In one of our recent articles I wrote about companion planting and the specific plants my husband and I have grown successfully together -or not- when growing our seasonal food crops.  This time I’d like to write about the function and use of plants grown in polyculture and how each plant spec...

Here are some photo's of my dead hedge :

  par Steve Read Le tour à perche, tour à bois médiéval, sans électricité, sans bruit. En expliquant comment marche se tour à bois Steve parle de l'état de notre monde actuel et comment chaque entre nous peuvent agir pour crée quelque chose un peu mieux. Steve exposent ces connaissances de la p...

écrit et joué par Chloé Decaux et Steve Read Nous avons crée une rencontre entre un ‘vrai’ conférencier permaculteur et le personnage de Catherine Perrot. L’enthousiasme du public nous a encouragé à poursuivre dans l’avenir cette formule qui se situe entre la conférence et le spectacle, comme ...

After much hard work, we have constructed our large zone 2 beds 2 x 2mx20m beds and another 2mx10m bed (a forth in the works for next year).We have some more fruit trees for zone 1/2, tomorrow we'll be planting 6 Bush lemons, 2 Tangelos and a "Miracle fruit" tree.For pictures check out https://ww...

1) Lifecapacity workshop presents the concept of safeguarding a safe operating space for regional communities as the basis for growing a common future.  Specifically it addresses zones 4 and 5, often beyond the scope of most permaculture endeavours, yet crucially important for stepping up, engagi...

Aproveitar os espaços físicos e temporais ociosos para a construção de espaços pedagógicos alternativos, envolvendo a cooperação, o cuidado com a Terra e o autocuidado, buscando solucionar problemas ambientais, de convivência e de ensino/aprendizagem encontrados na escola, através dos saberes e f...

We have temporarily put our solar panels on the roof of the workshop, because the building we eventually want to put it on is not there yet. However, there was an issue with some trees blocking the sun in the early morning from autumn equinox to spring equinox; the panels were only registering ...

An informal regional project for Scots to return the Caledonian Forest to its former glory, for the sake of biodiversity and ecological stability for our descendants.

Stone Turtle Farm

Submissions for next years Permaculture Calendar are now being sought. If you have a brilliant photo (or want to take one) that can represent one of more of the permaculture design principles, then send it along with a brief background to the photo so we can see how to re...

I've just fininshed  a PDC in Portugal with Peter Cow, thoroughly enjoyed it, a beautiful blend of practical, theoretical and spiritual approaches within permaculture. I'm looking forward to buying some land, designing something cool and gaining much more practical experience.

Our final trip in the UK is up at Wakelyns Agroforestry Research plot, home of Martin Wolfe and his wife Ann who have been developing trials and pioneering work here for 25 years.  Martins work began in Cambridge research laboratories where he studied plant pathologies and over the years Martins ...

The road leads East as we head across the country to Hampshire, home of theSustainability Centre where Permanent Publications and the Permaculture Magazineare based.  We have come to speak with Maddy and Tim Harland whose dedication has established an extensive collection of temperate Permacultur...

Heading up north again after a lovely stay in Devon we arrived at The Yard in Bristol, a collection of self built houses on a site procured by an active group looking to create beautiful, efficient and affordable homes on a disused site in central Bristol.  In St. Werberghs, an area with a strong...

The road led eventually south, bypassing our home turf and moving down into Devon where we came to stay with old friends Adam and Jess living in their beautiful yurt outside Totnes.We went off to the beach to enjoy the early spring sun and Grace had a lovely sand sandwich and danced and ran and s...