With the arrival of spring, you might be thinking of starting a garden. There’s no shortage of gardening methods, but if you’re interested in starting a garden to last, try your hand at permaculture.

Modern gardening often involves weeding, turning the soil, fertilization, and pest control. But permaculture is the practice of growing a garden with the least amount of intervention possible, relying ...

Annette Schrader explores the concept of a food forest in this backyard permaculture garden that provides abundant food while keeping harmful insects at bay. Plus, voles can be a nuisance, eating more ...

Limestone raised beds and a mandala-designed food forest honor resourceful permaculture tenets. Framed by historic live oak trees in cozy Lockhart, limestone raised beds and a mandala-designed food ...

Take a complete tour of our 2022 garden and homestead. See how we’ve set up our growing spaces, the progress of various crops ...

Homesteadin' Hawai'i is dedicated to sharing knowledge gained from living over 20 years off-grid in Hawaii on a homestead I ...

Whether you live in a suburban neighborhood and tend a backyard garden, or nurture soil-filled growbags on a sunny window ledge or rooftop in Brooklyn, your efforts will be more productive, beautiful ...

GLENDALE — As you walk into Justin Haddad’s backyard, you can feel it cool down, and suddenly you are surrounded by leaves, shade and the smell of nature. Haddad has been growing a “food forest” in ...

Upcoming local workshops teach skills in keeping rainwater on your property, installing an efficient drip watering system and turning your landscape into a food producing forest for yourself and ...

Permaculture garden beds are designed to be raised and follow the natural contour of the land. The Johnny Appleseed Organic Village is a 15-acre (and growing!) experimental research center near ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Ginny Whitelaw covers Zen Leadership and the science of resonance. Permaculture Garden recreates systems from nature allowing ...