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...

Just down the road from Martin Crawfords forest garden our old friend Adam runs Fungi- Futures, also on the Dartington Estate.  Adam started a small enterprise Woodfruit growing gourmet edible mushrooms in shipping containers with a small clean room he built to propagate spawn.  Over the last cou...

    A wonderful weekend at the first Lammas eco village Tir- y- Gafel where we visited four families on their plots and met others living and visiting the site.  Tir- y – Gafel is a beautiful piece of land subdivided into 9 family plots of a...

I will be the first one to admit that when we moved back onto my parents property all I could think of was ... YES! 5 acres of space! The next though was ... OMG I've moved back home and we (my hubby and son at the time) will be living right next door to Mum and Dad *sigh* To my parents' credit,...

Tom will teach an Introduction to Permaculture course in Norseman, Western Australia (click here for map), on Easter Monday, 9 April. It will be a full day course going into the evening, since he will try to cover as much information as possible in a day. The Introduction to Permaculture will d...

2 acre demonstration site in the heart of the Norfolk countryside.

I am currently working on my Diploma whilst travelling in the most sustainable and ethical way from the UK to Australia.  I am looking for a design opportunity for my fourth diploma output somewhere between Spain and Turkey.  I am happy to work on a volunteer basis but ask for some accomodation. ...

THREE weekends of permaculture living! Introduction to Permaculture: Friday to Sunday April 20-22 Friday 20th at 7 pm to Sunday 22nd at 5 pmSpend a weekend at Bellbunya Community and immerse yourself in learning about growing your own food the permaculture way. You'll be introduced to t...

In the spectrum of alternative fuel sources, biofuel made from algae is perhaps the most easily mocked.   How could the slimy green muck that grows in your aquarium and washes up on the beach be a future cornerstone of American energy independence? So when President Obama stood before th...

Thank you for your interest in our Permaculture Design course to be held here at Permalógica, Tábua 16th -30 th JUNE 2012, with experienced teacher Steve Jones. http://www.sector39.co.uk  This course is 72 hours and certified by the Permaculture Association. Costs: 450€ including all vegeta...

Located in North Eastern Thailand. Working with rural rice farmers. Making a positive contribution to the farming communities through social and environmental projects as permaculture techniques and philosophy, composting, aquaculture, efficient systems, water harvesting and management, in the vi...

At the base of the Surrogate trees a circular border is made of an old cut up tree. Within the borders is dumped approx 2" of limb cuttings then approx 3-4 " of leaf matter. A mixture of different beans and radish are then spread across the top of the leaves and the use of a water hose is ...