Practical Permaculture | Gardening and Intentional Living The Joy of Growing Food and plants with Sustainable Holly
Apr 4, 2025
Sustainable Holly, a Perth-based permaculture gardener and content creator who grew up on a New Zealand farm, shares her insightful gardening journey. She discusses thriving in Perth's arid climate, the importance of biodiversity in creating resilient gardens, and her unique seed-saving techniques. Holly inspires listeners to embrace gardening mistakes as part of the learning process and encourages experimentation with unusual plants. She also highlights the joy of growing your own food and connecting with nature.
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Chop-And-Drop To Keep Nutrients Local
- Do chop-and-drop and return prunings directly to the bed where they came from to conserve nutrients and speed mulch buildup.
- Use a mulcher for larger material and redistribute excess to other beds rather than removing it off-site.
Use Fast-Mulch Plants And High Density
- Plant dense, fast-growing mulch plants like Queensland arrowroot to create windbreaks and quick biomass you can chop and drop.
- Plant trees closely and prune regularly to produce more green material and prioritize variety over single-tree abundance.
PDC Confirmed Her Roots In Permaculture
- Holly discovered permaculture through a PDC in Perth which confirmed practices she already learned on her family's farm.
- She never lived without a garden and even in tiny rented places she grew herbs and chillies in raised beds.