Permaculture Plants - Our Permaculture Life

What are your favourite permaculture plants – the ones that really bring structure and substance to your edible landscape ecology?

I have so many, but there are a few that I find so absolutely invaluable in providing an abundance and resilience in my permaculture garden, and I appreciate them for this.

Check out my latest online permaculture masterclass: 10 Great Permaculture Plants – How to Grow, Harvest and Use . I share a lot about how to make the best use of these permaculture plants in your design and how to care for and use these plants in a multiplicity of ways.

These 10 permaculture plants I talk about in this Masterclass contribute to:

diverse abundant food
natural medicine
great teas
excellent dyes
animal food
wildlife habitat
pollinator food
shade and protection for ‘pest’ helpers
mulch and living mulches
organic matter, soil food
microclimate moderation
low water use garden
low maintenance garden
low pest garden
and more

Canna edulis

My youtube clips about some of these permaculture plants

To follow up from the permaculture plants explored in the film, you might be interested in taking a look at these youtube clips I have created.

Comfrey

About the Author

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.

One Response

Meg McGowan July 31, 2018 at 4:39 pm | Permalink

Another great Masterclass, Morag. My only disappointment was that I already have all of these, but it’s great to know I’m on the right track 😀
I would add galangal to your list. I love using it to teach people about multiple functions. The roots are a child-friendly version of ginger and an essential element in many Thai curry mixes. They’re also great either fermented or fresh pickled. The leaves are another chop-and-drop but not as tall as arrowroot. The flowers are a traditional flavouring for sticky rice and will also scent a whole room without the need for synthetic ‘air freshener’. Like all members of the ginger family, it’s also medicinal and great for improving digestion or reducing inflammation.
My green mustard seems to have cross bred (tokyo bekuna, Amish deer tongue and bok choy are all possibilities) and now I have this diverse collection of interesting leafy greens that range from spicy to mild and happily self seed.
Best of luck with the subscription course. I’d love to do it but can’t really justify ANOTHER PDC 😀 I’m sure it’s brilliant.

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.

Meg McGowan July 31, 2018 at 4:39 pm | Permalink

Another great Masterclass, Morag. My only disappointment was that I already have all of these, but it’s great to know I’m on the right track 😀
I would add galangal to your list. I love using it to teach people about multiple functions. The roots are a child-friendly version of ginger and an essential element in many Thai curry mixes. They’re also great either fermented or fresh pickled. The leaves are another chop-and-drop but not as tall as arrowroot. The flowers are a traditional flavouring for sticky rice and will also scent a whole room without the need for synthetic ‘air freshener’. Like all members of the ginger family, it’s also medicinal and great for improving digestion or reducing inflammation.
My green mustard seems to have cross bred (tokyo bekuna, Amish deer tongue and bok choy are all possibilities) and now I have this diverse collection of interesting leafy greens that range from spicy to mild and happily self seed.
Best of luck with the subscription course. I’d love to do it but can’t really justify ANOTHER PDC 😀 I’m sure it’s brilliant.