Aug 18, 2020 | Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
*Image above is the Beacon Food Forest Community Garden, Seattle, Washington One of the strengths of permaculture design is its use of zones within this landscape design process. When using zones to guide us during the design process, it allows us to observe and take... 
Jun 15, 2020 | Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
Why do we love our lawns? The use of lawns within our communities has a deep history within our human habitat. As hunter-gatherers, we noticed that vast savannas made it much easier to track and hunt wildlife. In 1159 there are reports of a technique used in Japan... 
May 24, 2020 | Landscape Design, Permaculture, Rainwater harvesting, Soil food web
Five Ways to Create an Abundant Landscape There is nothing quite like witnessing abundance in your landscape. What do we mean when we refer to a landscape as abundant? Here’s one definition, a profusion, a great plenty, an overflowing quantity. How do we take... 
Apr 9, 2020 | Edible landscapes, Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
I live on Vancouver Island within the Regional District of Nanaimo. The RDN covers a large area spanning from Bowser down to South Nanaimo and Cedar. With the current pandemic involving the COVID-19 virus, the BC Government has placed restrictions on open burning in... 
Jan 21, 2020 | Blog post, Landscape Design, Permaculture, Rainwater harvesting
Like many property owners who live on acreage, we rely on a rock pit or drainage pit to handle or infiltrate the water coming from our residence roof area and perimeter drains. Last fall, we discovered that our rock pit had failed, which is very common for a home 40+... 
Nov 19, 2019 | Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
Landscape design has a rich history in most countries of the world that followed on the heals of agricultural developments. Some of the earliest records show that in the 6th century BC that the hanging gardens of Babylon were created along the Euphrates river. The...