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A garden cultivated on permaculture principles. Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems. It includes a set of design principles derived using whole-systems thinking.
The Permaculture Association was established as a charity on 8 February 1983 [3] and is registered in England [4] and Scotland. [5] In Autumn 1982, a four-day introduction to permaculture course was run in Blencarn, by Max Lindegger of Permaculture Nambour (Australia).
Mark Shepard is an American farmer and author. [1] [2] [3] [4] Shepard is the founder of Restoration Agriculture Development (RAD) and CEO of Forest Agriculture ...
Toby Hemenway (April 23, 1952 – December 20, 2016) [1] was an American author and educator who wrote extensively on permaculture and ecological issues. He was the author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture and The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience.
Bruce Charles "Bill" Mollison was born in 1928 in the Bass Strait fishing village of Stanley located in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia. [6] In 1987, he moved from Tasmania to Tyalgum in the Tweed Valley of northern New South Wales, where he lived for the next decade before returning to Tasmania. [5]
Paul Wheaton is an American permaculture author, [2] [3] [4] master gardener, [4] software engineer, [3] [4] [5] and disciple of the natural agriculturist Sepp Holzer. [4] He is known for writing his book, "Building a Better World in Your Backyard", founding Permies, the largest website devoted to permaculture, [3] as well as for creating and publishing articles, videos, and podcasts on the ...
Holmgren initially concentrated his efforts on testing and refining his theories, first on his mother's property in southern New South Wales (Permaculture in the Bush, 1985; 1993), then at his own property, Melliodora, Hepburn Permaculture Gardens, [6] at Hepburn Springs, Victoria, which he developed with his partner, Su Dennett. [7]
Patrick Whitefield (born Patrick R. Vickers, 11 February 1949 – 27 February 2015) was a British permaculture teacher, designer, author, and consulting editor for Permaculture Magazine. He was regarded as one of the leading and pioneering permaculture authorities in Europe. [1]