Canberra Permaculture Design and Education

Canberra Permaculture Design and Education Design ideas and advice for sustainable, eco-friendly gardens that provide tasty, healthy produce all year round.

27/07/2026

Temporary quail coop in the greenhouse to keep the flock cosy over winter while I build a bigger permanent coop in the back garden. We used corflute board to make a bridge between the two garden beds, then some irrigation pipe and fruit tree netting to keep them (mostly) in that location. Do they escape? Sometimes, but the greenhouse is fairly secure - we just need to keep the door closed to keep any escapees in (and to keep the nearby magpie gang out - they are such bullies!)

09/03/2026

For the first time this (Australian) summer we had a heavy enough rain to fill the back garden swale system. As a designer this is what I get most excited about - passively harvesting water means a garden is a lot more drought resilient, because there is greater moisture stored in the soil than would otherwise be there, plus the water is free! This system takes surface runoff from an old driveway plus tank overflow (the tank harvests from our roof and was pretty full before this rain event). Funnily enough, passive water harvesting is also helpful against flooding - because slowing water as it moves downslope means less water rushing into flood prone areas - imagine how much less runoff there would be if every garden had some of this!

02/03/2026

It's been raining gently all day. The garden says: "Hooray!" (So do the snails...)

This coming Saturday is the first of our Permaculture Design Fundamentals workshop series and we'll be exploring David H...
25/02/2026

This coming Saturday is the first of our Permaculture Design Fundamentals workshop series and we'll be exploring David Holmgren's 12 permaculture design principles.

This message is a courtesy reminder that bookings for this workshop (and the whole workshop series) will close at 9am tomorrow morning (Friday 17 February). This will allow the lovely Sam Hawker of Garden Kitchen Witch*n enough time to get the right amount of catering supplies.

Read full update here: https://mailchi.mp/82054f673ef5/september-newsletter-14191911

11/02/2026

Psst! Image is 100% real. That’s really a snapshot of just some of our home grown produce. If you love sustainable food and good design and live in Canberra or surrounds, we have 3 upcoming permaculture workshops! 😃😃😃
Permaculture design principles (28 Feb), Reading the landscape (14 Mar), Design in practice (28 Mar) plus 2 design labs.

We provide small group, individualised tuition, focused on your needs. 💚 Each 1-day workshop is fully catered and will be based at our home and permaculture garden 🍎🍊🥦🥒🥬🍅 Book one or take all three for a big discount. 😀 For more info or to book your spot please check out our links (check bio on IG, check our Events tab on FB). OR: send Cally a text directly on 0410121272 (within Australia) and she’ll text you the details straight back!

05/02/2026

Yes it’s true, we do love a good wicking bed! Especially in a spot that will be super close to the house, super hot and which doesn’t get much water. The aim is to grow a smallish shade tree in one of these 2nd hand IBCs (once it’s converted into a giant wicking bed) which will provide some much needed shade on the western side of our house. Once the site is levelled and the IBCs in place the next job is to clad them in some recycled decking boards to make them pretty - that will be another vid!
If you want to know more about wicking beds check out our about page for resources or our events - there are just a couple spots left in our upcoming wicking bed workshop!

02/02/2026

Nashi pears…

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