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NEW BOOK The Regrarians Handbook author Darren J. Doherty and John Andrew 
Jeeves
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is a succinct & sequential outline of over 260 integrated methodologies and 
techniques that have been proven over many years of universal application to 
work towards regenerating production landscapes. It does so in a wholly 
practical, positive and pragmatic fashion, promising to be a relatively 
ageless classic that generations of users will refer to as they negotiate the 
design, development and management of systems they operate.

In 2001 Permaculture legend Bill Mollison asked our own Darren Doherty to 
write a book on Permaculture processes that Tagari Publications (Bill’s 
production house) would publish. This didn’t happen though it stimulate the 
thinking towards the development of ‘The Regrarians Handbook’.
Darren has joined forces with ‘Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual‘ (1988) 
illustrator & co-designer Andrew Jeeves in what promises to be the production 
of an ‘instant classic’.
“…The layout by Andrew Jeeves is informative, attractive and simple;
his drawings express concisely points sometimes belaboured in the
text. I found myself paging through the book just to take in the artwork…”

The size, feel & format of this book is that of a handbook such that it is an 
easy and ready accompaniment to the emerging Regrarians kit. Accordingly the 
handbook is structured to be easily understood with a limited array of 
jargon, highly descriptive (black & white) illustrations with none of the 
superfluity that practical people will find easy to summon into action.

The primary inspiration for ‘The Regrarian Handbook’ was based on my own 
needs. I’ve used 8′ x 6′ Moleskine/Rhodia notebooks over many years to record 
and design, annotate and conjure. I carry a number of volumes around with me 
due to the valuable information in them that can’t be readily found anywhere 
else. Since starting the project many others have agreed that this is a book 
that will address an enormous gap and now obvious need.

The secondary inspiration was that of the late P.A. Yeomans and his ‘Keyline 
Scale of Permanence’ (1958). Permaculture co-originator David Holmgren 
described Yeomans as the ‘first person to develop a system of functional 
broadscale landscape design’ and the Keyline Scale of Permanence was central 
to this system. As a life-long ‘Keyliner’, I have taken great inspiration 
from the practicality and universal applicability of Yeomans principles to 
production landscapes.

‘The Regrarian Handbook’ is also about its users developing a broader 
capacity to understanding how to apply integrated & holistic decision making 
and design into production landscapes that at once encourages 
self-determination but also recommends due diligence.
Following the theme of ‘user-friendliness’, we intend to have references 
listed at the bottom of any page or at the end of each chapter NOT at the end 
of the book.

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