transitionnorthfield Mailing List: Urban permaculture

[Paul Sebby (psebby]

Yesterday, several people asked about edible permaculture plantings  
that could be done in the city and I mentioned that that is something  
Paula Westmoreland's permaculture design company works with a lot.   
(Paula is one of the founders of the main MN permaculture group PRI  
Cold Climate (www.pricoldclimate.org).)  Her design company is  
Ecological Gardens in Minneapolis.

On one of the web pages for her business, they have brief descriptions  
and sketches of the kinds of designs that they can do in smaller  
spaces (e.g. a 6-foot square or 8-foot square area) -- go to this web  
page and click on the PDFs under "Edible Gardens": http://www.ecologicalgardens.com/what_we_do

These are not detailed prescriptions of what you can do because so  
much depends on the exact conditions of soil, sunlight, and water at  
your site, but they do give you an idea of what is possible.

   Paul