Demonstration Sites
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The Greening The Desert Project Internship
Every year at The Greening the Desert Project in Jordan (which is a PRI approved demonstration site), Nadia and Geoff…
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PhronĂŞsis our new Forest Garden, Preparing Raised Beds and Edible Perennials
It’s been an eventful week here at the project, planting out the market garden crops, digging wildlife ponds and launching…
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Foraging for Wild Garlic, Forest Garden Maintenance and Planting out Polycultures
It’s been a busy week here, getting the last of the trees and shrubs planted around the gardens and preparing…
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Herbs of Zaytuna – Mint
On our last stops of the herbal tour of  Zaytuna Farm we met Rosemary, Yarrowand Aloe. This stop is with the iconic, delicious, aromatic…
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Asparagus, Slowworms, Duck Havoc and an upcoming Spring Open Day
After a three year wait the Asparagus officinalis – Asparagus spears from our perennial vegetable polyculture bed have arrived. Such a fine vegetable…
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Permaculture Patterning with Animal Systems – Part 2
In part one of ‘Permaculture Patterning with Animal Systems,’ we explored some of the animal systems we are using in…
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Theory In Practice : A Tour of Zaytuna Farm
Take a sweeping 20-minute tour of our 66-acre Zaytuna Farm property. Throughout, I explain specific features of the farm, how…
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Still Greening the Desert
To learn more about Geoff Lawton and the Permaculture Masterclass series! I’ve been working in Jordan since 1999, and it…
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The Permaculture Magazine Prize and the Youth in Permaculture Prize.
The Permaculture Magazine’s annual prize has been launched and applicants are now invited to put in their applications. With a…
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Vanilla Cultivation: A Practical Guide for the Tropical Homestead
The vanilla orchid (Vanilla planifolia) is one of the world’s most interesting plants. Of the nearly 35,000 species of orchid,…
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The Herbs of Zaytuna Farm – Rosemary
Welcome to Zaytuna Farm. To get here you turned off the highway and drove through rolling hills, covered with macadamia…
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How to Design and Build A Forest Garden – Part 1. Surveying
Last Autumn we tried out a new course format, the “Design ‘n Build”, an intensive practical course where we go…
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