Could traditional Arable Farming be reformed, improved, and innovated through permaculture theory and methodology?

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.

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.

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 ...

Learn how to build your own runner bean frame from from upcycled materials. Want to grow climbing beans but have minimal space? Maddy and the late Tim Harland, founders of Permaculture magazine, show ...

In this first part of 'What is Permaculture', Maddy Harland explains the three permaculture ethics – Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share. Permaculture is primarily a thinking tool for designing low ...

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 ...

When I first started planning the infrastructure here at Quinta do Vale, I was adamant on including a worm composting toilet – I intended to use Joe Jenkins‘ dry ‘humanure’ composting toilet system ...

Want to conserve water but still want to make sure you aren't under-watering your garden? Want to establish a simple greenhouse irrigation system? Clay pot irrigation can save 50-70% of water without ...

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 ...

La Ferme Biologique du Bec Hellouin is known as the 'miraculous abundance' permaculture farm. Learn about the organic techniques used on their 20 hectare farm as well as the biointensively managed 1 ...

Eric Toensmeier shares his tips to turn a barren plot into an edible permaculture paradise through 9 simple steps to sheet mulching. If you want to turn a barren lot into a permaculture paradise, ...