A Day in the Life of Geoff

Step into a day with Geoff and explore his dedication to permaculture, sustainable living, and the environment. This captivating video, filmed and edited by David Trood from The Weedy Garden KZbin channel, offers an intimate look at Geoff's dynamic lifestyle and the permaculture principles he lives by.
Discover more about Geoff's expertise and passion for permaculture through his online Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course. Use the code WEEDY150 to save $150 when you enroll at www.discoverpermaculture.com/....
And for more amazing content by the very talented David Trood, make sure to check out The Weedy Garden KZbin channel - / @theweedygarden
Video Highlights:
- Deeply valuing the intimate relationship with the ecosystem on his farm, Geoff finds joy in witnessing the dawn each day and fully embracing the rhythms of farm life.
- His journey into permaculture began with a pivotal moment in 1983 when he completed Bill Mollison's Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course, an experience that profoundly altered his perspective on life, agriculture and sustainability.
- Describing permaculture as more than just a science, Geoff emphasizes its role as an ethical design focused on repairing the Earth. He advocates for using local biodiversity and appropriate technology to create sustainable systems.
- Permaculture spreads through a decentralized teaching model, empowering individuals worldwide to become educators and advocates. This approach ensures the continuous growth and evolution of the permaculture movement.
- Integrating his passion for activities such as horse riding and surfing into his permaculture lifestyle, Geoff finds parallels between understanding natural patterns and managing sustainable agricultural practices.
- Aiming for permaculture principles to be adopted as international policy, he emphasizes the importance of training more individuals in permaculture design and leveraging advanced technologies like LiDAR.
- Advocating for the cultivation of local food due to its efficiency and health benefits, Geoff believes that locally grown produce, rich in nutrients and supporting ecological balance, is essential for sustainable living.
- For Geoff, permaculture represents more than just a profession; it is a pathway to personal fulfillment. He sees it as a means to actively contribute to solving global challenges and creating a positive impact on the environment.
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[@huttonsvalleypermaculture]

Thank you Geoff . The online PDC I took with you in 2019 was life changing!! I threw in my job and now do what I love - growing my own food, increasing biodiversity on my small farm and improving the local ecosystem. During your PDC you encouraged us to share what we are doing to encourage and inspire others so I took that on board and share my journey through KZbin. It brings me as much joy, through communicating with others, as the actual growing does. I would not be here doing all of this without you - thank you so much Linda !!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thank you Geoff for inviting me to share one of your days with my camera and I. It was a pleasure and you are a legend my friend 🎬🦍🫵🏻😃

[@diantanjung713]

Amazing video. I hope both of you create more movie like this!

[@ss-kz9ee]

Your definitely a third generation teacher weedy. Every teacher draws in there own interested students. You do this through your camera knowledge and your unique experience of changing your land. Mistakes and all. 😊

[@mahaniabdullah5056]

Just brilliant… ❤

[@KristinGasser]

I just thought, I know that voice… it‘s Weedy! ❤ my favourite teachers in my whole life! Love you for the amazing work you do! ❤

[@TheWeedyGarden]

@@KristinGasser 😃

[@iteerrex8166]

“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.” Bill Mollison

[@darshanamaya]

And I love Geoff's: "You can solve all the world's problems in a garden."

[@iteerrex8166]

@@darshanamaya That is the solution Mollison is referring to.

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Simply Brilliant Geoff 👏 The photography was top-notch Weedy❤

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanks Peggy 🤗

[@washibonsai5307]

My life started changing when I started your pdc Geoff. It all started to change and reveal itself, my life from pattern to detail… all the information I get and all the impulses have a huge & positive impact on my mental health. As I start to heal the soil I start to heal my soul ❤ thank you Geoff and thanks to Bill

[@Mato2530]

"We should sell food on nutritional quality, not on weight" so true. I love this Weedy-Geoff collaboration ya's have got goin', so much potential for so many great things to come! I can't wait to see what's next!! Thanks guys.🙏💖

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanx Mato. It’s a pleasure 👍🤗

[@Mato2530]

@@TheWeedyGarden AH Weedy!! Stoked to see you here mate! Thank you for your response. It warms mi heart just as much as absorbing your content does, knowing that ya enjoy producing all that you do for us. Thanks brother!! 😊🤗🙏💖

[@danmantor.7694]

Years learning thanks to you Geoff, we love you honestly

[@AskPatatesi]

I knew the Cameraman. :) His name is David Trood. Weedy Garden. Thank you Geoff, Thanl you David. God bless both of you

[@reyn66]

Weedys voice is so recognizable.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🧙‍♂️🎬🦍😁

[@ss-kz9ee]

You and Bill are a treasure to the world. Creating change. You made a small creak turn into a flood of people making there own change to there land. And changing others minds on the benifets of what you teach.

[@louisegogel7973]

3:56 You see the world through completely different eyes. There is a different framework of design that you see everything through. You’re literally seeing the way of creation itself! Awesome Geoff! So true! Paradigm shifting! 8:30 I love body surfing in the ocean! And I equate birthing with surfing too… if you are relaxed and centered, you keep your balance and there is a joy and thrill of riding the wave. If you get distracted or are upset for any reason, your balance is off and you tumble under the wave.

[@HoneysuckleCreekWallangra]

A True Alchemist working that Philosophers Stone. Namaste

[@shellyhunter6862]

Earth repair 💙💚 At this point we haven’t got much of a clue, but we are taking on a 40 acre lot with the intention of transforming it, and in the years to come our 3 kids will have learnt so much. Thank you 🙏

[@ekffie2519]

what a wonderful film Geoff and Weedy! I really enjoyed it!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanks for the comment 🫵🏻😄

[@mojavebohemian814]

Thank you

[@hanks_backyard]

Great video and nice to hear the Weedy Garden Guy's voice there - I thought that camera work looked familiar :) He's definitely a talent.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanks Hank 🎬😁

[@MerwinARTist]

Great collaboration! Working together for everyone!

[@narelle4868]

The peacefulness is palpable. Thankyou Geoff and @TheWeedyGarden.

[@MichaelD-em6vx]

very good promotion video for permaculture and life-in-balance. You are a great teacher and human being Geoff, I know that for sure as I am a current student of the PDC 2024 online course. Good idea to work with Weedy as a camera man, he sure is a true professional.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thank you Michael 🎬🦍🫵🏻

[@honey-bee-farmstead]

That was awesome 👌🏻 thanks you @Weedy and thank you Geoff

[@plowestory]

Two great humans - keep up the great work legends.

[@JeremyThomas_Environmentarian]

Thanks Geoff. Thanks Weedy!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Pleasure 😉

[@karunamayiholisticinc]

I have incredible respect for his work. Even being a vegetarian for different reasons I have respect for those who are eating non vegetarian ethically this way practicing Harmony with mother nature 🙏🏻 I was highly inspired by his work of not just practicing but teaching also

[@lonelystupidwar]

What a blessed life. Brilliant.

[@sklowkey4551]

A brilliant story and inspiring message, thank you! Let's do this. 🧑‍🌾

[@Iulian1970]

Thanks Geoff, for sharing this! 😊

[@TheWeedyGarden]

👍

[@susanaquezada7671]

Maravilloso Geoff

[@angeliquesourtzis2392]

I love the dog. Super smart and knows what to do!

[@alisonlonergan5605]

Well done, Weedy! Great video.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanks Alison 🙂

[@gwynnethvanjaarsveld7030]

Thank you so much. It makes me feel hopeful again ❤ 🇿🇦

[@alees9344]

Amazing permaculture and course

[@michelevickery1539]

Inspired! Thank you both ❤

[@darshanamaya]

Geoff has been my best hero (after my sweet dad!) since I first discovered him maybe 20 years ago in his "300-Year-Old Food Forest in Vietnam" video! Thanks for all you do! And I sure enjoyed the Tchaikovsky music from Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies while you were doing your morning work! Lovely surprise!

[@Arabic_Permaculture]

Thank you, Jeoff, for being there for so many people who are eager to learn how to make this world a better place to live.

[@Eaglesonoflion]

If you are not living on the edge, you are taking too much space. Geoff Lawton, well said, brother. May Allah give you Jannah & and fulfill your heart with his love & his blessings.

[@manuela2671]

Thank you to the two of you. So inspiring to watch 🌱🌻💚

[@TheWeedyGarden]

😁

[@GreensortOfficial]

This is beautiful 💚

[@ThisisOurLifeOffGrid]

Wow. Well done David. You're amazing. And who would have thought Geoff could surf? Wow! What else can he do?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanks heaps.

[@sharonadlam3195]

You should look at Geoff's work in Jordan, 'Greening the Desert' - he is an amazing human being

[@macylapka]

Nice to see Geoff and David working together the results are amazing for both. Regards.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanks 🙃

[@HFTLMate]

great video david, much love geoff

[@manolomendieta5251]

Thanks a lot geoff.. I reconize that voice!!! Thanks weedy garden for your lovely and profesionnals pictures!!!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

My pleasure 😁

[@Pat6648]

Amazing, Geoff, and sensational filming Weedy!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🙏🏻

[@xavierroy5254]

Nice video,so true and inspiring

[@tristanbuckoke9121]

I knew as soon as the camera man spoke it was Mr Weedy . Great video guys cheers

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🧙‍♂️🦍🎬

[@cidabertoncello2161]

I love your videos❤

[@Wildnativeedimentals]

Beautiful. Thank you so very much both🙏🏼🌺🌴🇵🇭

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Our pleasure 💜

[@FuckYTube]

So nice to see the two of you have become friends!! ❤

[@TheWeedyGarden]

When two friendly gardeners meet they automatically become friends 😉

[@jorgearenillas4]

Loved it!!!. Thanks for sharing

[@RoyHolder]

Great video David, cheers to Geoff! 👍👍

[@timbushell8640]

David has a bit part, voice only but and essential Q&A element. : )))))) Nicely done guys, nicely done.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Hey Roy. Nice to see you here too 👍

[@TheWeedyGarden]

@@timbushell8640😊

[@TheWeedyGarden]

@@timbushell8640Hey Tim. Thanks for the comment mate 🙏🏻

[@Jazz837]

Wow!! Great video! I love your design studio and the maps that you’re using.

[@denissemoya]

What a wonderful human being! long live geoff lawton

[@coraleerose8036]

You all are the heart ❤ of being human 💚🍃🌏🍃💚

[@kathwilson8714]

08.15 Excellent insights ❤

[@richermorin]

youre amazing thank you for everything you do

[@miramirez3574]

❤️‍🔥 thank you for you efforts, sir. From Misha in rural southern utah u.s.a. I'm a momma and a fan. Veggie gardening, aspiring, in a desert with little resources. You give me hope.

[@cheezy1969]

G-Day Mr Trood, G-Day Mr. Geoff. I have a small 64 Hectare plot up in the hills of Nimbin that requires the love and technical support of a Permaculture abundance. Maybe I need to take the course and start the ball rolling so we may bring many together and pass down Bill's wonderful way of life.?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

G day 🫵🏻

[@alwayslearning7672]

A small plot, eh? Most folk are lucky if they can buy 1000sqm. You're lucky.

[@mano3867]

God bless you Geoff I learnt so many things from your video thanks so much 🙏

[@White_Rabbit63]

Thank you Geoff, my whole yard is a food forest it’s small but I am working toward full disconnect from the system. I started in 2020

[@TheWoodlandOrchard]

Enjoying the course. Although The Woodland Orchard was built largely on Geoff's KZbin videos, and other practitioners, I'm looking forward to driving the next phase using the knowledge gained and consolidated from the PDC.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Exciting 💪🏻🦍

[@The...0_0...]

Hmmm lidar interesting... Thankyou

[@richermorin]

admire your strength

[@kerryshultz9766]

A great little video. I did a Design Certificate Course in the Blue Mountains of NSW with Supapon Rafan as the teacher and about 10 other students. All of us were unemployed on the dole. You are right permaculture gets into you and you see the landscape differently. I totally agree that eating in season is the best and healthiest. The burgers with pale tomatoes on them no taste, leave me empty of real goodness. Why add them? We have lost the connection to the earth. In season food is the only way for me. Thanks.

[@danielnaberhaus5337]

Geoff you are my hero.

[@spoolsandbobbins]

There’s no control because you can’t control God. He’s just too BIG! Thanks Geoff and Weedy for bringing out the best of all His creation! Joy from Nova Scotia.

[@GSBMxyz]

Hope to take a course one day but I live in South America and I would have to save up a lot of money. Slowly I'll get there

[@jozefdebeer9807]

Hey Geoff, I have enjoyed your KZbin videos for several years now. They are one of many inspirations for my permaculture yard in Canada. You said something that really got to me. When you spoke of teaching people to read the LIDAR maps and making permaculture land management plans (or something like that). You said that hundreds of thousands of people need to know how to do this. If it was possible for AI to do this, do you think that would be a good route to speed this up?

[@geofflawton3198]

We can add information lists of design components in relation to longitude and latitude locations but mainframe design patterning will always created by the designers.

[@jozefdebeer9807]

@@geofflawton3198 Of course, silly me. There are limitations to LIDAR. LIDAR can't tell us the exact plants that are growing in said area, soil conditions etc. One day we will get there will fully automated permaculture. Drones and other robots will gather data (with LIDAR too) about an area and then implement a permaculture design. But you are right though. We need a lot of people trained in PDC to implement local permaculture projects right now. We can't wait. Also said people will eventually train AI. The more people, the better for this too. I want to bring up one barrier to your vision. It is great to have all of these people trained, but access to land ins't always easy.

[@pinkelephants1421]

😂😂😂 You're a rare breed indeed Geoff. VERY FEW farmers relish the pre dawn or dawn starts as the case may be. Dad always loved the opportunity to dry the cows off over winter because he hated those miserable cold wet winter starts, getting the cows into the milking shed. Can't say I blame him. I remember being gotten out of bed as a 7yr old to go help feed out hay on many a cold wet winter's 0200ish morning so that we didn't have a dead herd come morning. Wasn't long before my 5yr old sister and I firmly decided that (we) weren't going to be farmers nor marry one either - much to Dad's disappointment I think. Though I did start learning to drive the Land Rover as an 8yr old until Dad decided I was "old enough, fat enough, & ugly enough" to get out & feed out the hay myself as (he) got ot sit in the dry and drive! 😂😂

[@TheWeedyGarden]

😂 Good story 🫵🏻

[@Mashiamape22]

Talking about growing food according to your micro climate, I tried growing lychees but I failed due to I'm on a dry land in South Africa 🇿🇦. So lychees prefer tropic or subtropical climate 😢and lychees are my favorite fruits.

[@haylinhunter5937]

💚

[@Jack.43S]

Ironically I've lost alot of my interest and passion for permaculture as I can't afford land here in Australia, debt free anyway. And in my experience it never worked out living on someone else's land.

[@thefoodforestnamibia]

I go from very passionate to very discouraged. It does not change when you own land. I have a small piece of land (with a bond) but very often you get set backs and then you loose hope. Then you harvest a pumpkin or get a lamb and you are back in the game. Keep fighting the good fight. Debt free is already much further then most people are! 🎉

[@ss-kz9ee]

I like how permeculture cares for animals, birdsand insectseven fungi

[@b_uppy]

You've got beautiful cows, chickens, dog, ponies, horses, farm. It's wonderful. I think permaculture should be worldwide, but mandating it would bring in government corruption/ incompetence. We need to teach people how permaculture benefits them with better health, nutrition, less medicines, less cost, more resiliency, more localization, happier livestock, better wildlife preservation, etc so that they buy THIS, use THIS, live THIS instead of buying into the cultural/economic serfdom being offered by the mega corporate conglomerates/government.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

That IS just exactly what IS happening. Just be part of it, be an example and focus on that 🙂

[@b_uppy]

@@TheWeedyGarden I think giving the bigger picture is helpful. I am for free market, but what we have is crony capitalism/oligarchy. Think it's important for politicians as well as consumers be aware that what is being promoted isn't "just a lefty thing." This is about better products with huge, other important benefits such as better hydrological cycles, better soil for growing plants and fattening/feeding livestock, happier livestock, more food, build other resources, on and on without being labeled "climate alarmists," or patsies for corporate malfeasance. If we raise others' awareness, they will more likely follow thru, as well as pass on the word. I do think one can push for more general use rail, because they have multiple benefits, as well as methane harvesting and it fits in the box of satisfying those interested in nutrition, versus those interested in environmental issues, versus those saying "let's not rush into every new thing"...

[@user-jo1vo7ng8q]

You both are God sent divine master.disciple in sanskrit guru shishyaa .oh weedy please multiply your gurus msg of permaculture to save earth from GDP focused, greedy money making world

[@PodOblaski]

Mega

[@transformativeexperiences]

What is the name of your design program please?

[@TheTreant]

9:20 🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🏄🏼‍♂️

[@adamhutt5182]

Chur Geoff!!

[@Greenmahn333]

👍

[@TheArtfulFarmer]

Geoff do you recommend someone takes your online pdc course or attend the greening the dessert pdc course?

[@DiscoverPermaculture]

Both courses offer unique benefits. The online PDC course provides flexibility, allowing you to learn at your own pace from anywhere in the world, with in-depth video lectures that go beyond the content available with any in-person course, interactive assignments, a global community, and prolonged access to materials (12 months plus an option for life long access with an additional fee). The Greening the Desert PDC course offers a real-world application in an arid climate with interactions from the local community. Choose the online course for convenience, flexibility, and depth of knowledge, or opt for the Greening the Desert course for a more immersive arid landscape experience. - Bonnie (DP team member).

[@TheArtfulFarmer]

@@DiscoverPermaculture thanks Bonnie

[@kaynebrookes9592]

Where to find the topographic maps?

[@DiscoverPermaculture]

Ben Missimer is Geoff's mapping expert. His KZbin channel is www.youtube.com/@benmissimer/featured and his website, Pearl River Ecodesign, is here: www.pearlriverecodesign.com. - Bonnie (DP team member)

[@k-dog58]

I see a new dog, but I don’t see any possum 😢 “ we don’t have to convince anybody who isn’t interested in Permaculture because you will bloody your knuckles” 🙏🏻 If only I heard them words sooner I spent about a year after my PDC really trying to help someone to see what Permaculture could do for their property. So much energy wasted for absolutely nothing in return.

[@AivoPaas]

Gotcha. In Antarctica, grow penguins.

[@ahmadzeb3607]

Sir! Can i earn enough money from the farm in order to fulfill my daily life expenses?

[@geofflawton3198]

Yes it buys you time and that allows you to earn money doing what ever you love, what that is.

[@ruthlongridge2137]

love and gratitude fron South Afrika. The only threats the Earth faces are from Corporations

[@macks573]

Would love to know your thoughts on the current climate change narrative. Especially on how cows should be eliminated for farting methane. And we should eat lab grown meat made from cancer cells.

[@livefromplanetearth]

💒🙏🏾🫡

[@BamBamMaori]

I'm terminally infected😂😂😂😉😉😉

[@gditamar]

Hi jeff huge fan of yours from israel , living on a farm would gladly have some advise 😉

[@gditamar]

I can help you reach druze and muslim villages,id love that

[@gditamar]

Check "hopi dry farming"

[@andresamplonius315]

Is that doggo a Dingo? Ummm... Somewhat smallish for a Dingo...

[@bonniepoole1095]

Geoff is to permaculture as Saint Peter is to the Christian church. He disseminates information widely.

[@PiwaiGee]

stop it with the cult of personality and just share his techniques and ideas. Don't make him a guru, that's against permaculture principles. It's not supposed to be a pyramidal system with a few kings on top, it's supposed to be an horizontal one

[@TheWeedyGarden]

There is nothing in permaculture that says you can’t respect a good teacher.

[@PiwaiGee]

@@TheWeedyGarden respect /= adulation. Share ideas, goods, goodness, love; not idols

[@PiwaiGee]

Unless your final goal is to sell something. Then you need idols, but only because the world we live in needs charismatic personas to sell good ideas. Be part of the culture that changes that. Good ideas don t only come from charismatic personas, and good ideas are more important than the person that carries them

[@allon33]

Perhaps we will not Save the World, so maybe we will have to say goodbye to planet Earth; are you ready to give it up one day?

[@nathandempsey899]

"if you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space" 😍 🫡