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GIANNANGELO FARMS SOUTHWEST AVANT-GARDENING: CREATIVE ORGANIC GARDENING

"Permaculture" “Permaculture is a way of living which promotes a harmonious balance between all forms of life within the ecosystem.”

PERMACULTURE (permanent culture) is an approach to everyday life that integrates plants, animals, landscape, structures; people who purposely design all the facets of their lives to enhance environmental sustainability within a permanent, sustainable agricultural and cultural system - a diverse, complex eco-system, where the all of the elements interact in mutually beneficial ways to produce a whole which is greater than the sum of its parts.

Permanent is from the Latin "permanens" - to remain to the end, to persist throughout. Culture is from the Latin "cultura" - meaning the cultivation of land, or the intellect. It is a philosophy, an ethic of caring for the earth and working with, not against nature with an attitude of thoughtful observation, an action-meditation - rather than undirected and thoughtless labor.

A way of looking beyond a single-product system, and a means to leave the earth richer than we found it. Its aim is to create self-maintaining, efficient, and highly productive agricultural eco-systems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural eco-systems.

By observing a natural eco-system, we can learn to imitate nature and create a man-made eco-system, a symbiotic relationship, that is productive, non-polluting, and beneficial to the whole environment, where everything is interconnected, sustaining all living things within the system. When correctly designed, such a system will become increasingly diverse, resilient, and self-sustaining, conserving soil, water, and energy.

Permaculture is a conscious design and maintenance of systems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of a natural eco-system. It is a harmonious integration of the land with people - providing food, energy, shelter, and material and non-material needs in a sustainable way.



Permaculture is a practical and creative approach to the problems of diminishing resources and threatened life support systems now facing the world. It is a holistic approach to human culture - an integration of biology, ecology, agriculture, architecture, technology, and building.

It requires that what is learned about biology, energy, physics, eco-systems, water flow, and climate be applied in everyday life - providing us with shelter, food, water, income, and community, giving each of us an aesthetic and spiritual fulfillment within a beautifully balanced and healthy biological community - a sustainable and secure place for all living things on the earth - growing in richness, aesthetic beauty, and productivity.

Permaculture is not an end, it is a means - a way that can lead us towards a sustainable, ecologically sound, self perpetuating systems that will produce an efficient, low-maintenance, productive integration of plants, animals, humans, commerce, and structures. The ultimate result: a balanced eco-stability and food self-sufficiency in the smallest practical area.

"There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet.” Brooke Medicine Eagle

Resources The Uses of Wild Plants Permaculture Institute Planet Natural High Country Gardens High Mowing Organic Seeds Seeds Trust Mountain Crest Garden Mesa Garden Santa Ana Garden Center Plants of the Southwest

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