This 6-page magazine feature story covers how to plan your own permaculture garden using my simplified four-stage design process: observe, design, implement, iterate.
With a few simple yet strategic permaculture methods, you can grow an edible summer garden that thrives even in very hot and dry weather.
From edible weeds to wild mushrooms, free food is growing all around us — you just need to know where and what to look for. Here are 8 South Aussie experts who can help you get started.
They're nurses, business mentors, digital marketers, finance coaches, artists and more. Meet 29 folks applying permaculture in diverse businesses.
I write a regular permaculture gardening and sustainable city living column for ABC, one of Australia’s most-read news websites. Browse my full story archive here.
Since January 2024, I've embraced a four-day work week within my ethical marketing business. These structures and systems make it possible and sustainable.
A discussion on how we can apply permaculture in cities and small businesses to create a more regenerative, restful and happy world for all.
Here are simple DIY measures I regularly use in my small city garden to help keep pests at bay — without breaking the bank or using chemicals.
Koren Helbig is an ethical digital marketing consultant, journalist and urban permaculturist based in Tarntanya / Adelaide, South Australia.
Ngathu tampinthi Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya. Ngathu Kaurna yartangka tikanthi, tirkanthi, warpulayinthi. I acknowledge and pay my respect to the Kaurna people, the traditional custodians of the land on which I live, learn and work.
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