Earthworks

Permaculture design starts with water, access, and structures, making water management the foundation of sustainable landscapes. By understanding how water moves through a site before and after earthworks, we create systems that work with nature.

Leaky Weirs I cant swim, but I’ve been fascinated by water all my life and have learnt water harvesting and storage design and...

UNIQUE PERMACULTURE EARTHWORKS HYDROLOGY COURSE ~ 3,4,5,6,7th of JUNE 2019 ~ NORTH PORTUGAL In the face of drought and desertification,...

While I was doing the job, my client asked what could be done in the section below the dam, I recommended a constructed wetland based off Peter Andrews system of creating a chain of ponds in water courses, but this was a little different as it was down the side of a ridge and not in the natural water course.

Retrofitting farm dams and vastly increase wildlife habitat and productive edge function, while accessing the material/earth to repair the dam wall on-site and/or increase the freeboard of the dam wall for its safety and the safety of your neighbours below the dam.

So, you've been contacted by a client and you've discussed the client’s brief, you’ve started to look at the contour map, aerial images,...