Permaculture is an approach to sustainable living that is spreading throughout the world. This is an excellent introduction to the principles, design processes and tools needed to design sustainable gardens, farms and larger communities. Full of tips, illustrations and experience it guides the reader from rural property designs to permaculture in small spaces like balconies. There is a chapter on appropriate technology including wind and hydro-power, pumping water and solar food dryers. Both a DIY guide for the enthusiast and a useful reference for permacultural designers.

Seven years in the making, this is the long awaited study of permaculture specifically for cooler climates. It takes a detailed view of designing sustainable systems large and small, urban and rural. Defining permaculture and placing it in the context of the green movement, this important book is divided into three parts. Part One: The principles underlying permaculture as applied to soil, fertility, water, climate, microclimate, energy and materials. Part Two: Applying permaculture to buildings, gardens, orchards, farming, woodlands and biodiversity. Part Three: The permaculture design process in action, how to develop your home or project on permaculture lines, plus many useful skills and techniques.

Highly practical and inspiring book - includes basic principles, layout, how to choose plants, and details of over 100 plants from Apples to Mushrooms

Permaculture is an approach to sustainable living that is spreading throughout the world. Working entirely in harmony with nature, The Permaculture Garden shows you how to turn a bare plot into a beautiful and productive garden. Learn how to plan your garden for easy access and minimum labour, save time and effort digging and weeding, plan crop successions for year-round harvests, recycle materials, and garden without chemicals by building up your soil and companion planting. Full of practical ideas for structures, children's areas and garden designs, this book will inspire, inform and entertain.

Permaculture is a way of life and its methods can be applied in the house, the garden, the wider community and the farm. This book shows the reader how to consciously design a lifestyle that is low in environmental impact and highly productive. It shows how to meet our needs, make the most of our resources by minimising waste and maximising potential, and still leave the Earth richer than we found it.

This is a concise and accessible introduction to the principles of permaculture in temperate climates. This book clearly describes how we can live fruitfully and sustainably without plundering the earth, and is essential reading for everyone wishing to reduce their environmental impact.

A wealth of information (and delightful photographs) on every aspect of woodland stewardship from both a practical and philosophical standpoint.