Resources for the Permaculture Garden

Highly recommended for beginners and professionals who want to learn how to create an edible backyard ecosystem. Build a productive garden with biodiversity in mind.

All about growing a stress-free garden using permaculture techniques. Learn how to deal with challenges such as small space, sloping land, poor soil, and shade.

Learn how to design, establish, and maintain your own permaculture forest garden through case studies and lists of the best edible and useful plant species.

An integrated permaculture approach to growing food and medicinals in temperate forests.

Your #1 multipurpose permaculture plant for biomass production, attracting beneficial insects, and more. Grow this sterile-seed variety to prevent spreading.

Explains the basics of permaculture and its various systems, and includes the fifty most useful plants for permaculture landscapes.

An edible cover crop for compacted or nutrient deficient soil and the no till garden. Creates lots of biomass and attracts worms. Leave these in the ground to decompose.

Important tool for loosening and aerating soil in the no till garden without destroying structure and soil life. Don't skip this annual step in repairing compacted soil.

Adds vigor to the garden by providing nutrients and activating beneficial microbes. Bang for your buck: Spray on top of other soil amendments to activate them.

Richest known natural fertilizer that attracts beneficial organisms and neutralizes pH. I make my own but always need more! Trustworthy source, OMRI listed.

Sow under fruit trees, in forest gardens, and in garden paths. Fertilizer, living mulch, and pollinator attractor all in one. Pre-inoculated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

Living soil, made from food scraps, with beneficial microbiology and fungi WITHOUT junk like heavy metals or other contaminants. Approved for organic agriculture. Ships anywhere in continental U.S.

Grow food for yourself and the songbirds! These delicious tree fruits are a decoy crop that lure birds from favored harvests. Prolific producer, plant in the fall to help tree get established and you'll have fruit for years.

A perfect addition to any edible landscape, currant bushes grow naturally in dappled shade. The tart berries are high in vitamin C and antioxidants.

An easy-to-grow perennial, with lots of dark, juicy berries. Black raspberries also "stay put".

Tart cherries are excellent for fresh eating, and the trees also make a beautiful privacy screen!

Leans toward permaculture techniques for growing fruits and berries which reduce pests while increasing vigor naturally. Includes tips for selecting varieties, pruning, grafting, soil fertility, planting care, and more.

Great edible landscape design ideas. I love the 'Luscious Landscape Index', which rates fruit crops based on flavor, time investment, maintenance, difficulty, etc.

No garden - or kitchen - is complete without garlic. Great tasting and easy to grow hardneck variety, produces 8-10 cloves per head. Plant in fall for early summer harvest.

Start your herbalism journey at home with this self-paced course from Herbal Academy. Over 34 lessons, you will feel comfortable and excited about selecting herbs and making wellness-promoting preparations.

Make your own cup of homegrown tea with this 8-packet set of herbs by Botanical Interests. You'll get both beautiful flowers and health-promoting libations all in one.

Super attractor for beneficial insects! Excellent living mulch and for planting among crops in the vegetable garden. Showy and fragrant flowers for edible landscape borders.

This set from Botanical Interests includes 9 herbs that every chef should be growing in their garden!

Calendula is an edible flower with many medicinal uses. Essential in my vegetable garden for trapping pests and attracting pollinators and beneficial insects.

This 24-packet set by Botanical Interests is the survival stash of seeds to have on hand for food security. These tried-and-true heirloom varieties have been around for 50 years or longer.

Makes digging, weeding, and planting a cinch. Mine is over 10 years old and looks like new. Go ahead and get this good quality garden knife that lasts forever. Or check out my Amazon Shop for my left-hander's knife.

All-in-one amendment by Organic Mechanics includes biochar, worm castings, compost, and more. Improves and nurtures soil biology. A one-time application for the life of a garden is all that's needed!

Especially suitable for urban and small-space gardening, growing vegetables in grow bags optimizes space and soil conditions. I love growing potatoes in these 15 gallon ones!

This unit can hold 10 standard (22″) nursery trays, double what other 6-tier shelving units can hold. Just be sure to compare the height of your ceiling to the dimensions of the shelving unit before purchasing.

Mimics sunlight and is extremely energy efficient and long-lasting. The dimensions of this light fixture are only 11.8″D x 11″W, but the light coverage spans 24″ x 24″ (2′ x 2′).

This coconut coir seed starting mix is both OMRI listed and certified organic. It's also compact and easy to store!

The ideal soil temperature for starting seeds indoors is 68-86° F, which is usually attainable with ambient heat in a house along with a supplemental heat mat. The accompanying thermostat can ensure you keep your seedlings within a healthy temperature range for germination.

Sturdy cell packs that can be used year after year, with proper cleaning and disinfecting.

Use as drip trays for seedling cell packs, and provides easy way to move seedlings when needed.

This 8-packet set of beautiful, edible, flower seeds by Botanical Interests will bring colorful cheer to your garden or edible landscape. And the culinary possibilities are endless!

Create gorgeous and delicious landscapes with planting suggestions, combinations, and design ideas from the vanguard of the edible landscaping movement.

Perfect for hard-working gardeners' hands. This soothing, healing herbal salve by Catskills Comfrey is made on the farm from freshly harvested comfrey, arnica, and calendula.

Dry all your culinary and medicinal herbs in this 5-foot-tall drying rack with breathable mesh that ensures good airflow while keeping bugs out. Colored zippers for easy access. Hanging clip, pruners, and storage case included.

I've had this model for years! Compost kitchen scraps indoors and harvest worm castings for the garden simply. Includes a variety of accessories to save money in the long run.

Provides food and habitat for birds, pollinators, and other beneficial insects. Cheerful, North American native perennial is deer resistant and excellent for erosion control.

Looking for even more gift ideas? Check out my gift guide for permaculture gardeners. 💚🎁

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Learn to forage without fear with this self-paced course from Grow Forage Cook Ferment. Meant for beginner to intermediate foragers, all the foraging basics and more are covered!