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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, 2nd Edition

by Toby Hemenway

1,209 members

10 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: inge87, kerrygiven, jaysonwm, AnitaNgaire

2

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

261 members

1 review

4

3 Members: bookmunky, jaysonwm, AnitaNgaire

3

Edible Forest Gardens (2 volume set)

120 members

1 review

4.2

3 Members: kerrygiven, jaysonwm, AnitaNgaire

4

Edible Perennial Gardening: Growing Successful Polycultures in Small Spaces

41 members

1 review

½ 4.3

2 Members: kristilabrie, AnitaNgaire

5

Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability

by David Holmgren

390 members

4 reviews

4.1

2 Members: kerrygiven, jaysonwm

6

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

by Christopher Shein

116 members

1 review

3.9

2 Members: inge87, AnitaNgaire

7

Perennial Vegetables

by Eric Toensmeier

270 members

4 reviews

4

2 Members: jaysonwm, AnitaNgaire

8

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

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

6,995 members

172 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: norabelle414

9

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming

by Masanobu Fukuoka

1,166 members

23 reviews

4.2

Member: jaysonwm

10

Thinking in Systems: A Primer

by Donella H. Meadows

1,957 members

34 reviews

4.2

Member: jaysonwm

11

Earth User's Guide to Permaculture

by Rosemary Morrow

247 members

1 review

4.1

Member: kerrygiven

12

Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture (Conservation Classics)

by J. Russell Smith

112 members

1 review

4.8

Member: kerrygiven

13

Permaculture : A Designer's Manual

by Bill Mollison

477 members

3 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: jaysonwm

14

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

by Amelie Des Plantes

27 members

4

Member: AnitaNgaire

15

Smart Permaculture Design

36 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

485 members

14 reviews

4.1

Member: jaysonwm

18

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

226 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

95 members

1 review

½ 4.6

Member: AnitaNgaire

20

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

75 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: jaysonwm

21

Shrubs for Gardens, Agroforestry, and Permaculture

by Martin Crawford

9 members

2

Member: AnitaNgaire

22

Introduction to Permaculture

by Bill Mollison

449 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: jaysonwm

23

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

by Martin Crawford

171 members

½ 4.3

Member: AnitaNgaire

24

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

228 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: jaysonwm

25

Trees for Gardens, Orchards, and Permaculture

by Martin Crawford

31 members

Member: AnitaNgaire

26

Restoration Agriculture

by Mark Shepard

189 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: jaysonwm

27

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

by Martin Crawford

37 members

5

Member: AnitaNgaire

28

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

by Martin Crawford

76 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: AnitaNgaire

29

Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture 2022

by Rosemary Morrow

10 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

88 members

½ 4.3

Member: AnitaNgaire

32

Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

by Paul Stamets

798 members

10 reviews

4.2

33

Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web, Revised Edition

by Jeff Lowenfels

453 members

9 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

267 members

1 review

½ 4.4

35

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

by Sylvia Bernstein

204 members

4 reviews

4

36

The Natural Way of Farming

by Masanobu Fukuoka

158 members

3 reviews

3.9

37

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

by Brad Lancaster

153 members

½ 3.7

38

The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country

139 members

1 review

½ 3.7

39

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

133 members

3 reviews

3.8

40

Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guide

130 members

4

41

Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape

130 members

2 reviews

3.1

42

Permaculture in a Nutshell

by Patrick Whitefield

127 members

1 review

½ 3.5

43

The Permaculture Home Garden

by Linda Woodrow

126 members

½ 4.6

44

Permaculture One: A Perennial Agricultural System for Human Settlements

by Bill Mollison

124 members

4

45

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

by Masanobu Fukuoka

98 members

2 reviews

3.9

46

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

98 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

47

The Earth Care Manual: A Permaculture Handbook for Britain and Other Temperate Climates

by Patrick Whitefield

97 members

½ 4.3

48

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

94 members

1 review

½ 3.4

49

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

89 members

3.8

50

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

by David Holmgren

75 members

2 reviews

4

51

Water For Every Farm: Yeomans Keyline Plan

by P. A. Yeomans

74 members

1 review

½ 3.5

52

Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm

by Darrell Frey

67 members

½ 2.3

53

The Woodland Way: A Permaculture Approach to Sustainable Woodland Management

60 members

½ 4.7

54

The Ultimate Guide to Permaculture (The Ultimate Guides)

by Nicole Faires

60 members

1 review

½ 3.7

55

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

by Juliana Birnbaum

47 members

1 review

2

56

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

40 members

3

57

Urban Permaculture: A Practical Handbook for Sustainable Living

by David Watkins

26 members

1 review

½ 2.5

58

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

by Judith Anger

16 members

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Started: kerrygiven
August 2014
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