Welcome to Aranya Gardens

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One of an ever increasing number of sites promoting the ecological principles of permaculture design....

Here you will find both information about permaculture itself & the many ways in which I have incorporated its design principles into my own life.

One common fallacy is that permaculture is only about organic gardening, but its principles can also be used to design anything from transport systems to housing & economics to community building.

So why 'Aranya Gardens'?....

Because....... one of the principles of permaculture is that "Everything gardens", in other words 'alters their environment' in some way to suit themselves.... & that includes me too! So we need to redefine 'gardening' as the choices we make & the way in which we interact with our environment. That's not to say that I don't like to grow my own food too.....

The navigating buttons below will guide you to pages telling you more about what I do, why I think it is important & how to contact me if you would like to make use of any of my services; permaculture teaching, tutoring & designing, eco-web design or music recording. Here you will be able to browse what is perhaps still the only online Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design Portfolio & to order a full copy on CDROM with extras if you wish. There are pages showing sample gardens that I have designed, created &/or maintained in very different places, over periods of at least a year using permaculture principles. There is a page dedicated to explaining more about permaculture & why we all need to be doing more of it & also a links page providing many more sources of inspiration & information if you wish to learn more. You can even browse & download photographs of my salad mandalas, created using plants from my own garden.

Enjoy.........

Aranya

The one way we can make a difference is through our own choices.

Be the difference that makes the difference.

This document maintained by Aranya: aranya@aranyadesigns.co.uk