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# Comprehensive permaculture plant guides 8.25 x 11 inch detailed format 2nd Edition, 2013 update Introduction to Permaculture

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## Summary

> 🌿 Unlock the future of sustainable living—your permaculture journey starts here!

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- **What is this?** Introduction to Permaculture
- **How much does it cost?** SAR 272 with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Expert Authorship & Legacy:** From Bill Mollison, co-founder of permaculture, with pathways to advanced certification.
- • **Versatile Climate Coverage:** Insights for temperate, tropical, and dry-land environments to fit your unique locale.
- • **Rich Visual & Practical Content:** Creative diagrams and actionable ideas that spark real-world application.
- • **Extensive Plant & Pest Appendices:** Hundreds of species categorized for targeted gardening success.
- • **Foundational Permaculture Blueprint:** Master the core principles shaping sustainable living and design.

## Overview

Introduction to Permaculture, 2nd Edition (2013) by Bill Mollison, is a comprehensive beginner’s guide that covers essential permaculture principles, climate-specific design strategies, and extensive plant references. This well-illustrated 8.25 x 11 inch book offers foundational knowledge for home gardeners to commercial growers, endorsed by a 4.6-star rating and a strong presence in gardening and agricultural science categories.

## Description

First published 1991, Bill Mollison Second Edition, Published 2013

Review: Great intro and overview - This is a great introduction and overview of permaculture concepts. The book covers a lot of material for initiates to permaculture. It's sets the foundation for further reading and studies for those who want to get serious though one could take the principles learned just from this book alone and be quite successful in my opinion. You learn how the sun, wind and rain, all play an important role in siting structures like homes, sheds, barns, green and shade houses and also in garden and plant selection and placement. The book also covers designing for temperate, tropical and dry-land environments. It explains how interconnected relationships between the land, climate, soils, water, structures, flora and fauna can be fostered to the benefit of all. There are just so many creative ideas and diagrams in this book that it is worth it for those alone. The book is 8 1/4 X 11 inches with small print that fills the pages with valuable information. I want to live in the sub-tropics of Hawaii and enjoyed the coverage in this regard but, the book also left me day dreaming about living the permaculture lifestyle in other areas like the High Desert of New Mexico and the Pacific Northwest of Oregon. This book touches on all the possibilities, from the home garden with a few animals to commercial orchards, forests, animal farms, aquaculture, urban gardens and more. But don't get me wrong, it does not cover these topics in depth, it gives a thorough introduction to these topics and an understanding that one would likely not gain by reading just one book. Also each chapter ends with a list of references for further reading. In addition there are appendices listing useful permaculture plants, such as nitrogen fixing plants. One appendix even breaks it down into useful categories, such as fruit plants and trees for temperate, topical/sub-tropical and dry areas,pest control plants and finally appendices which list hundreds of the plants mentioned in the text by common, Latin, and by species names. The book ends with a glossary of key terms used in the book and few pages about Bill Mollison (One of the founders of permaculture) and the permaculture institute including info on their 72 hour PC Design Certificate Course. This book is highly recommended!
Review: great simple intro book have given them as gifts - this is my third copy. I have given my others away in bringing people into the world of Permaculture - this is a great simple book covering a wide range.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #103,727 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #91 in Gardening & Horticulture Reference (Books) #115 in Gardening Encyclopedias #352 in Agricultural Science (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 187 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great intro and overview
*by H***A on March 13, 2010*

This is a great introduction and overview of permaculture concepts. The book covers a lot of material for initiates to permaculture. It's sets the foundation for further reading and studies for those who want to get serious though one could take the principles learned just from this book alone and be quite successful in my opinion. You learn how the sun, wind and rain, all play an important role in siting structures like homes, sheds, barns, green and shade houses and also in garden and plant selection and placement. The book also covers designing for temperate, tropical and dry-land environments. It explains how interconnected relationships between the land, climate, soils, water, structures, flora and fauna can be fostered to the benefit of all. There are just so many creative ideas and diagrams in this book that it is worth it for those alone. The book is 8 1/4 X 11 inches with small print that fills the pages with valuable information. I want to live in the sub-tropics of Hawaii and enjoyed the coverage in this regard but, the book also left me day dreaming about living the permaculture lifestyle in other areas like the High Desert of New Mexico and the Pacific Northwest of Oregon. This book touches on all the possibilities, from the home garden with a few animals to commercial orchards, forests, animal farms, aquaculture, urban gardens and more. But don't get me wrong, it does not cover these topics in depth, it gives a thorough introduction to these topics and an understanding that one would likely not gain by reading just one book. Also each chapter ends with a list of references for further reading. In addition there are appendices listing useful permaculture plants, such as nitrogen fixing plants. One appendix even breaks it down into useful categories, such as fruit plants and trees for temperate, topical/sub-tropical and dry areas,pest control plants and finally appendices which list hundreds of the plants mentioned in the text by common, Latin, and by species names. The book ends with a glossary of key terms used in the book and few pages about Bill Mollison (One of the founders of permaculture) and the permaculture institute including info on their 72 hour PC Design Certificate Course. This book is highly recommended!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ great simple intro book have given them as gifts
*by W***3 on July 2, 2025*

this is my third copy. I have given my others away in bringing people into the world of Permaculture - this is a great simple book covering a wide range.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic resource.
*by A***S on April 7, 2017*

I have been looking forward to taking this course at a local Junior College. In California, the only degree/certificate program is located in Oakland at Merritt College. While I have never lived that far north, I question the safety, as Oakland is known as the Compton of Los Angeles. I am still looking into it. The book, the insight, the amazing information, it's no wonder why the term is being coined more frequently these days. Bill Mollison, like many greats, was a man with knowledge before his time, and am putting into practice almost all of his ideas. I would love to take the actual course somewhere, and become certified, and be that problem solver when repetitive destruction occurs (how to deal with rainwater runoff in desert climates, how to grow, where no man has grown before...).

## Frequently Bought Together

- Introduction to Permaculture
- Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition
- Permaculture: A Designers' Manual

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