Publications

Introduction to Permaculture, by Bill Mollison. Tagari Publications, 1988. A smaller, more readable version of the Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual without the drylands emphasis.

Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual, by Bill Mollison. Tagari Publications, 1988. The permaculture Big Book with a good emphasis on drylands, and an even better emphasis on how to incorporate water harvesting into an efficient, holistic system.

Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, by Toby Hemenway. Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2001. While not dryland specific, this book clearly describes how you can work the integrated design of permaculture into your backyard garden and landscape.

Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, by David Holmgren. Holmgren Design Services, 2002. A more cerebral and very worthwhile book based on the co-originator of permaculture’s extensive practical experience offering a deeper understanding of permaculture concepts.

Magazines

The Permaculture Activist. See www.permacultureactivist.net for subscription information.

Video

Global Gardener. Bullfrog Films,1991. Order from: Bullfrog Films, P.O. Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; phone. 1-800-543-3764. Travel the world to see how permaculture approaches to sustainable agriculture have turned wastelands into food forests in the Tropics, Drylands, Cool Climates, and the Urban environment.