecting the fruit you grow. How do you get rid of these bugs without using harmful sprays and treatments? Here are some tips for identifying insects on fruit trees…
The Seven Layers of A Forest Garden
When you create a forest garden, you give nature the reigns and let it take the hard part off your hands. All you need to do is get to work on creating the seven layers, and the forest will take care of the rest. The following is an excerpt from The Home-Scale Forest Garden by Dani…
Farm the Woods: Grow Food and Medicinals in Forests
Contrary to popular belief, forestry and farming are NOT mutually exclusive. Growing food, medicinals, and other non-timber products like mushrooms and ginseng in the woods helps increase self-sufficiency and allows you to maintain a healthy forest. The following is an excerpt from Farming the Woods by Steve Gabriel and Ken Mudge. It has been adapted for the web.…
Authors related to permaculture:
André Leu
André Leu is the International Director of Regeneration International, an organization he cofounded in 2015 with Dr. Vandana Shiva, Ronnie Cummins, Dr. Hans Herren, and Steve Rye, and which has now grown to 540 partners in 75 countries, advancing projects in agroecology, permaculture, AMP grazing, agroforestry, and biological, organic, and ecological agriculture. Dr. Leu holds…
Ross Mars
Ross Mars is an experienced permaculture teacher, designer and consultant. He is a qualified high school teacher and has been actively involved in permaculture education in schools. He is the author of the well known text The Basics of Permaculture Design and has also produced an educational video on energy efficient housing called Passive Solar…
Sophia Nguyen Eng
Sophia Nguyen Eng is a first-generation Vietnamese-American who left a successful career in growth marketing in Silicon Valley to start a five-acre permaculture farm in the Appalachian region of eastern Tennessee. During her time in the tech industry, Eng led successful growth marketing campaigns for startups and Fortune 500 companies like WorkDay, InVision, and Smartsheet,…
Pippa Chapman
Pippa Chapman has been gardening for over 30 years. In 2007 she left her job as Head Gardener on a private estate, to take a year-long practical apprenticeship at RHS Harlow Carr. She was introduced to forest gardening and permaculture and in 2010 set up a sustainable gardening business with her husband. She grows a…
Dani Baker
Dani Baker and her partner, David Belding, farm at Cross Island Farms on Wellesley Island in the St. Lawrence River between New York and Canada, where they raise certified organic produce and grass-fed beef and goats. Dani is a retired clinical psychologist and a self-taught gardener who learned her craft by immersing herself in reading,…