Permaculture Designs can be created for homes, farms, gardens, businesses and communities. Permaculture design takes the entire “system” of our built environment – the landscape, our homes, humans, nature, animals, plants, etc. – into account to create a truly sustainable and healthy model of living in and with natural systems while meeting human needs as well.
Properties that have been designed along permaculture principles are nurturing and beautiful, resilient and abundant. They have a small carbon footprint while creating comfort, sustenance and support for their inhabitants – both human and otherwise!
Permaculture goes beyond ecological landscaping, native landscaping, edible landscaping, sustainable design and green building …
Imagine …
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Minimizing the amount of outside fuels and resources you need to run your home
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Harvesting rain water on site for irrigation and other uses
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A perennial edible landscape that provides food and wildlife forage for years to come
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Living within a healthy ecosystem that has been designed to work in concert with nature’s patterns and rhythms
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Creating a network of neighbors and community members working to create a low-energy, post-carbon future full of richness and abundance
Permaculture Design Options
Option 1: Permaculture Live-Design Session - We visit your property and review your answers to the questionnaire that we’ve provided in advance. We tour your home and landscape. During the session we give a voluminous amount of design guidance and provide specific permaculture ideas for you to implement. You are welcome to take notes, but for this option we do not provide a written report or drawn plan. Site visit: approximately 2 hours ($250 plus mileage if >30 min from Portland).
Option 2: Complete Permaculture Design – We also do an initial site visit, as with Option 1 above, but then we take all the information and observations away with us to create a beautifully drawn permaculture design for your property (suitable for display). We make a second visit to deliver and discuss your design. Two site visits of approximately 2 hours each (price depending on property size).
Option 3: Comprehensive Permaculture Design – This includes both the initial site visit and the second visit to deliver your beautifully drawn design, as with Option 2 above. But it also includes a written report describing the design in detail, a recommended implementation plan and a recommended annual maintenance plan (price depending on property size) .
Portland Maine Permaculture Partners does a limited number of designs each year. Please contact us if you would like to discuss the creation of a beautiful permaculture design for your property.
