Welcome to Urban Permaculture Project

Hello!  Welcome to Urban Permaculture Project.  This blog is about transforming an ordinary, urban block into a small permaculture paradise.  Our goal is to share our experience and enthusiasm for permaculture with you - so that it helps and inspires you to start your own permaculture journey.

Here's a little bit about us.  My name is Heli and my husband's name is Allan.  We both completed our PDC (Permaculture Design Certificate) with Geoff Lawton in 2015.  After this great experience and excitement of learning in theory, it's time to take action - I believe knowledge without action is wasted :-)

Our goal with this project is to grow nutrient dense food, reduce energy- and water consumption, and produce no 'waste'.  It's also important to us to build soil by making our own compost and get the right biology (beneficial micro-organisms) in the soil (great website to visit www.soilfoodweb.com).  Our aim is also to reuse and recycle materials as much as possible in this project.

The ultimate goal is to get you inspired with permaculture and enjoy benefits it brings into your life :-)

We are going to make mistakes, that's for sure, but hey :-) - as Thomas Edison's quote says:  I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.  

I think the greatest mistake is to fear of making one.

We appreciate any suggestions, experience or other comment (in the comment box below) you may have that would help and inspire anyone in their permaculture journey. 

This project is in subtropical climate zone in Australia.  The property is an ordinary 500m2 suburban block with a two storey (or 3 levels) brick house (photo below).

For you who may not know yet what permaculture is about, the next post is titled with What Is Permaculture and What Are the Benefits of Urban Permaculture.

Feel free to share this post with anyone interested in permaculture.

Warmly,
Heli Iso-Aho

Let's Spread Permaculture to the World!