Creating landscapes that are not only ecofriendly, but also provide fresh produce, while remaining incredibly low maintenance.
From balconies to acreages, size doesn’t matter, using nature as a guideline we can turn your space into a beautiful, self-fertilizing, edible landscape.
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Most simply stated, permaculture is a “design system” or “design science.”Permaculture is a termed coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, in the late 1970s. Permaculture is a concept that evades any single definition, it is a way of looking at the world and finding solution for uncertain futures, a sustainable way forward. As it is a term that has been defined many times over, here is short list of permaculture definitions found on the internet. A common thread through all definitions of permaculture is the coupling of human habitat and ecological harmony. Most every thing else in these definitions is any elaboration of these two key features.
“Permaculture is defined as consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fibre and energy for the provision of local needs…more precisely I see Permaculture as the use of systems thinking and design principles that provide the organizing framework for implementing the above vision”
-David Holmgren ‘Pathways to Sustainability’ 2004
“Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless action; of looking at systems in all their functions rather than asking only one yield of them & of allowing systems to demonstrate their own evolutions.”
-Bill Mollison
“Observe Nature thoughrully rather than labour thoughtlessly”
-Masanoba Fukuoka ‘One Straw Revolution’
“What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don’t know what details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people experimenting in all kinds of ways and permaculturists are one of the critical gangs that are doing that.”
-Dr David Suzuki geneticist, broadcaster and international environmental advocate
Central to Permaculture are the three ethics: care for the earth, care for the people and fair share.
David Holmgren, a pioneer in development of the concept, lists these 12 Principles:
- Observe and Interact
- Catch and Store Energy
- Obtain a Yield
- Apply Self-regulation and Accept Feedback
- Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services
- Produce No Waste
- Design from Patterns to Details
- Integrate Rather than Segregate
- Use Small and Slow Solutions
- Use and Value Diversity
- Use Edges and Value the Marginal
- Creatively Use and Respond to Change
In designing and implementing a permaculture landscape, we seek to follow these guidelines as they show us how to help our yard’s ecosystem thrive and increase in diversity, health, abundance and beauty.