A supermarket in London is growing produce on their roof to show produce can be grown in cities and sold locally. The project, which is the first of its kind, is called Food From The Sky. The store sells its organic roof-grown produce on Fridays, and waste is composted. (via Concrete Playground)
Posts Tagged ‘permaculture’
Food from the sky
Posted in General chit-chat, tagged city gardening, permaculture on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Natural beekeeping
Posted in Growing our own food, Saving the environment, tagged beekeeping, bees, milkwood permaculture, permaculture on March 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A few weeks back I spent a weekend learning about bees and natural beekeeping. The course was presented by Tim Malfroy (of Malfroy’s Gold), and organised by Milkwood Permaculture. Bees have always been an interest (which is why we have native stingless bees already), and this seemed to be an ideal opportunity to learn more. [...]
Creating our own food forest
Posted in Growing our own food, tagged apple trees, food forest, permaculture on August 7, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Next door to us is a convent, complete with a pair of very friendly nuns. Due to the oddities of land subdivision, the convent has a triangle of land that runs behind our strip of houses and the railway line. I have been eying off this land for a while as a possible food forest. [...]
Wealthy communities & the Permaculture Biz
Posted in Local issues, tagged community gardens, gardening, permaculture on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Robin will give a brief PowerPoint slide show titled ‘Wealthy Communities’ which showcases co-operative and community strategies that support the creation of real wealth. Robin’s primary passion is interactive group work and creative learning so, to complete the evening, you’ll get to experience an activity that will support teamwork and the deepening of connections and [...]
Part-time permaculture course
Posted in Growing our own food, Local issues, tagged course, milkwood, permaculture on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just signed up for the Milkwood Sydney Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC). This runs for 12 weeks, one day per weekend, and should cover a huge amount of ground (pun intended). The things that made this course attractive: It’s in Sydney, and not hours of driving out into the countryside. It has a specific urban [...]
Launch of Permaculture Sydney South
Posted in Growing our own food, Local issues, Saving the environment, tagged permaculture on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve just received details on the upcoming launch of the Permaculture Sydney South group: Permaculture Sydney South is the regional permaculture group covering the central, southern and eastern Sydney region. Currently it is made up of several local group hubs – City, Eastern suburbs, St George, Sutherland & Inner West. Come to celebrate our official [...]
Urban Permaculture in Action
Posted in Growing our own food, Saving the environment, tagged course, milkwood, permaculture on July 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A quick note to say that I’ve signed up to attend the Urban Permaculture in Action course, organised by Milkwood Permaculture, to be held in Sydney on 22-23 August. This should be great fun: You’ve perhaps learnt or read a bit about Permaculture, but where do you start with actually putting all those design principles [...]
