A snowy Brighton Permaculture Trust plot
Other parts of the country have, predictably, ground to a halt with the snow they have had. In my garden, we had barely a flutter. So I was not expecting all the snow that I found up at the plot. The snowy plot It was hard to walk up there, and I was very glad … Continue reading
Starting a permaculture design: surveying the resources
This morning I had a meeting with Bryn from Brighton Permaculture Trust about potentially planting some fruit trees in the garden. There is the possibility to get some local Sussex apple trees, get help with them planting, do a bit of community cookery, train people to look after the trees. Pretty amazing. I got really … Continue reading
Starting a Permaculture Design: an accurate base map
Having started my design by getting a sense of its geographical context and location I moved on to observing the site and developed a sketch map. Once I had the sketch map I then started accurately measuring the boundaries. (More information in the post surveying and sketch maps). My next phase was to draw up … Continue reading
Permaculture design and the sewing machine
Some of you may remember my ‘tools’ project that was part of my diploma (for those of you that don’t, read about my project here). The aim of the project was to design …. well in hindsight… it was a little unclear. I knew that I wanted to understand and use my sewing machine, which … Continue reading
Starting a permaculture design: surveying and sketch maps
Knowing where to start a permaculture design can be tricky. With this design I am going to take you through the steps of the process. My preferred permaculture design process for land based design is SADIM: Survey, Analyse, Design, Implement, Maintain. So let’s begin at the beginning: surveying. My main aims for the survey stage … Continue reading
Permaculture Tool Box
I just read Beth’s post about a reference I made to permacultre and a permaculture toolbox. She has gone off to developed her own permaculture toolbox, and I thought it was worth sharing mine. I made this toolbox when I was teaching a permaculture design course. I wanted to emphasis these different things we introduce … Continue reading
Re-designing Educational Resources for our Introduction to Permaculture
If I want to improve the design of our educational resources, the first step is observation. The Introduction to Permaculture course that we ran this weekend was a good opportunity to observe as much as possible. It was interesting to be observing it and having trainee teachers also observing it. Here is a gem, my … Continue reading
Introduction to Permaculture
One of the most invigorating things that I do is to regularly teach the Introductions to Permaculture for Brighton Permaculture Trust. I have the privilege to share my passion with a bunch of people that want to learn about something inspiring, grounded and empowering. How brilliant is that? Brilliant. The last four Intros that we … Continue reading
Permaculture Educational Resources: the start of a new project
For a long time I have been considering the educational resources that I use on the courses that I teach. In particular since the Training of Teacher course I have wanted to get into re-designing them. I have a different vision for the resources: I want them to be more effective and more beautiful. It … Continue reading
Offer to teach on a Permaculture Design Course in Northumberland!
I just an offer to teach or observe a Permaculture Design Course in Northumberland. I love getting contacted about teaching in different places, and there have been some interesting ones in the last few days: the south of France, Algarve and a little closer to Brighton. But this one is particularly exciting. Partly because I … Continue reading
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