25 Years Off Grid
Tony Wrench reflects on designing and building his own low impact roundhouse – a story of vision and determination that has changed planning policy.
The Rhythm of the Gardening Year
Liz Zorab has discovered how a seasonally sensitive approach to gardening has transformed her harvests and her personal energy, making growing less work and more attuned to natural cycles and patterns.
When Dreams Come True
In just six years Ecosystems Restoration Camps has grown from one man’s dream to a global movement. John Liu tells of many inspiring projects from Hollywood to Somalia that are literally changing lives and restoring whole ecosystems.
Micro Forest Gardening
Garden designer, Pippa Chapman, shares her top tips for making a mini food forest.
How to Turn Household Waste into Food using Fungi
Learn how to use mushroom spores to breakdown your kitchen waste and grow tasty, healthy and affordable mushrooms. Fat Fox Mushrooms tell you how.
Designing an Independent, Resilient Livelihood
Julie Plumridge and Clive Brandon tell the story of how they quit the city and found their patch of paradise.
The Wellbeing Garden
Katie Shepherd describes how she designed and planted an urban garden from scratch and shows you how to provide food for the table, a haven for wildlife, and a space for art and permaculture education.
Plants of the Future, Knowledge from the Past
Ella Brolly meets the Cactus Man of London, and learns how these desert species and indigenous know-how are inspiring solutions for urban food.
The Gentle Art of Volunteering
Both experienced volunteer and project leader, Doug King-Smith describes how the reciprocity of volunteering transforms people.
The Wine Garden
Adam and Wendy Huss planted a fruitful polyculture that has become an Edenic garden with an abundance of wine and juices as well as providing shade and shelter.
How to Grow More Food in a Small Space
Mark Ridsdill Smith is an experienced urban grower. Here he describes tried and tested ways of vertical, 3D growing for higher yields.
How Women are Restoring Palestinian Food Sovereignty
The Gaza Strip is home to a large cross-section of Palestine’s food system. Rozie Apps speaks to GUPAP, an interactive platform that is uniting and supporting these vital agri-enterprises.
How to Grow Beans - 4 Favourites for Healthy People and Planet
Susan Young is passionate about growing beans in a cool climate. Discover her tips for producing a homegrown staple from easy to grow varieties.
The Increasing Impacts of Light Pollution
David Smith of Buglife looks at the consequences on wildlife, human health and energy consumption.
See the World by Permacycling
Joe Diomede has spent many years travelling the world via bicycle, with every moment connecting him to the natural world and the many people he's met. But how does this link to permaculture and its three ethics?
Biodiversity Havens
Anna Locke describes how permaculture polycultures provide food and support Nature to an unexpected degree.
Parks and Recreation - rebugging your world
How can we encourage more insects into our gardens and community spaces? Vicki Hird suggests ways to boost their numbers to create healthy and biodiverse ecosystems.
The Great Adaptation of our Time
Glennie Kindred shares some of her core practices and explores how to shift consciousness and create cascades of change.
A Sensory Path to Awakening
Angie Polkey describes the sensory awakening and revelations that permaculture offers.
5 Companion Plants to Grow for More than Company
Tanya Anderson has a beautiful allotment on the Isle of Man where flowers grow side-by-side with edible annuals and perennials. Here are her five favourite companions.
Harvests from a Cool Climate Food Forest
Alan Carter describes some of his favourite crops from his forest garden in Scotland.
Change is Where You Are
Morag Gamble describes her incredible life's journey from Melbourne, Australia, to Europe and Ladakh, and then home to work, seeding solutions with people from all over the world.
The Forager's Garden
Anna Locke introduces the Forager's Garden, a place where gardeners, cooks and Nature converge.
How to make a DIY Hot Tub
Matthew Watkinson explains how to make a cheap DIY wood-fired hot tub in your back garden.