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Jessi and Dave are two deeply experienced permaculture designers who have encapsulated years of practice in this very hands-on guide to permaculture design. Full of real examples and step-by-step instructions for methods that are solidly buttressed by their years in the field, this valuable book will save the beginning permaculturist time, trouble, and effort, and enrich the understanding and abilities of advanced practitioners as well. --Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture (09/03/2014)

With astonishing thoroughness and admirable dedication, Bloom and Boehnlein meticulously outline every aspect of permaculture, providing inspiring examples and impeccable advice for analysis, design, implementation, and plant selection. --<i><b>Booklist</b></i> Gardeners will relish the pragmatic text and illustrations in this handbook from two of permaculture's well-known leaders, Bloom (<i>Free Range Chicken Gardens</i>) and Boehnlein (education director, Bullock's Permaculture Homestead, WA). --<i><b>Library Journal</b></i> Fills a niche for readers who want to integrate this down-to-earth but too-often-mystifying nature-inspired design system into their lives. --<i><b>Publishers Weekly</b></i> <i>Practical Permaculture</i> says it all right there in the title. The photos and diagrams are gorgeous and relevant. The text is easy to read, and the authors are seasoned in their craft. It is the clearest and most practical Permaculture book I have yet seen for helping the aspiring Permie. --<i><b>PermacultureRising.com</b></i> If anyone can make permaculture intelligible and appealing to home gardeners, it's award winning ecological landscape designer Jessi Bloom and Dave Boehnlein. . . . if you're interested in achieving closed-loop sustainability while keeping garden aesthetics in mind, Practical Permaculture can serve as a detailed roadmap. --<i><b>Garden Design</b></i> In <i>Practical Permaculture</i> Northwest authors Jessi Bloom and Dave Boehnlein take this 1970's term into today with real-life examples of people growing food, harvesting rain, and bringing their homes and gardens into symbiosis with the surrounding natural resources. --<i><b>Sunset</b></i> Clearly written and laid out. . . . This is a permaculture primer that is fresh and vibrant. Bring it on! --<i><b>Permaculture Magazine</b></i> This comprehensive resource will help you make the shifts you're ready for this year, and for a decade. --<i><b>The Denver Post</b></i> Farmers who have heard the term, permaculture and are curious as to just what it means, will benefit from reading <i>Practical Permaculture</i>. Bloom and Boehnlein offer vivid ways to diversify the number of crops growing in a given area. --<i><b>Acres USA</b></i>

With astonishing thoroughness and admirable dedication, Bloom and Boehnlein meticulously outline every aspect of permaculture, providing inspiring examples and impeccable advice for analysis, design, implementation, and plant selection. Booklist Fills a niche for readers who want to integrate this down-to-earth but too-often-mystifying nature-inspired design system into their lives. Publishers Weekly Practical Permaculture says it all right there in the title. The photos and diagrams are gorgeous and relevant. The text is easy to read, and the authors are seasoned in their craft. It is the clearest and most practical Permaculture book I have yet seen for helping the aspiring Permie. PermacultureRising.com If anyone can make permaculture intelligible and appealing to home gardeners, it s award winning ecological landscape designer Jessi Bloom and Dave Boehnlein if you re interested in achieving closed-loop sustainability while keeping garden aesthetics in mind, Practical Permaculture can serve as a detailed roadmap. Garden Design In Practical Permaculture Northwest authors Jessi Bloom and Dave Boehnlein take this 1970 s term into today with real-life examples of people growing food, harvesting rain, and bringing their homes and gardens into symbiosis with the surrounding natural resources. Sunset Clearly written and laid out...This is a permaculture primer that is fresh and vibrant. Bring it on! Permaculture Magazine This comprehensive resource will help you make the shifts you re ready for this year, and for a decade. The Denver Post

With astonishing thoroughness and admirable dedication, Bloom and Boehnlein meticulously outline every aspect of permaculture, providing inspiring examples and impeccable advice for analysis, design, implementation, and plant selection. --Booklist Gardeners will relish the pragmatic text and illustrations in this handbook from two of permaculture's well-known leaders, Bloom (Free Range Chicken Gardens) and Boehnlein (education director, Bullock's Permaculture Homestead, WA). --Library Journal Fills a niche for readers who want to integrate this down-to-earth but too-often-mystifying nature-inspired design system into their lives. --Publishers Weekly Practical Permaculture says it all right there in the title. The photos and diagrams are gorgeous and relevant. The text is easy to read, and the authors are seasoned in their craft. It is the clearest and most practical Permaculture book I have yet seen for helping the aspiring Permie. --PermacultureRising.com If anyone can make permaculture intelligible and appealing to home gardeners, it's award winning ecological landscape designer Jessi Bloom and Dave Boehnlein. . . . if you're interested in achieving closed-loop sustainability while keeping garden aesthetics in mind, Practical Permaculture can serve as a detailed roadmap. --Garden Design In Practical Permaculture Northwest authors Jessi Bloom and Dave Boehnlein take this 1970's term into today with real-life examples of people growing food, harvesting rain, and bringing their homes and gardens into symbiosis with the surrounding natural resources. --Sunset Clearly written and laid out. . . . This is a permaculture primer that is fresh and vibrant. Bring it on! --Permaculture Magazine This comprehensive resource will help you make the shifts you're ready for this year, and for a decade. --The Denver Post Farmers who have heard the term, permaculture and are curious as to just what it means, will benefit from reading Practical Permaculture. Bloom and Boehnlein offer vivid ways to diversify the number of crops growing in a given area. --Acres USA

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Jessi Bloom is a best-selling author, award-winning ecological landscape designer, and speaker. She owns N.W. Bloom EcoLogical Services, based in the Pacific Northwest, which is known as an innovator and leader in the field of permaculture, sustainable landscape design, construction, and land management. Her work has been recognized by government agencies and industry organizations and makes headlines in national media. She lives near Seattle with her two sons on their permaculture homestead, which is full of functional gardens and rescue animals.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, and a member of the Cascadia Permaculture Institute. His freelance teaching services are highly sought after by universities, nonprofits, and other organizations. Boehnlein received a diploma in permaculture education from the Permaculture Institute of North America, of which he is now a member and field advisor. Ultimately, he just wants to make the world a better place and eat really good fruit while doing it.Paul Kearsley, a skilled designer with a passion for art and nature, collaborates with like-minded professionals to create inspiring models of sustainability. He has been an integral part of both institutional- and residential-scale permaculture design companies. As art director for Terra Phoenix Design, he has worked with world-class designers from California to Peru. On a local scale, Paul helped create Homestead Habitats LLC, a landscape contractor that specializes in designing and installing edible landscapes for urban and suburban homes. He currently teaches design courses at Western Washington University's College of Engineering.

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