Permaculture and Forest Gardens

Bill Mollison

• We need a garden

1974 - Permaculture OnePermanent Agriculture

Human needs + Protection of nature…

Permaculture is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive systems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of the landscape with people providing their food, energy, shelter and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. (Graham Bell)

Permaculture Designer Manual

…. Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system.

(Mollison 1984)

Principles

• David Holmgren

Ethics

• Care for the Earth

• Care for people

• Share

Community Supported Agriculture

Observe

• Wait a year !

• Sector – sun, wind, wilds

• Zone – how often used

Sectors

Zones

Capture and Store Energy

• Swale

Multiple elements for each function

Multiple functions for each element

Use Biological Resources

From Pattern to Details

From Pattern to Forest Garden

• Create communities of life – Forest copy

From Forest Nuclei

No waste• Compost ..

Small and slow

Integrate Rather than Segregate• Shirakawa

Start at your door !

Beginning - Web• Mailing list

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/permakultura/

• Hungarian Permaculture Association http://permakultura.hu/

• Forum http://www.permaforum.hu • Sources of these slides:

http://lmv.hu/erdokertek

Beginning - Personal

• „Kalaka” and other meetings

• Introduction to Permaculture curse

• PDC – Permaculture Design Curse

Beginning - Eger

Permaculture learning circle

Spring 2013

egri.pktankor@gmail.com