Permaculture comes from the words ˜permanent agriculture' and ˜permanent culture' and is based on the ethics of earth care, people care and fair share. It is an integrated, whole systems approach to designing for sustainability in both urban and rural settings. By following permaculture design principles we can make our houses, gardens, farms, local economies and communities more stable, energy efficient and low maintenance. Using good design means less work and more fun!

Permaculture in New Zealand website offer full 72 hour certificate courses  "e; check for details on the PiNZ website

Join the Group

The Hawke's Bay Permaculture Group has local interest groups.

To join the Havelock North group, email    Jo Duff
To join the Waipawa Group, email            Louise Phillips
To join the Napier Group, email                Helena Triplett

You may also like to join the Hawke's Bay Permaculture Google group. This group is to enable discussion and sharing of ideas between members, online. You can ask questions e.g. where to source plants or other resources, see who can car pool with you to meetings, suggest topics for future meetings and so on.

Have a look at the group, and join online at www.googlegroups.com/group/permaculturehb

Web Video Links:

Permaculture People - NZ

Make your own Fertiliser - Darren Doherty

Urban permaculture - Bill Mollison

More urban permaculture - Bill Mollison

Mandala - Keyhole permaculture

The Urban Conversion - USA Style

Broadacre Permaculture and Keyline Design - Darren Doherty

Rawmodel's Permaculture Food Forest

Locally Reliant Living for Challenging Times - Locavores

Urban Homestead and Living the Real Simple Life - Locavores