.This property faced a unique but not uncommon challenge, much of the land had limited solar access to grow food due to existing plantings and aspect etc. There was one decent sized area facing north to north west but it was too steep to safely and easily access and grow food on. The brief here was simple, terrace the site to reduce the incremental slopes in preparation for a food forest. Dry stacked sandstone was the obvious option for its beauty and longevity, plus there were some existing sandstone walls in the site to blend in with and surrounding bushland with beautiful sandstone abound.
We were very happy to be a part of this project and lay the foundations for a wonderful food forest to flourish.
The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone.
“An introduction to permaculture”. Book by Bill Mollison, 1991.
permaculture patch Back in the winter of 2022 we were asked to come and have a look at this project in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney. This property was a standard Australian suburban block with some established gardens, lawns, and a swimming pool on a quarter acre or 1000 square meters. While this had served the family well in the past the pool was now rarely used, and the owners were keen to be growing more food in their backyard.
“The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food and shelter.” – Bill Mollison
“An introduction to permaculture”. Book by Bill Mollison, 1991.
Animals play a crucial role in sustainable and permaculture systems and are a great thing to add to a suburban permaculture backyard. They help to create closed loops by converting Kitchen scraps, weeds, bugs and insects and garden bed trimmings into eggs, meat, and manure.
Building a greener future, one project at a time.
Tierra Projects acknowledges the traditional owners of Gai-Mariagal country on whose unceded lands we live and work. We acknowledge their frontier wars, their fallen warriors and their elders past present and emerging.
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