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Permaculture

Description: Books about permaculture and related topics

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1

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture

by Toby Hemenway

1,044 members

11 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: inge87, kerrygiven, jaysonwm, AnitaNgaire

2

Edible Forest Gardens (2 volume set)

115 members

1 review

4.2

3 Members: kerrygiven, jaysonwm, AnitaNgaire

3

Edible Perennial Gardening: Growing Successful Polycultures in Small Spaces

37 members

1 review

½ 4.3

2 Members: kristilabrie, AnitaNgaire

4

Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability

by David Holmgren

358 members

4 reviews

4.1

2 Members: kerrygiven, jaysonwm

5

The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture: Creating an Edible Ecosystem

by Christopher Shein

98 members

1 review

3.8

2 Members: inge87, AnitaNgaire

6

Perennial Vegetables

by Eric Toensmeier

235 members

3 reviews

4

2 Members: jaysonwm, AnitaNgaire

7

Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening

219 members

1 review

4

2 Members: jaysonwm, AnitaNgaire

8

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

4,087 members

117 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: norabelle414

9

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming

by Masanobu Fukuoka

999 members

21 reviews

4.2

Member: jaysonwm

10

Thinking in Systems: A Primer

by Donella H. Meadows

1,460 members

24 reviews

4.2

Member: jaysonwm

11

Earth User's Guide to Permaculture

by Rosemary Morrow

224 members

1 review

4.1

Member: kerrygiven

12

Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture (Conservation Classics)

by J. Russell Smith

89 members

1 review

4.8

Member: kerrygiven

13

Permaculture : A Designer's Manual

by Bill Mollison

440 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: jaysonwm

14

Think Like an Ecosystem : An Introduction to Permaculture, Water Systems, Soil Science and Landscape Design

by Amélie des Plantes

1 member

Member: AnitaNgaire

15

Smart Permaculture Design

33 members

½ 2.7

Member: AnitaNgaire

16

Edible Forest Gardens: Vision and Theory v. 1: Ecological Vision, Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate-climate Permaculture by David Jacke, Eric Toensmeier (2006) Hardcover

Member: AnitaNgaire

17

The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience

441 members

14 reviews

4

Member: jaysonwm

18

Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 2: Ecological Design and Practice For Temperate Climate Permaculture

196 members

½ 4.4

Member: AnitaNgaire

19

Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist: How to Have Your Yard and Eat It Too

by Michael Judd

82 members

1 review

½ 4.6

Member: AnitaNgaire

20

The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times

67 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: jaysonwm

21

Shrubs for Gardens, Agroforestry and Permaculture

by Martin Crawford

7 members

Member: AnitaNgaire

22

Introduction to Permaculture

by Bill Mollison

396 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: jaysonwm

23

Creating a Forest Garden: Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops

by Martin Crawford

145 members

½ 4.3

Member: AnitaNgaire

24

The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach

187 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: jaysonwm

25

Trees for Gardens, Orchards, and Permaculture

by Martin Crawford

28 members

Member: AnitaNgaire

26

Restoration Agriculture

by Mark Shepard

144 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: jaysonwm

27

Food from Your Forest Garden: How to Harvest, Cook and Preserve Your Forest Garden Produce

by Martin Crawford

30 members

5

Member: AnitaNgaire

28

How to Grow Perennial Vegetables: Low-maintenance, Low-impact Vegetable Gardening

by Martin Crawford

67 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: AnitaNgaire

29

Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture 2022

by Rosemary Morrow

5 members

Member: AnitaNgaire

30

The Garden of Equal Delights: The practice and principles of forest gardening

2 members

4

Member: AnitaNgaire

31

Integrated Forest Gardening: The Complete Guide to Polycultures and Plant Guilds in Permaculture Systems

by Wayne Weiseman

69 members

½ 4.3

Member: AnitaNgaire

32

Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

by Paul Stamets

664 members

9 reviews

4.2

33

Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web

by Jeff Lowenfels

384 members

8 reviews

4.1

34

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1: Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape

by Brad Lancaster

231 members

1 review

½ 4.3

35

Aquaponic Gardening: A Step-By-Step Guide to Raising Vegetables and Fish Together

by Sylvia Bernstein

170 members

3 reviews

4

36

The Natural Way of Farming

by Masanobu Fukuoka

138 members

3 reviews

3.9

37

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2: Water-Harvesting Earthworks

by Brad Lancaster

134 members

½ 3.5

38

Permaculture in a Nutshell

by Patrick Whitefield

124 members

1 review

½ 3.5

39

Chicken Tractor: The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil

123 members

3 reviews

3.9

40

Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape

122 members

2 reviews

3.1

41

The Permaculture Home Garden

by Linda Woodrow

118 members

½ 4.5

42

The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country

117 members

1 review

½ 3.5

43

Permaculture One: A Perennial Agricultural System for Human Settlements

by Bill Mollison

113 members

4.2

44

Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guide

104 members

1 review

3.8

45

The Permaculture Way: Practical Steps to Create a Self-Sustaining World

92 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

46

Sowing Seeds in the Desert: Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Security

by Masanobu Fukuoka

89 members

2 reviews

3.9

47

Getting Started In Permaculture: 50 Practical Projects to Build and Design Productive Gardens

89 members

1 review

½ 3.4

48

The Earth Care Manual: A Permaculture Handbook For Britain & Other Temperate Climates

by Patrick Whitefield

87 members

½ 4.3

49

The New Create an Oasis with Greywater: Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems - Includes Branched Drains

86 members

3.8

50

Future Scenarios: How Communities Can Adapt to Peak Oil and Climate Change

by David Holmgren

71 members

1 review

½ 3.5

51

Water For Every Farm: Yeomans Keyline Plan

by P. A. Yeomans

66 members

3

52

Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm

by Darrell Frey

61 members

½ 2.3

53

The Woodland Way: A Permaculture Approach to Sustainable Woodland Management

54 members

½ 4.7

54

The Ultimate Guide to Permaculture (The Ultimate Guides)

by Nicole Faires

49 members

1 review

½ 3.7

55

Sustainable Revolution: Permaculture in Ecovillages, Urban Farms, and Communities Worldwide

by Juliana Birnbaum

41 members

1 review

2

56

Permaculture in Pots: How to Grow Food in Small Urban Spaces

36 members

3

57

Urban Permaculture: A Practical Handbook for Sustainable Living

by David Watkins

24 members

1 review

½ 2.5

58

Edible Cities: Urban Permaculture for Gardens, Balconies, Rooftops, and Beyond

by Judith Anger

15 members

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Started: kerrygiven
August 2014
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