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Introducing… Transition Tamar

Find out more about the history of Transition Tamar

Cob Oven Workshop

Contributors: Lauren & Oberon Carter at Spiral Garden In January we hosted a cob oven workshop in our backyard, organised by Permaculture Tasmania and run by the lovely Clare. Ten participants learned all the practical goodness and healthy fun of building an oven with natural and secondhand materials we had carefully gathered from as close to home […]

Heemskirk Community Garden Permablitz

Contributor: Katie Kristensen The Heemskirk Community Garden was on our permie group’s radar because for many of our members it is their closest community garden. Sadly, it was targeted by thieves last month and 6 trees were stolen from the August orchard planting. So a few of our group were really keen to lavish a […]

Tamar/Launceston Meetup & Surplus Swap

Contributor: Alexia ThomsomImage source: Kym B & Alexia Thomson It was such a fun picnic in the park with the Tamar/Launceston Group today! It was great to hear people talking about easy ways to propagate tomatoes, awesome sustainability podcasts and epic planting fails. Thanks so much to everyone for sharing this amazing, diverse range of […]

Does Bamboo have a role in Permaculture?

Contributor Geoff Pyne (Bamboo Van Dieman)Images source: Geoff Pyne One year after beginning our Bamboo adventure, I wrote an article that touched on how being introduced to Permaculture had not only transformed but certainly enhanced my understanding of how useful a plant, is Bamboo. The Permaculture principles opened my eyes as to how the plant […]

The Wildsmith’s Permablitz

Written by Alexis Wildsmith Our story... Our adventure into permaculture only started in June last year (2018). Due to complications, I was on strict bed rest for the second half of my pregnancy so I thought what better time to do some research and planning around living more sustainably as a family! I made a post […]

2019 AGM and Committee

What a weekend! A *huge* thanks to Tiger Hill Permaculture, Buckland.Tasmania for hosting the PT AGM weekend & fabulous property tour. We appointed two new life members (congratulations Hannah Moloney and Della Cooper) and welcomed two new Committee members. Congratulations to the 2019/2020 Committee: Thanks to our outgoing Committee members, Claudia and Steph.

Tiger Hill Permaculture

1. Tell me about Tiger Hill Permaculture – how it began, why permacultureWell, while spending several years doing permaculture consulting work overseas on commercial and aid projects, I was always searching for a hill station where I could set up a project to assist locals with research and development toward permaculture. Getting access to land […]

Wild Foods Tasmania

Feisty Tasmanian showcasing Tassie Wild Foods Rees Campbell, Wynyard based author of Eat Wild Tasmanian. Our Tasmanian edible native plants should be so much more than just ‘gourmet garnishes’ on the edge of expensive restaurant dishes, they can be the main event in a home-cooked family mealsays Ms Rees Campbell, aka Feisty Tasmanian. We want […]

The story of Happy Valley Permaculture

” We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams “A. O’Shaughnessy Some days we stare at each other in enraptured glee. We are tired, but our hands are dirty and our eyes are shining. Some days we look at each other in exasperation, bamboozled by some new bureaucratic hoop or miscommunication. […]

Newsletter — February 2019

Our *fabulous* new Newsletter Coordinator Katie has hit the ground running

Katie Kristensen — newsletter coordinator

Katie returned to Tasmania in 2010 after living in Perth, WA, for ten years. She now can’t imagine calling anywhere else in the world ‘home’. Residing on Hobart’s Eastern Shore, Katie is especially interested in Permaculture in suburban properties. Hoping to someday own goats and chickens, she currently navigates (with varying success) the household and gardening […]

Heather – Social Media volunteer

A *huge* welcome to the *fabulous* Heather who has joined the Permaculture Tasmania team this week. Heather’s role will be as our @PermacultureTasmania Instagram guest poster, sharing inspiring posts about Permaculture principles and activities in action from across Tassie. Heather and her husband Macca moved to the Huon valley, from Margaret River, WA, a year […]

Apiwraps Beeswax Wraps

Our *wonderful* membership officer Amy has been working on additional membership benefits with different partners. We are *thrilled* to announce a new member partnership with Apiwraps Beeswax and Kitchen Wraps. “Apiwraps Beeswax Wraps is a business built on a firm foundation of quality, ethics and care and they are committed to a sustainable and useful […]

2018/2019 Executive Committee

And it’s a wrap! The 2017/2018 Permaculture Tasmania AGM was held today (22nd Sept) combined with a social gathering and Permaculture property tour of *fabulous* Elvenhome Eco Farmstay in Weegena, NW Tassie. A *huge* thank you to Graham for hosting us – you can check out more about his property here: http://elvenhomefarm.com.au/ Thank you to everyone […]

New East Coast/Break O’Day locals group focal point: Lyn Keynes

We are *thrilled* to introduce our wonderful East Coast/Break O’Day locals: Permaculture Tasmania group coordinator, Lyn Keyes. “I’ve recently moved to Tassie from Southern Victoria and have been involved in creating a Permaculture life for myself and my two daughters since the nineties. I loved sharing seeds, seedlings and home grown goodies and good ideas […]

Southern Harvest seeds

Southern Harvest is a family-run business that is all about growing – growing healthy, interesting food to share with family and friends, as well as native and cottage plants that bring colour, fragrance and habitat to the garden. Nestled on 5 acres at the foothills of Mt Wellington in southern Tasmania, our winters are cold with […]

Seed Freaks

We are *thrilled* to announce that Seed Freaks are our newest #permaculturetasmania supporting partner. They will *generously* be offering paid PAT members 10% of their online seed store until June 2019 (maximum three orders). The team at Seed Freaks (Linda and Trev’s) passion is seed saving, stemming from their concerns about global and local food security, and anticipating that […]

Pip Permaculture Magazine

Pip Magazine is your guide to living the good life. Pip Magazine is filled with ideas, information and inspiration to live in harmony with the planet. They also have a gorgeous Pip Store where you can grab your magazine subscription, informative books […]

Good Life Permaculture

We are *thrilled* to announce that Hannah, Anton and Frida at Good Life Permaculture will be *generously* offering 10% discount on all of their courses to Permaculture Tasmania paid members. Good Life Permaculture is a Hobart based business that provides permaculture landscape design and education to help you live the good life. You can check […]