Apr 5, 2023 | News, Permaculture Course News
Our last Earthworks and Water Workshop we held in in Feb with Doc Spicer was a smash hit. We learned about swales and terraces and constructed two terraces as earthworks for the farm food forest. Participants also had a go on the excavators, mulched and seeded the...
Nov 14, 2022 | Life on the Farm, News, Permaculture Course News
Bench Project Report by Daniel Birdsall Since August at Permaculture Sydney Institute, construction of a bench has been underway as part of a Natural Building workshop that was held on the first weekend of October. The Bench was built from earthbags with a glass...
Dec 4, 2018 | 40 Years of Permaculture, Life on the Farm, News
It was the year we celebrated 40 years of permaculture (since permaculture one) and in honour of this we ramped up our delivery of Permaculture whilst continuing our usual activities and services. In a nutshell we: EDUCATION: Delivered extra permaculture courses – a...
Mar 12, 2018 | 40 Years of Permaculture, News
Permaculture evolved from visionary thinking by Bill Mollison and others in the early 1970’s to becoming a stated design system in 1978 in “Permaculture One”. The statement by David Holmgren pinpoints the date when we can say Permaculture became a thing to understand...
Feb 19, 2018 | Life on the Farm, News
It has been a sizzling summer this year with many days here over 40 dc and very dry hot and humid conditions. Along with the heat and little or next to no rainfall over Dec and Jan, the tanks are almost empty, the river is nearly dry, pastures on nearby farms are...