Permaculture book reviews
Join global permaculture ambassador Morag Gamble and her daughter Maia Raymond as they review leading permaculture books and resources.
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Book Review – A Forager’s Life: Finding my heart and home in nature, by Helen Lehndorf
“If to forage is to seek, to hunt, to find and to gather plants in wild places… what is it called when the plants find you?”
I’m not sure I have the language to describe this book – it’s more of a feeling of resonance, of connection with place. I’ll try my best to explain…
Book Review — The Nature Connection by Clare Walker
The dedication of this book says it all: “Dedicated to the inhabitants of the natural world.” I love this book. It is so practical and inviting,...
Retrosuburbia by David Holmgren
David Holmgren is the co-founder of the permaculture movement with Bill Mollison, his mentor at University of Tasmania the innovative Environmental...
Book Review — No Dig Organic Home and Garden: Grow, Cook, Use and Store Your Harvest by Charles Dowding and Stephanie Hafferty
It’s not surprising this book won the Gardening Oscars – the Garden Media Guild (UK) Practical Book of the Year Award for 2017. It is such a...
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