Melliodora - The birthplace of permaculture | Urban Farming | Gardening Australia

David Holmgren and Su Dennett take Costa for a wander around Melliodora - the legendary permaculture demonstration garden in Victoria's semi-rural Hepburn. Check out Costa's extended interview with David: • Extended interview wit...
6:00 David and the late Bill Mollison devised the term 'permaculture' in the 70s, to describe a set of theories and a model for sustainable living based on 'permanent agriculture.'
“In a way it’s a theory of everything,” says David. “It starts with gardening and how we provide basic things for ourselves [and leads to] a deep sustainability framework for how we progressively reorganise our lives and, through that, society.”
1:15 As well as David and Su, Melliodora has two other households; one where Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar live with their child, Ashar, and a tiny house that is home to Brenna. They all share the labour of the property. Costa also visits Nick and Kirsten's place to learn how to grow oyster mushrooms at home. • Grow your own oyster m...
3:52 At Melliodora there are animals as well as vegetables, fruit and nuts - chickens free range, bees occupy hives by the dam, geese control the orchard and goats provide milk for cheese and yogurt. “All the animals are producer animals rather than consumer animals,” says Su.
5:10 The goats help eat out fire-prone blackberries, and about 20 bunya pines (Araucaria bidwillii) have been planted to try to shade them out as well. They’re now about 30 years old and have finally started producing cones that David hopes will be full of nuts.
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[@peterlawrence738]

About time Gardening Australia got back to David’s place...more please

[@aliakbaramirkhani3265]

Best wishes to you and your family Mr.holmgren ... very inspirational to me and my generation because we are really got out of nature. Akbar from Iran.

[@jeanantiquina9107]

I love everything in them

[@thestringsofsparta7226]

Costa and everyone on this, wow, Im going through some of Davids writings recently and the way his message was captured and met the tone of your audience in this small piece was freaking superb. Perfectly balanced the reading I've been doing lately, thanks

[@GardeningAustralia]

Thanks Levi. David really is a powerhouse. Make sure you also check out the extended interview, link in the description. :)

[@augustinekopa6560]

Love this

[@MFRANKRR92]

There is the dream right there. I really loved the way the goats were with them. I look forward to the day i get some goat milkers and have such a nice relationship with them

[@GardeningAustralia]

Hope your dream comes true!

[@jamshidnikkerdar2074]

Great 👍 👌

[@opreapetru404]

well done

[@normsawyer4192]

Now that is a pear tree

[@RicksonTV]

Amazing

[@gpz700r]

Cool

[@sihener8890]

Hi, do they need an apprentice? I am willing to participate

[@silverpromidi]

make Comfrey fritters :)

[@GardeningAustralia]

They sound intriguing!!

[@endor8witch]

i was like "wtf is chook?" then i googled. got it.

[@ariahale4352]

Are you American?

[@pastryshack551]

Can you eat comfrey, how would you prepare it.

[@taha-selman]

Plz can some one tell me the name of the red plant in 2:09

[@fattyhamster]

It's a wild guess but maybe 'amaranth'?

[@GardeningAustralia]

We're with @fattyhamster !! Looks like a red amaranth to us! :)

[@yeetyertbruvvvv]

I'm pretty sure the presenter is a gnome.

[@GardeningAustralia]

Correct. ;) www.dirtgirlworld.com/blog/costathegardengnomevisitsskyrail

[@yeetyertbruvvvv]

@@GardeningAustralia LOL this is INCREDIBLE HAHAHAHA