Permaculture Principles & Design
Books & Materials:
Toby Hemenway, Gaia's Garden
David Holmgren’s Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability
Patrick Whitefield, The Earth Care Manual
Natural Abundance Design Questionnaire Handout
Frey, Darrel, 2011, Bioshelter Marken Garden, 2Hemmingway, Toby, 2009, Gaia’s Garden
Online:
www.permacultureprinciples.com
www.permaculture.org.uk
Site Research
Flooding research
Land Use history - WIKI on Compton Dundon
Maps - http://maps.google.co.uk/
Regional climate information - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/sw/
Ecological Footprint tools:
http://www.bestfootforward.com/resources/ecological-footprint/
Social Design Factors
Online:
Somerset Country Markets http://www.somersetcountrymarkets.co.uk/
Financial Permaculture & Ecosystem Investing
http://www.slideshare.net/ethanappleseed/financial-permaculture-ecosystem-investing-8884921
Minding Your Permaculture Business
http://permaculturewest.org.au/ipc6/ch03/sampson/index.html
How We Started | Cherry Tree Nursery http://www.cherrytreenursery.org.uk/nursery-how-we-started.htm
How to Start a Permaculture Nursery
http://www.permacultureportal.com/article_nursery.html
Organic Herb trading
http://www.organicherbtrading.com/
Permaculture Association's strategic plan
CEVAS - Farming & Countryside Education http://www.face-online.org.uk/
Medicinal Resilience
Books & Materials:
Linda Gray, Grow Your Own Pharmacy
Steve Charter, Eat More Raw
Susan Weed, Herbal Wise
Laurel Luddite, This is Anarcho-Herbal ism: Thoughts on Health and Healing for the Revolution David E Allen and Gabrielle Hatfield, Medicinal Plants in Folk Tradition, An Ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland
Stephen Harrod Buhner, Herbal Antibiotics
Nancy & Michael Phillips, The Herbalist’s Way Andrew Chevallier, Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants
Online:
The Herbalists Path http://herbalistpath.blogspot.com/
MHRA – Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency http://www.mhra.gov.uk/
www.rhizomeclinic.org.uk
Nutritional Resilience
Books & Materials:
Rosemary Morrow, Earth Users Guide to Permaculture
Bill Mollison, Permaculture: The Designer’s Manual, 1988
Permaculture Magazine, various editions
Toby Hemmenway, Gaia’s Garden
Linda Gray, Grow Your Own Pharmacy
Steve Charter, Eat More Raw
Susan Weed, Herbal Wise
David Kennedy, 21st Century Greens
World Food Programme, Low Input Food & Nutrition Security: Growing & Eating More using Less
Online:
http://www.tcpermaculture.com/2011/05/perma culture-zones.html
http://www.neverendingfood.org
Permaculture Orchards & Forest Gardening
Case studies:
Michel Postma & Max Vittrup Jensen, Proposal for permaculture design on the PermaLot apple orchard
Ethan Appleseed & Interns, Permaculture Orchard Renovation, www.appleseedpermaculture.com
Courses: 2006 Design Support Tutorial with Stephen Pritchard, http://ediblelandscape.co.uk
Diploma Support Intensive with Aranya, May 2011
Books & Materials:
Andy Goldring, 2011, Presentation at Annual Meeting of Farm Woodland Forum, Eco-functional intensification of orchards
Sepp Holzer, Sepp Holzer's Permaculture, 2011
Online:
Plants for A Future http://www.pfaf.org
Permaculture Principles in a Polyculture Orchard
http://permaculture.tv/permaculture-principles-in-a-polyculture-orchard/
Fruit ID http://www.fruitid.com/
Indoor Ecosystems
Books & Materials:
Bioshelter Market Garden, A Permaculture Farm, Darrell Frey
Horticultural Correspondence College, RHS level 3 Certificate in the principles of plant growth, health and applied propagation, notes, Lesson Two - Plant taxonomy, structure and function
Online:
http://www.lalomaviva.com/projects/page.php?id=35 5.
Wikipedia 2011 'Bioshelter'
http://midwestpermaculture.com
Water Management
Books:
Gaia’s Garden, Toby Hemenway
Permaculture: A designer’s Manual, Bill Mollison
Courses: Centre for Alternative Technology, Eco rainwater supplies & ecological sewage treatment course, April 11
Darren Doherty, RegenAG design course, Oct 11
Jay Abrahams, WET systems talk at RegenAG
Online:
http://www.wrt.org.uk/projects_map.html
PA Yeomans Scale of Permanence Checklist edited by David Jacke
Flooding research - http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/31650.aspx
South West River basin information:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/planning/40227.aspx
River Map
http://www.somersetrivers.org/index.php?module=MyMap&func=display&mid=19
Sewage Management
Books:
The Earth Care Manual, Patrick Whitefield, 2004
Permaculture: A designer’s Manual, Bill Mollison
Courses: Centre for Alternative Technology, Eco rainwater supplies & ecological sewage treatment course, April 11
Online:
http://www.waldeneffect.org/blog/Using_urine_as_fertilizer_in_the_gard en/
http://humanurehandbook.com/
http://www.newdirectionsfoundation.org/ecological-sanitation.php
Contents for the Appendices
Harvesting, Storage & Processing
Books:
Agricultural & Food Research Council, 1989, Home Preservation of Fruits & Vegetables
Lynda Brown, The Preserving Book
Sepp Holzer, Sepp Holzer's Permaculture
David Kennedy, Leaf concentrate: A field guide for small scale programs
Online:
How to Make Your Own Homemade Nut Milk http://www.antonhealth.com
Article comparing freezers http://www.allotment.org.uk/frugal/Chest-Upright-Freezer.php
Biodiversity
Books & Materials:
Jenny Hall & Ian Tolhurst, Growing Green
Collins, Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden
Toby Hemenway, Gaia’s Garden
Vegan Organic Network, Stock Free Organic Standards 2007
Online:
Native Flora database http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/plants-fungi/postcode-plants/
Somerset Environmental Records Centre
Somerset Wildlife Trust - Wildlife gardening info & species lists for Somerset
Free download of phase 1 habitat survey handbook
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2468
Local Biodiversity Action Plans
Soil & Fertility Management
Books & Materials:
Resource Book for Permaculture, published by the IDEP foundation
Christine Jones, Regenerative Land Management
Bioshelter Market Garden, A Permaculture Farm, Darrell Frey (Including fertility calculation tool)
Toby Hemenway, Gaia’s Garden
Vegan Organic Network, Stock Free Organic Standards 2007
Horticultural Correspondence College, RHS level 3 Certificate in the principles of plant growth, health and applied propagation
Bullseye Soil Tool
Online:
National Soil Resources Institute - Cranfield University
http://www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/
Soil Food Web
http://www.soilfoodweb.com/
Soil & Health Library
http://soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/01aglibwelcome.html