• INFO SHEET: Using water wisely

    Combined with the compost and mulch, harvesting and using rainwater is another water-conserving technique...

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  • INFO SHEET: Making a food forest

    In designing our home or community garden we can increase the quantity and diversity of food it yields if we include a forest garden, sometimes called a food forest or an orchard.

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  • INFO SHEET: Managing garden pests

    Integrated Pest Management — known as IPM — is the smart approach to managing garden pests.

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  • INFO SHEET: Crop rotation

    Crop rotation moves different types of vegetables through the same garden bed over time.

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  • INFO SHEET: Container gardens

    It’s not just apartment dwellers who benefit from container gardening.

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  • INFO SHEET: Verge gardening

    The established practice of planting native and exotic plants on the verge, the space between the footpath and the road, extends habitat for wildlife in our cities. Now, the growing of food extends habitat for humans.

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  • Design guidelines for street verge gardens

    Before we rush out to replace the nature strip lawn with vegetables, there are a few design considerations...

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  • INFO SHEET: Creating a perma-culture

    The permaculture design system is a means of making our homes, our neighbourhoods and our lives more resilient.

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  • INFO SHEET: Planning a PermaBlitz

    Permablitz is an invention of the permaculture design system. It is as applicable in the community garden as it is in the home garden.

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  • INFO SHEET: Community food systems

    Community food systems are a do-it-yourself way to obtain the food we prefer to eat.

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