permaculture

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Practical Permaculture for Home Landscapes, Your Community, and the Whole 
Earth
By Jessi Bloom and Dave Boehnlein
Illustrations by Paul Kearsley
Powerful, visceral, readable, and inspiring. It shows us how we can and 
should live.
Joel Salatin, farmer and author
Permaculture's principles are simple: take care of the earth, and the earth 
will take care of you. Ecological landscape designer Jessi Bloom and 
permaculture expert Dave Boehnlein provide all the tools you need for this 
holistic approach to living that leads to healthy food, a healthy home, and 
renewable resources.
The book covers the basic principles of permaculture, showing the entire 
design process, and offers detailed information on the plants, water, waste, 
energy, shelter, food, animals, and structures that make up the garden. 
Filled with real-life examples from all over the world, this invaluable 
resource will help you turn your home garden into a sustainable ecosystem.

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Jessi Bloom
Jessi Bloom is an award-winning ecological landscape designer, professional 
horticulturalist, and certified arborist. She is lead designer and owner of 
N.W. Bloom—EcoLogical Landscapes, known for innovation in sustainable 
landscape design, construction, and maintenance. Jessi is committed to 
educating others and now spends much of her time teaching, consulting, and 
speaking nationwide in addition to designing landscapes.
Her best-selling book Free-Range Chicken Gardens has been praised for being 
informative and inspiring, changing the way people integrate animals into 
their landscapes. Recognition for her work includes awards from the 
Washington State Department of Ecology, the American Horticultural Society, 
Pacific Horticulture magazine, Sunset magazine, the Washington State Nursery 
and Landscape Association, and the Washington Association of Landscape 
Professionals. She lives north of Seattle with her sons on her permaculture 
homestead.
You may also be interested in the author's own Web site, www.nwbloom.com.

Dave Boehnlein
Dave Boehnlein serves as the education director at Bullock's Permaculture 
Homestead on Orcas Island, Washington. He is also the principal and a founder 
of Terra Phoenix Design, where he helps clients around the globe achieve 
their sustainability goals through integrated master planning. His freelance 
teaching services are highly sought after by universities, nonprofits, and 
other organizations. He seeks to mainstream permaculture design with 
integrity.
In addition, Dave is passionate about plants, especially weird but useful 
ones. Ultimately, Dave just wants to make the world a better place and eat 
really good fruit while doing it.
You may also be interested in the author's own Web site, 
www.terraphoenixdesign.com.