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This service begins with a consultation appointment with the prospective client, including a soil analysis from the site. An analysis of the client's experience and ability helps gauge the size garden they can manage effectively for maximum success. We aim to keep it simple for new gardeners, until their confidence and experience grow.
We will guide the client through the process of food-growing. Result - abundant herbs, fruits and vegetables!
Having a permaculture garden provides domestic food security and excellent nutrition in the client’s household, while bringing great pleasure and a sense of achievement.

We begin with an assessment of needs, preferences and capabilities.
This includes finding out client preferences:-

• Garden Theme, Style

• Time Constraints

• Gardening Experience

• Types Of Vegetables, Herbs & Fruit Liked

• Favourite Colours, Cool/Warm

Site assessment - components and solutions relevant to specific situations
This includes:-

• Climate- Temperature, Rainfall, Frost, Wind, Aspect, Micro-Climates, Humidity, Light

• Atmosphere- Pollution, Salt, Etc

• Surrounding Structures- Existing Vegetation, Neighbouring buildings

• Other Issues

Site and soil analysis
This includes:-

• Soil Conditions- Texture, Structure, Ph, Fertility, Salinity, Drainage

• Topography- Flat, Steep, Gully, Ridge

Actual implementation
Gardening system components are set up in an integrated way.
Guidelines and continuing support are provided at every stage of organic and permaculture system setup.

Garden and Site Design
This includes:-

• Garden design

• No-dig and raised garden beds

• Planting - seeds, seedling trays, established plants

• Chook Tractors - integrating poultry into your garden, watering, feeding, care,

• Herb Spirals

• Food forests

• Topsoil-enriching tree and plant systems

• Increasing productivity and energy efficiency in existing gardens

• Compost making

Seeds and Plants
Plants appropriate to permaculture gardens include:-

• small fruit trees and vines,

• vegetables,

• herbs, medicinal plants,

• ground covers/green manures, and

• appropriate natives.

We save the client the cost and difficulty of sourcing locally appropriate plants. This means the garden will develop more quickly than you can imagine!

Coming soon to this Website
Better Gardens - Organic will progressively provide information on topics including:-

• Permaculture: A general introduction

• Incorporating native plants into permaculture gardens

• Medicinal plants in the permaculture garden

• Making your own herbal preparations

• Composting

• Worm farms

• Grafting and cuttings

• How to bottle, dry and preserve your excess produce

• Seed saving

• Cheese making

• Sourdough bread making

• Container gardening

• Cooking from your garden in season

• Herbal and fruit liqueurs

• Organic poultry care

What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is generally said to be based on a set of principles and guided

by the ethics of:

• caring for the earth

• caring for people

• sharing surplus resources and,

• reducing consumption.

Permaculture can be thought of as a process of design that enables you to live in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way.
It’s much more than organic gardening, even though people often confuse permaculture with organic gardening. Permaculture integrates horticulture, architecture, economics and sociology. In other words, it is a whole design system for living. Permaculture design is energy efficient and provides solutions to problems like soil erosion, pollution, environmental waste and many more.

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