Garden, Permaculture design

A LOOP AROUND THE GARDEN

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We have finished our PDC course. The final task was to design a garden for a Permablitz in Coburg. It was really interesting doing a design for a real place. The client is time poor so our design centred around an “everyday loop” that they could walk in 5 minutes around the garden to harvest all the things that need to be collected everyday, including chicken eggs. Perennials and orchard trees are on meandering little stepping stone paths off the main loop. My favourite part is the arbor which will be abundant with pumpkins and zucchini in summer.

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Garden, Travel

SILHOUETTES OF QUINCE

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Native flowers by the Merri Creek, Brunswick, Australia

Edible weeks along the Merri Creek, Brunswick, Australia

Silverbeet in the Ceres Market Garden on the Merri Creek, Coburg, Australia

Leeks in the Ceres Market Garden on the Merri Creek, Coburg, Australia

Beetroot in the Ceres Market Garden on the Merri Creek, Coburg, Australia

Rows of vegetables in the Ceres Market Garden on the Merri Creek, Coburg, Australia

Rubbish in the Merri Creek, Coburg, Australia

Permablitz Analysis, Coburg, Australia

Quince tree silhouette, Coburg, Australia

Quince fruit, Coburg, Australia

Permablitz site visit, Coburg, Australia

We went for a walk along the Merri Creek as part of our PDC. It’s amazing that Ceres has its market garden along the bank and hasn’t had every last stalk plucked under the cover of darkness. A few things have vanished, but their policy of if you come and help harvest you can keep half what you pick has encouraged a community to build up there.

 

We visited the site which will be the subject of our final design exercise, it’s all rather exciting really.

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