About Permaculture
Many people don’t recognize the term “Permaculture,” however; those same individuals would know the terms of biofarming, agroforestry, organic gardening, cover cropping, no till, regenerative agriculture, sustainable gardening, applied ecology, and agroecology. Though these terms aren’t always associated with permaculture, they share many of the same practices.
Permaculture has three guiding ethics which are Earth Care, People Care, and Fair share. Earth care is making sure that personal resources are aligned with ecological concerns. Water conservation, encouraging biodiversity in flora and fauna, recycling, composting are all possible ways to care for the earth.
People care may extend to communities that you belong to and also include good self care with proper diet and exercise.
Lastly, Fair Share may overlap with People Care in that, how many resources does one person or one family truly need? Surplus in the garden? Share abundance with friends and neighbors. We are designed to be in community with each other.
“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.”
-Bill Mollison
About Mary
Gardening has been a part of my life as long as I can remember. Even though my father was in the military, we had a vegetable garden everywhere we lived in the world. Later I found playing in the dirt, growing flowers, and vegetables was my happy place.
I discovered permaculture about 10 years ago and decided, eight years later, to make permaculture design my new career.
After teaching for 25 years in the public school system, I became a student again attending Oregon State University’s Permaculture Design Certificate Online Course.
Currently, I find as many opportunities as I can to educate about permaculture through events and presentations and consult with clients about yard, garden, and property design to regeneratively and sustainably grow food where they live. I reside in Spokane, Washington and am growing my own urban food forest.
