How to Use permaculture in a Sentence

permaculture

noun
Definition of permaculturenext
  • In permaculture, though, the thick layer of mulch negates this need.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 14 July 2021
  • The basis of permaculture is caring for people and for the Earth.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • Deep in the foothills of the Cascades lies a magical, woodsy permaculture farm with epic tent sites and views of Whitehorse Mountain.
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 19 May 2021
  • Any tips for those who want to create a permaculture garden?
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2021
  • There will be a plan to incorporate permaculture into the border around the beds as well.
    — Courant Community, 16 Aug. 2017
  • It's owned by the Baha'i Center of Minneapolis, which asked Lapham to give its youth farm a permaculture makeover.
    — Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Seaweed permaculture which produces ocean forests of kelp which capture very large amounts of CO2.
    — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Design thinking and small-scale permaculture alone won’t turn things around.
    — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2018
  • So, if permaculture intrigues you, there is a wealth of online resources.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 Mar. 2017
  • One famous idea within permaculture circles is the concept of the herb spiral.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 5 May 2023
  • There is a school of agriculture, permaculture, one of the gurus Mark Shepard is from Wisconsin.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022
  • Carver is also credited for the idea of permaculture, in which carbon is pulled from the atmosphere to improve crop growth.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022
  • According to the Permies website (permaculture): Vegetable gardens can be a problem when chips are mixed with soil.
    — oregonlive, 29 May 2021
  • Like so many ideas and movements that are not necessarily considered mainstream, permaculture can teach us a lot about how best to live our lives.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Old ideas can make a difference, too, such as edible insects, permaculture, and a revival of ancient plants.
    — Amanda Little, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021
  • Just then, a young French employee of Kul Kul, their son Orin's permaculture venture (the whole family's in on the green game), stops by to discuss his latest bamboo workshop and snaps us out of our reverie.
    — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2018
  • Classes on how to plant a fruit tree guild and other permaculture practices are offered at The Resiliency Institute.
    — Judy Buchenot, Naperville Sun, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Shelves are full of books about permaculture and native herb cultivation.
    — Chris Moody, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2023
  • Good King Henry might sound like an historical figure or perhaps a monarch in some on-screen fantasy series, but this is the name for a plant that is often used in permaculture gardens.
    — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Offering ready support to this stage are the 12 design principles of permaculture.
    — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • The ideas behind the farm mesh with Pasternak’s vision, which is in part influenced by his experience as a permaculture designer.
    — nola.com, 4 June 2019
  • That laissez-faire style of farming jibes with Zachariah's growing interest in permaculture, a movement that promotes working with nature instead of imposing man's will on the land.
    — Emily Leshner, Star Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Last year, the couple converted their yard into a permaculture farm — an elaborate system of lakes and gardens meant to replicate self-sustaining ecosystems in nature.
    — David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 9 June 2023
  • Construction on the accommodations, whose rooftops double as vegetable gardens, and the 7.4-acre permaculture farm began just months before the Covid lockdown in Singapore, where the French couple lived.
    — Sarah Khan Kathryn Romeyn Sarah Khan Chris Schalkx Chris Schalkx Michaela Trimble, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • In college in Western Massachusetts, Gay ran a permaculture garden and grew an excess of vegetables.
    — Alicia Kennedy, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm.
    — cleveland, 8 July 2021
  • Because the sandy soil of her land is particularly suitable for growing roots and tubers, Sirijai turned to permaculture farming methods.
    — Prisana Kongwong, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2018
  • This is the gardener’s equivalent to armchair traveling—a couple starts a small farm in Northern France based on the concept of permaculture, a form of agriculture that is designed to work in harmony with nature rather than in opposition to it.
    — Susan Brownstein, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Minke whale carpaccio is served with local permaculture microgreens.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The beginning farmer began teaching permaculture design three years ago, but her popular classes quickly outgrew her space.
    — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2019

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