News & Stories
The Friendly 90m2 Food Growing Experiment
A Collabortive 12-month Project between Permaculture Australia and Savour Soil Permaculture. WHAT IS IT?A year-long challenge to demonstrate what you can grow in your 90m2 space, documenting and sharing all along the way what you do, how you do it, and what you...
50 Years of Permaculture
Ian Lillington, Castlemaine, Djaara country, Central Victoria.March 2026 Permaculture first hit the headlines with a splash in 1977, when Bill Mollison and David Holmgren were interviewed on Terry Lane’s show on ABC Radio National. Radio was bigger than TV in those...
Permaculture Connect Brisbane monthly get-togethers
By Doreen Jachmann Permaculture Connect Inc. is a grassroots community initiative founded in 2019, to bring together people who want to live by permaculture values. Rooted in the three core ethics, Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share, the group exists to nourish...
Friends of Wildlife uses permaculture solutions to manage the biggest garden pest of all – and much more!
Story by Emma Chan, Permafund team Permaculture Australia’s Permafund has the pleasure of receiving updates from many permaculture projects around Australia & the world who have received small grants from Permafund. All have their own unique combination of flora...
MEDIA RELEASE – Three National Organisations Unite to Supercharge Community Food Growing in 2026
Community Gardens Australia, Grow It Local, and Permaculture Australia have announced an exciting national partnership to deliver the 2026 Community Growing Conference series — a powerful collaboration set to provide a major boost to food growing communities across...
Permaculture Visions 35 years Online
Great trainers are sharing, motivating and supportive. They demonstrate Permaculture by practicing what they teach with a wide range of examples. And they give ideas for other situations beyond their own. They understand other cultures and environments. 35 years...
Permaculture Week: From Local Roots to a Growing Movement
Permaculture Week began as a simple idea in the Yarra Valley (Victoria, Australia): create a shared moment in the calendar where permaculture could be visible, accessible, and celebrated beyond individual sites and courses. Initiated by Permaculture Yarra Valley,...
Heartfelt Gratitude for Permaculture Australia Permafund grant support for ASUS, Bangladesh
In 2025 Permaculture Australia awarded eight small grants to organisations in South East Asia and the Pacific. When the grant round was launched permaculture teachers and groups helped spread the invitation to apply. One of the successful grant recipients was...
Neighbourhood networks: Permaculture in Action
By Will Power, Maplewood Permaculture NSW Gatherings have always been part of permaculture. Before newsletters and acronyms, people met around kitchen tables, the backyard fire pit, in the shed, or garden. Nothing new needed to be invented; it was simply about...