An innovative framework for creating sustainable ways of living. It is a practical method of developing ecologically harmonious, efficient and productive systems that can be used by anyone, anywhere.

Hugelkultur, pronounced hoo-gul-culture, means hill culture or hill mound. Instead of putting branches, leaves and grass clippings in bags by the curbside for the bin men… build a hugel bed. Simply ...

Imagine if we turned intensively mown and irrigated golf courses into permaculture farms. Dr Charlie Brennan, Bridget O’Brien and the Garden Juju Collective did exactly that.

Thistles are a bane of picnickers and campers. Who hasn’t trodden on the sharp, unforgiving spines of a thistle when out and about barefoot in grasslands? For many people, relationships with thistles ...

There are multiple species of ferns and all have many different medicinal uses. Nathaniel Whitmore explores the Native American medicinal uses of ferns that feature in the Delaware River valley. The ...

Natural skincare creator, Laura Pardoe explains the health and skincare benefits of using limeflowers, when to harvest them, and how to make your own foot bath recipe aching feet and ankles. The lime ...

The common mallow (Malva sylvestris) has a range of medicinal and food uses, and can be found across the globe, from Asia to Africa and Europe. Some plants seem to be our constant companions, no ...

Since I live in the Netherlands, the largest producer of cut flowers worldwide, growing my own organic cut flowers might seem like bringing coal to Newcastle. But because I do not like the way most of ...

In the second part of 'What is Permaculture', Maddy Harland explains the 12 permaculture design principles and applies them to a variety of scenarios, not just land-based examples. The 12 permaculture ...

Cathy Ashley how to preserve the nutritious and delicious tastes of summer to last through the winter, with various fruit cordials. Making cordials is a good way to use up surplus produce, to extend ...

Pippa Chapman, forest garden designer and author, shares her tips for designing and implementing perennial food gardens, including how to plan your plot and how to site important design elements.

When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order. Ilya Prigogine, Physical Chemist and Nobel ...