Permaculture Design

What is Permaculture?"Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.By Bill Mollison

Permaculture is the harmonious integration of all life kingdoms into agriculturally productive ecosystems and socially just environments, producing sound economic consequences. Its a design science reflecting patterns in Nature that seeks to build interconnections allowing for energy efficiency and abundance of yield.

The Design Process

Bill Mollison and David Holmgren1978 Landmark publication Permaculture One begins movement

Bills Inspirations

Huge Monocultures

FOREST

FIELD

PLOW

DESERT

Which way will we go??

Design Science

In commerce

zones...the greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food and shelter." - Bill Mollison

Relative Location- Making Interrelationships

Multiple Functions for Every ElementMulberry Tree:Shade ForageFoodNutrient absorberProtectionSoil BuilderEntertainment

Multiple Elements for Every Function ( slow and sink water)Rain GardenRain Cisterns

Swales are water harvesting ditches and mounds on contour.SWALES

Chinampas:Reconstructed WetlandsDitch and MoundIncrease land increase waterIncrease productivity

Contour Hedgerow

DAMSGABIONS

Keyline Design

GreyWater

Energy Efficient Planning

zonesZone- Placing Elements in our Design based on Intensity of Use

Sector Analysis- Mapping wild, oncoming energiesWind (Summer and Winter)Sun(Summer and Winter)Noise Pollution ViewWildlifeFire

Nitrogen Fixing Plants

Bacteria nodules growing on roots of Nitrogen Fixing plantFungus is the glue of the soil.90% of plants have an association with a mychorrizal fungi

Use of Biological Resources

Dill- Umbelliferous FamilyDaisy-Aster Family with Lady Bugs

Energy Cycling

Small Scale Intensive20 million Victory Gardens in 1943They were producing 41% of the vegetables being consumed in the USA

DiversityNatural ForestForest Gardening

Forest Gardening

Avocado-Canopy Comfrey-HerbaceousElderberry-Sub Canopy

Currants-Shrub Layer Sunchoke-RhizospherePurslane-Ground Cover Passion Fruit- Vine

Time and Plant Stacking

Time and Plant Stacking

Time and Plant Stacking

Time and Plant Stacking

Time and Plant Stacking

Time and Plant Stacking

Time and Plant Stacking

Time and Plant Stacking

Time and Plant Stacking

Time and Plant Stacking

Accelerating Succession

Orchard with swale and N2 fixers

Edible Landscaping- DiversityCalcium levels about ten times as much as banana or apple

Edible LandscapingCorneilian Cherry- Cornus masHigh Vitamin C Content

Edible LandscapingSaskatoon Berry- Amelanchier alnifoliaHigher levels of protein, fat, and fiber than most other fruit

Edible LandscapingBlack Chokeberry- Aronia melanocarpaRemarkable high antioxidant activity

Edible LandscapingHardy kiwi- Actinidia polygamaRich in Antioxidants Vitamin E content twice that of Avocado and 60% of calories

Guild design

Edge Effect

Edge Effect

Protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and thoughtless laborLeast Change for Greatest Affect

Dont fight the weeds, grow the weeds !Cover Cropping

MulchingFeeds Soil OrganismsRegulates Soil Temperature and HumidityProtects from Erosion

Tree Crops

Urban Permaculture

The Design Process

***Forest from outsideStatsAfter this ..chicken.zones/sectorsbring design aspect of Ppc more in focus**