What is Permaculture

What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is a design system based on ethics and design principles which can be used to develop your space to maximise sustainabililty, whether a suburban block, an apartment or large acreage.

Permaculture Ethics

  • Earth Care
  • People Care
  • Fair Share
The discipline of permaculture design is based on observing what makes natural systems endure; establishing simple yet effective principles, and using them to mirror nature in whatever we choose to design. This can be gardens, farms, buildings, woodlands, communities, businesses, even towns and cities. Permaculture is essentially about creating beneficial relationships between individual elements and making sure energy is captured in, rather than lost from, a system.The 3 Ethics…  are not exclusive to permaculture and were derived from the commonalities of many worldviews and beliefs. They are therefore shared by many throughout the world. Maddy Harland– Maddy Harland

Permaculture Design Principles

  • Observe and Interact
  • Catch and Store Energy
  • Obtain a Yield
  • Apply Self Regulation and Accept Feedback
  • Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services
  • Produce No Waste
  • Design from Patterns to Details
  • Integrate Rather Than Segregate
  • Use Small and Slow Solutions
  • Use and Value Diversity
  • Use Edges and Value the Marginal
  • Use and Respond to Change Creatively