Trees are of course very important elements in many permaculture designs. The specific roles that they can play, however, can be many and varied, and trees must always be used in the right places, and within the right type of design, to achieve the right results. Tree planting is almost invariably talked about as aContinue reading “Trees and their Roles in Permaculture Designs”
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Regenerative Gardening and Regenerative Agriculture
In order to move towards a positive future for all, we need to embrace a regenerative rather than an extractive mindset. Working with cyclical systems, working with nature, we need to remember the importance of giving back, keeping those cycles turning rather than simply taking all that we can get. Regenerative gardening and farming goContinue reading “Regenerative Gardening and Regenerative Agriculture”
Case Study: Montana Permaculture Design
Montana is a varied state with diverse eco-regions, incorporating parts of the Rockies, of course, as well as some of the Wyoming Basin and portions of the Northern Great Plains. This regenerative rural property design is for a client based towards the south-west of the state, in a mesic montane area where small fragments ofContinue reading “Case Study: Montana Permaculture Design”
Case Study: Large Scale Agricultural Design, Permaculture in Angola
This case study is a large-scale sustainable agricultural project of 25,000 ha in Angola. Of course, this gives only a broad overview of my initial masterplan for this site. This large farm operating according to permaculture principles can serve as a test site for agricultural progress and food security in countries where the potential ofContinue reading “Case Study: Large Scale Agricultural Design, Permaculture in Angola”
Case Study: Dryland Permaculture Design
Happy new year! I hope that everyone has had a good start to 2024 and is ready to dive headlong into a new year of possibilities and a new growing season. For my first post of the year, I wanted to share this exciting concept design for a dryland permaculture design project in Arizona whichContinue reading “Case Study: Dryland Permaculture Design”
Case Study: Illinois Permaculture Design
This is the preliminary permaculture masterplan for a farmstead in Illinois. the design aims to synthesise the ideas of the client with the demands of the site and to allow them to make the most of the property – recently purchased – that has been somewhat neglected in recent years. The client, a hobby farmer andContinue reading “Case Study: Illinois Permaculture Design”
Case Study: Scotland Agroforestry
This project is an example of the work I undertake through my Regenerative Farm Design & Agricultural Consultancy Business, for a new food producing garden and agroforestry area of approximately 4 acres, on a smallholding of around 7 acres in south west Scotland, where the primary goal is to provide a substantial proportion of theContinue reading “Case Study: Scotland Agroforestry”
Case Study: India Permaculture Syntropic Agroforestry
This case study is an initial concept plan for a permaculture landscape design in India’s Tamil Nadu region. The goal for this design is to create a syntropic food forest or agroforestry system on this site. To facilitate creation and water management, the main portion of the planting zone will be laid out in aContinue reading “Case Study: India Permaculture Syntropic Agroforestry”
Case Study: Cambodian Project
This month has been a little different to many for me because rather than working on a number of smaller designs, I have predominantly been working on the next stage of the large project in Cambodia which I shared before. Above, you can see a portion of the regenerative planting plans for the North ValleyContinue reading “Case Study: Cambodian Project”
Case Study: Cambodia Permaculture Project
I’ve had a very busy week, so have not had time to write any other posts this week. But I did want to share with you an exciting and large-scale project which I have been working on, and will be working a lot more on next month. This project is an example of the workContinue reading “Case Study: Cambodia Permaculture Project”