Our land is 9 hectares (~ 22 acres) in size in the Mantiqueira Mountains, in the South of Minas Gerais, (Southeastern region of Brazil), where I would like to create a small garden of eden. The land is at 900m elevation and it has different microclimates, stream, spring, hills, pasture, fo...

Intentional Community working towards integrating permaculture principles to the land

Our experience on the Big Island has been great.  Since we've been here, I have transformed our grassy half acre into a thriving tropical food forest with free ranging chickens that totally feed themselves from the system (got to love the fact that there are no predators).  Some pics of this proj...

Farm tours had the attentive participation of people of all ages, coming from different places and various nationalities. It started with an illustrated project presentation supported by design maps and other tools used throughout the planning process. Visitors went up the farm passing by differe...

We purchased 2 mushroom kits, one Button Mushrooms and one Portabello (field mushrooms). It has taken 20 days to start growing but we have picked our first button mushrooms. The Button Mushroom kit cost $18 AUD and the Portabello cost $23 AUD

WANTED! Experienced cob house builder in West-Algarve, who wants to give a workshop 'how to build your own cob house'. More info please email dave@vamosverde.nl or call +351 91 92 93 338ObrigadoDave Hemmingwaywww.vamosverde.nl

Designing and applying Permaculture to our farm

When embarking on this project, I had grand ideas about what to achieve without a real understanding of the amount of work required. Sure I had dug garden beds, thought I understood planting guilds, knew the importance of companion planting ... but nothing prepared me for introducing children to ...

http://wikieducator.org/Permaculture_design

The steps in this course are compost (we build a real hot compost heap!), top soil regeneration (we actively build soil and learn how the process works), weed management (what can we eat?), seeds and seedlings (heirloom seeds, transplanting skills), integrated pest management, plant propa...

The steps in this course are compost (we build a real hot compost heap!), top soil regeneration (we actively build soil and learn how the process works), weed management (what can we eat?), seeds and seedlings (heirloom seeds, transplanting skills), integrated pest management, plant propagation (...

1. Gaia's Garden (Toby Hemenway) - (done) 2. Permaculture Design (Aranya) - in progress 3. Designer's Manual (Mollison) 4. Edible Forest Gardens (Jacke/Toensmeier) That should keep me busy for awhile!

To get a general ideal of the site we camped a few days there to get a feel andmake an accurate base map and survey the land.  Here is the map and a short video of a site survey.

A 750 m2 garden in Central Bulgaria, which I am designing for my friend Vasko

15 JOURS RESIDENTIELS COURS DE CERTIFICAT DE DESIGN DE PERMACULTURE (PDC) (Certificat  de design officiel de l’Institut de Recherche de Permaculture Australien et reconnu internationalement. Enseignant accrédité de l’Institut. Aucune connaissance préliminaire nécessaire.) Du 16 au 30 juin ...

In November 2010, following cancellation of a PDC for which I had enrolled, I was absolutely privileged when Tamara Griffiths visited Peterborough to deliver the best-ever consolation prize (better than first prize):  my first permaculture theory and practical training, tailored to my own backyar...

Phase 1: mainframe design

see:  http://permacultureubcfarm2013.eventbrite.com/ for details