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What is permaculture?
I will be writing a lot about permaculture here. And since usually, before I’m five words into talking about permaculture, someone will ask: “What is permaculture?” I thought I would introduce the...
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Urban permaculture in Portland
One of the reasons why permaculture holds so much promise is that, in the future, cities and suburbs need to be producing more and more of their own food, and permaculture strategies are perfect for...
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Putting down roots on rented soil
It all started with the blueberries. When Dan and I moved to Portland a year and a half ago, we didn’t know how long we would be staying. The job that had brought us here was temporary, but whether...
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Permaculture in our garden
In an earlier post, I wrote about establishing a garden on a rented backyard. Today, I’d like to share more specifically some of the permaculture methods we’ve incorporated into our renter’s garden....
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Natural building on Vancouver Island
I am out of town, attending a week-long permaculture teacher training on Vancouver Island. My head is buzzing with ideas and inspiration and new information, and my understanding of permaculture in...
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International Permaculture Day May 5th!
The International Permaculture Day is approaching!! On May 5th, permaculture education centers, gardens, and other sites all around the world will be hosting tours, workshops, talks, film screenings,...
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Permaculture on Indian soil
My time in India is nearing its end, and with it, my Grand Tour of Sustainable Living Sites, which apparently just keeps getting better and better! Today I’m really excited to share with you my first...
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Permaculture tour in Asheville
Yesterday, we took a day trip to beautiful Asheville, North Carolina, to join Zev Friedman in touring two urban permaculture gardens he has designed. Zev is incredibly knowledgeable about plants, and...
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Permaculture for urban spaces
Today, I have a guest post up on one of my favorite permaculture & nature-inspired living blogs, These Light Footsteps! It’s all about applying permaculture ideas to growing food in limited spaces,...
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Permaculture talks this month
As regular readers of Gather & Grow know, I’m a permaculture designer and enthusiast. Permaculture is simply the approach to sustainability that most resonates with me — or to be more clear, knocks...
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Garden design workshop at Paradise Lot
When someone like myself who is a) a permaculture nut b) a berry lover c) a big fan of Eric Toensmeier’s books (especially Perennial Vegetables, and Edible Forest Gardens co-authored with Dave Jacke)...
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Permaculture Design Course in South Carolina!
I’ve alluded to this in a previous post, but I’m beyond excited now to be able to reveal what a couple of local permaculturists and myself have been scheming lately: We are organizing a full, 72-hour...
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Regenerating an orchard
On a late December afternoon, I took this image of the soil beneath my feet, asking myself: How do you regenerate life in soil like this? Compacted, eroded, lifeless, seemingly only good for grass? I...
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Launching the First Columbia SC Permaculture Design Course
And so it was that one sunny Saturday morning in March, after months of planning and preparing, I woke up to the first day of our Permaculture Design Course. The weeks and days leading up to it were...
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Permaculture Course: In the growth zone
The Permaculture Design Course that I am co-organizing and co-teaching is nearing its end — we just completed weekend 5 out of 6, and the students have embarked on their final design projects. It has...
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IPCUK: Designing the World We Want
Last week, Gather and Grow journeyed to London to attend the International Permaculture Conference and Convergence. The conference, in downtown London, was a two-day extravaganza of presentations,...
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ELI 2016
Friends, I’ve been absent for far too long — but certainly not because I didn’t have anything to say. On the contrary. I am enrolled in the school of my dreams, with a curriculum containing all that...
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