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Most people wouldn't consider a permaculture mindset for a public park or an ornamental garden. But that's a missed opportunity, because it could help individuals, organisations and councils reduce their maintenance budgets while increasing plant health and positive biodiversity outcomes.
The 12 principles of permaculture can be applied whether or not you're growing food. They're simply a way to get us back in tune with nature's systems so that we can work with them instead of against them. Why should we row against the stream when we can roll with it instead?
This episode doesn't have a guest, it's just me getting up on my soapbox.
The 12 principles of permaculture are:
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Ep.41 Self Sufficient Me - Mark Valencia (Backyard Gardening Youtuber & Blogger)
Ep.40 Soil carbon - Dr Sam Grover (Soil Science Australia, RMIT)
Ep.39 Holistic farming - Randal Breen (Echo Valley Farm)
Ep.38 Plant biology basics - Professor Ros Gleadow (Monash Uni, Global Plant Council, Eucalypt Australia)
Ep.37 Identifying plant families w/ flowers - Thomas J. Elpel (Botany In A Day, Wildflowers & Weeds, Green University)
Ep.36 Choosing & moving mulch - Andre Pedroli (Perth Materials Blowing)
Ep.35 Monocrop pros & cons - Kevin Folta (Talking Biotech Podcast, University of Florida)
Ep.34 Spotting risky trees a.k.a. "widow makers" - Gary Moran (@arborsmarty)
Ep.33 Intro to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Dr Peter Ridland (Melbourne University)
Ep.32 Community-led urban forestry - Russell Horsey & Theri Reichlin (Woodland Dwelling)
Ep.31 Permaculture's 12 principles - Linda & Paul Mitchener (Green Life Soil Co.)
Ep.30 Intro to organic gardening - Paul & Linda Mitchener (Green Life Soil Co.)
Ep.29 Sustainability & regeneration in Aussie agriculture - Michael Guerin (Agforce QLD)
Ep.28 Wildlife Assist - Dr John Martin (Hollows As Homes, RBGS / Wildlife Assist)
Ep.27 Trees as habitat - Dr John Martin (Hollows As Homes, RBGS / Wildlife Assist)
Ep.26 Yurbay: First Nations plant wisdom - Adam Shipp
Ep.25 Small scale farming - Amanda Brezzell (Fennigan's Farms)
Ep.24 Soil Solver for sand - Gavin Davis (soil amendment Entrepreneur)
Ep.23 Garden maintenance - Ben Sims (Ben's Gardens, LIAWA)
Ep.22 Trees etc. - Gary Moran (@ArborSmarty)
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