Stephanie Hafferty is an award winning author, expert no dig kitchen gardener, homesteader, writer and chef, specialising in seasonal plant based food. Stephanie has worked as a kitchen gardener for over 14 years in market gardens, on private estates, for restaurants and community gardens. She has grown her own food year-round in home gardens
Pippa Chapman has been gardening for over 30 years. In 2007 she left her job as Head Gardener on a private estate, to take a year-long practical apprenticeship at RHS Harlow Carr. She was introduced to forest gardening and permaculture and in 2010 set up a sustainable gardening business with her husband. She grows
Permanent Publications has published over 100 books, available across the globe, all exploring sustainable ways of living. Topics include organic no dig gardening and food growing, permaculture design, social permaculture, natural building, green technology and education. A large portion of our books are also available as eBooks, via Kindle and Apple Books – perfect for
Felicity Lee and Daniel Colman live in a self built, off-grid strawbale house on 2.8 acres in France. They self built their ferrocement water tanks and offer an online consultation service for those exploring the option. They share their off-grid journey at https://lesvignesbasses.org. Books by Felicity and Daniel Ferrocement Water Tanks Learn how to
Retirement from a career of teaching in schools and universities allowed Susan Young to devote more time to gardening, and growing vegetables. She has lived for the last 20 years on two acres in the Wye Valley, on the English-Welsh border, part of which she gardens and the rest maintains as a wildflower meadow.
Stephanie Hafferty and Charles Dowding, both Permanent Publications authors, designed The RHS No Dig Allotment Demonstration Garden at the 2021 RHS Hampton Court Flower Show. The garden was built by Stonebarn Landscapes and Terry Porter and Stephanie had a great time helping bring the garden together before the show. Both Steph and Charles gave talks throughout
Wade Muggleton has been interested in permaculture for over 30 years, having travelled in Australia and New Zealand in the 1990s where the concept originated. He has subsequently been a college lecturer and a countryside officer in local government. He lives in Shropshire with his partner and two children, where their plot, Station Road
Anna Locke was brought up in cities, and her journey into a deep love of plants began with a herbal medicine degree. She became fascinated by all of the plant names and the huge body of knowledge about their uses. She was enchanted by the Doctrine of Signatures, by all the poetry, folklore and
Alan Carter studied forestry and has worked variously in forestry, gardening, conservation and greenspace management. He has been writing and teaching about forest gardening since 2011, having spent many years experimenting with it on his 200 square metre allotment in Aberdeen. Books by Alan A Food Forest in your Garden Grow your own seasonal
Liz Zorab is author of the bestselling Grounded – A Gardener's Journey to Abundance and Self-Sufficiency and The Seasoned Gardener. She spent more than 20 years working with specialist housing charities and in community development, with an emphasis on innovative volunteering practices. An award-winning gardener, she gained an RHS Silver Medal for a
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