Author Archives: Morag Gamble

MORAG GAMBLE Blog is an award-winning Australian permaculture designer, speaker, author, blogger, film-maker and teacher. She creates the popular Our Permaculture Life Blog and YouTube channel, offers online permaculture education - The Incredible Edible Garden and the Permaculture Educators Program, a combined Permaculture Design Certificate and Permaculture Teacher Certificate.

Morag is the founder and Executive Director of the Permaculture Education Institute and runs a small permaculture charity, Ethos Foundation. Each month she also offers free online monthly masterclasses.

Morag is an urban permaculture pioneer and cofounder of the Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network and Northey Street City Farm in Brisbane.

Morag offers a wealth of knowledge of all things permaculture and has taught in 22 countries - she is always teaching and sharing. Morag’s natural habitat is her award-winning edible landscape at Crystal Waters Ecovillage.

Improve your soil with herbs

Morag Gamble / January 10, 2016

Herbs are extremely useful for improving the health of your soil as well as your own health, and…

Uses of Pelargonium

Morag Gamble / January 9, 2016

We arrived in Melbourne a few days ago to spend time my family – my parents, my brother…

New Article about Our Permaculture Life

Morag Gamble / January 8, 2016

Certified Organic Fast Food Chain

Morag Gamble / January 7, 2016

Today I found real food at a Motorway rest stop at Officer, on the outskirts of Melbourne –…

The Edible Town Square part 2

Morag Gamble / January 6, 2016

The edible town square gardens surrounded by cafes, restaurants, a gallery, station and library in Ringwood, Melbourne delighted and…

The Modern Edible Town Square

Morag Gamble / January 5, 2016

Imagine a modern day town square full of edible plants for the picking – surrounded by cafes, art…

Holiday Garden

Morag Gamble / January 4, 2016

It’s time to take our garden boots of for a couple of weeks and head to the beach.…

Can I use newspaper in my garden?

Morag Gamble / January 3, 2016

Newspaper is safe to use in your garden. In a no-dig garden, I put the paper layer over…

Morag’s Simple & Successful No Dig Garden Method

Morag Gamble / January 2, 2016

Low maintenance, low water needs, abundant, resilient. That’s what no dig gardening is all about. We all want…

Getting inspired for the new year.

Morag Gamble / January 1, 2016

Welcome 2016. I am looking forward to the adventures, learnings and new experiences ahead for us. I am…

Morag Gamble

My name is Morag Gamble and I am living and working a permaculture life. I live an ‘Off-the-Grid’ lifestyle in a permaculture village near Maleny in the subtropical part of southeast Queensland, Australia with my husband and 3 young children.

We designed and built our modular eco-home – with much appreciated help from my family. We are mortgage-free and live simply. Our income is derived from permaculture-related activities. We grow a lot of vegetables, herbs and fruit in the polycultural garden-playground surrounding our home. We collect our water, deal with our wastewater on-site and produce most of our own power.

I love this way of living and I love bringing my children up in this environment. They are Nature Kids and they are learning vital skills for resilience, compassion and future problem solving through our ecological unschooling approach.

I am also passionate about how this way of life can make a positive contribution to society and support ecological regeneration.