This permaculture plan for a property in Iowa aims to provide relatively low-maintenance but highly productive food producing habitat for humans, and wildlife, including deer as an additional wild food source. It aims to boost biodiversity and improve the health of natural ecosystems on the site. The site is within an ecoregion where a mosaicContinue reading “Iowa Permaculture Design – Food Production & Restoration”
Category Archives: Permaculture Garden Designs
California Permaculture Design: Drought-tolerant, Ecoregional Permaculture Landscape Design
This concept design for a property in Livermore, California aims to provide plans for the creation of a beautiful, regenerative landscape that provides for many of the needs of the family who live here while also catering for wildlife and ecological health and improving the biodiversity of the site. Ecoregional Design Within the Livermore HillsContinue reading “California Permaculture Design: Drought-tolerant, Ecoregional Permaculture Landscape Design”
Wildlife-friendly Landscape Design for a Long, Narrow Garden in Pennsylvania
Many gardeners feel challenged by the length and width of their gardens. Having a long, narrow garden is a common complaint. I’ve worked on a number of designs for gardens like this over the years. Like any garden, long, thin spaces have both their advantages and disadvantages – with permaculture design – with the rightContinue reading “Wildlife-friendly Landscape Design for a Long, Narrow Garden in Pennsylvania”
Ireland Permaculture Project – Eco-friendly and Family-Friendly Landscape Design
This design, which I worked on towards the end of last year, aims to provide a pleasing recreational space where wildlife is welcomed throughout the seasons, and where predominantly native planting is used to give aesthetic appeal, as well as some edible yields. The design significantly boosts biodiversity on the property, while also dividing theContinue reading “Ireland Permaculture Project – Eco-friendly and Family-Friendly Landscape Design”
Colorado Permaculture Design: Mountain Garden Design
Perched high in the mountains, this Colorado homestead, pictured in the permaculture masterplan above has some truly stunning views. But the owners were unsure where to start when developing plans for their steeply sloping site. They wanted to make sure that they could use the land for recreation and for food production, while also creatingContinue reading “Colorado Permaculture Design: Mountain Garden Design”
Coastal Foraging Garden Design: Balancing Aesthetics and Edible Yields
Coastal gardens can often be challenging, with strong, salt-laden winds and perhaps very light and sandy soils. This fairly small coastal garden in Eastern Scotland is currently an under-used space, an area of grass south of a coastal cottage, with a coastal path running along low, craggy cliffs on its southern side. The Typical ChallengesContinue reading “Coastal Foraging Garden Design: Balancing Aesthetics and Edible Yields”
Permaculture Design for a Wildlife-Friendly Scottish Garden
You do not have to have a massive garden to make a big difference for local wildlife. This is my design for a garden in West Lothian, in Scotland’s ‘Central Belt’. The client approached me because they wanted to turn the lawned, boggy area next to their new-build home into a wildlife haven for theirContinue reading “Permaculture Design for a Wildlife-Friendly Scottish Garden”
Virginia Permaculture Design: Native Plants, Forest Garden, Mandala Garden
This is a garden design for the ridge and valley ecoregion of Virginia, incorporating plenty of native plant species and primarily aims to: This concept design, for which I have also delivered a full planting plan, incorporates a wide range of plants native to the eco-region, within a range of different ecosystem types. Alongside someContinue reading “Virginia Permaculture Design: Native Plants, Forest Garden, Mandala Garden”
Native Plant Family Garden Design in Hawthorne, California
This is the first part of my design for a family in Hawthorne, California, a part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. I am currently working on the planting plans for each of the areas shown on this plan and am close to completing the more detailed design. In this design, family-life is central. TheContinue reading “Native Plant Family Garden Design in Hawthorne, California”
Case Study: Washington DC Permaculture Plan
In this case study for a family garden in Washington DC, water takes centre stage. Craving an aquatic idyll, the clients requested a garden with a waterfall, lazy river and natural swimming pool, taking advantage of a natural depression in the back yard. A native plant-filled rain garden completes the watery picture – keeping waterContinue reading “Case Study: Washington DC Permaculture Plan”