Streetgardens Permaculture Design

Permaculture HouseWholes

Suburban Foodproduction Unit Setup

First we design the whole garden & decide priorities together (2-5 hours).

Site Survey containing:

• Biodiversity
• Landform
• Climate
• Microclimate(s)
• Water
• Services
• Soil
• Plants
• Animals
• Structures
• Access
• Beauty
• Miscellaneous
• Boundaries

 

Wishlist

• Describe your overall vision for your site (outdoors and indoors)…
• What do you like most about this place?
• What do you dislike or want to get rid of?
• What do you want to preserve exactly as is?
• Please make a list of the vegetables and fruits you regularly consume and how much in kg/month.
• Now, indicate with a star the ones you would like to grow (it can be all!) and what percentage of your consumption. That’s the goal – in your street!

The streetgardener starts by:

Start a Wormfarm – get/build a bin – buy worms

Set up compost bins – source manure – prune trees – build heaps –possibility for 1rst workshp if interested

Collect enough pots for sowing – Order seeds – Calculate how much of each vege you need – SOW the double

Get cuttings for soft fruit

Pricking out – possiblity for giving away excess seedlings and 2nd workshop if interested

Get netting, loops, material… Ev. build pens for rabbit/chooks

Permablitz with people from the street:

1. Open soil by double digging if clay, otherwise paper mulch whole area
2. Put on compost + soil mix
3. Ev. put in soak hose
4. Plant
5. Mulch heavily
6. Give away the excess seedlings to other participants in the workshop
7. Follow up monthly afterwards, invite to upcoming workshops.