Permaculture Principles for Home Gardens
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Transcript of Permaculture Principles for Home Gardens
Kakariki Sustainability Conference
2009
Permaculture principles for home gardens
Presentation: Nicole Bührs
Overview
1. Permaculture2. Home gardening - Growing food –3. Pest and disease control
1.Permaculture
What is Permaculture?The term comes from Perma(nent) (Agri)cultureIt was first used by Bill Mollison and David HolmgrenIt is based on ethics and principles
Ethics and principlesEthics – care of the earth, care of people, surplus shareSome of the principles:
Relative locationMultiple functions for each elementEnergy cyclingDiversityAnd more
Some Permaculture principles
Relative location
Principles (cont.)
Multi functions for each element
Principles (cont.)
Energy cycling
Principles (cont.)
Use of biological resources (plants and animals)
Principles (cont.)
Diversity
What permaculture amounts to is Let nature do the workMinimum work for maximum resultSaving people’s time and energyA healthier environment
Bill Mollison’s view of conventional egg production
Bill Mollison’s view of permaculture egg production
One of the best way to reduce the environmental impact of our lifestyle is to produce as much food as possible of our
own food.
2.Home gardening - Growing food –
No garden – no problemGrow sprouts in the kitchen
Growing plants in pots/containers
Use space saving techniques
More space saving techniques
Growing a vegetable garden
Being involved in a community garden/allotment
When growing food you might find that others want to share with you…
3.Pest and disease control
Crop rotationPhysical resources Companion planting
Physical resources
Plants that attract beneficial insects
Daisy familyCarrot familyMint familyBuckwheatPhacelia
Companion planting: plants that help each other
Carrots and tomatoesTomatoes and celeryBroad beans and early potatoesSweet corn and dwarf beansBeetroot and cabbage
Companion planting / Guilds
3 sisters: sweet corn, beans and pumpkinTomatoes and basil
Basil (tomatoes, peppers, eggplants)Chives (carrots, courgettes, cucumbers, gooseberries)Garlic (tomatoes, carrots)
Protection against fungal diseases
Protection against nematodes
Tagetes or French marigold
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a
lifetime.
Chinese proverb
The endSources:
Molly Chalken’s workshop notes (2000)Rodale’s Successful Organic Gardening COMPANION PLANTING
Illustrations:The Permaculture Garden – Graham BellPERMACULTURE A Designer’s Manual - Bill Mollison
Photos:Nicole Bührs