This book presents hands-on techniques that teach how to create and plan thriving permaculture gardens with easy to follow projects for your urban or rural permaculture garden. It details the sequential methods for producing DIY fertilisers, compost, and organic sprays for pest management, among others. Additionally, it delves into the repurposing of items like soda bottles, paper waste, and tires for practical endeavours such as constructing ponds, fruit fly traps, retaining walls, and solar stills.
The Basics of Permaculture Design
Ross Mars is a highly regarded permaculture teacher, designer and consultant. He is the author of the bestselling books, Getting Started in Permaculture, The Basics of Permaculture Design and How to Permaculture Your Life and has produced two videos on energy efficient housing design and renewable energy systems for power generation. Ross founded Candlelight Farm, a permaculture demonstration site and training centre in Western Australia. Over the past decade, he delivered dozens of basic, design, advanced and diploma-level Permaculture Courses. Both a scientist with a PhD in Environmental Science and an entrepreneur, Mars also ran a successful business which manufactures and supplies greywater and rainwater tank systems, and installs waterwise gardens and water-sensible irrigation systems. While we sadly lost Ross in 2023, he has left behind a wealth of knowledge across his various publications for all of us to benefit from.