Urban Projects
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First Community Food Forest in the City of Melbourne
The Kensington Food Forest began with a dream to provide healthy nutritious organic food for our local Kensington community to…
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Permaculture in the Desert
Some months ago, Geoff took us on a tour of a neighbour’s garden, below: And now the Green the Desert…
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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 suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
Samuel Alexander, University of Melbourne and Brendan Gleeson, University of Melbourne Suburban affluence is the defining image of the good…
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Useful Garden Projects for Autumn Leaves
Despite having spent many of my most recent years in the tropics, and despite having grown up in Louisiana, where…
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£25,000 Permaculture Magazine Prize Announces Winners
Established in 2018, the Permaculture Magazine Prize aims to showcase the very best examples of ecological, social and economical regenerative…
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How to Diversify Your Small Urban Farm
If you’re a small farmer, it can be hard to make a living selling $3 bunches of kale. You likely…
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How to Start an Urban Farm
Like any new venture, starting an urban farm is a daunting and difficult task. Not only do you have to…
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Unwanted Chemical Pool Gets Permaculture Makeover
Six months into our pool to pond conversion and the problem really has become the solution. For some time, we…
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Straw Bale Gardens
What do straw, paint brushes and the human blood circularity system have in common? The answer is capillaries, very narrow,…
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Greening the Desert with Permaculture
“I have never seen soil like this before” was the comment that Bill Mollison made during a visit to the…
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