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Permagora

About

A living archive of permaculture.

Permagora is a learning platform that synthesises and organises the essential knowledge of permaculture, to make it accessible to everyone, from beginners to seasoned growers.

Where does Permagora come from?

It all began with a personal fascination for permaculture. As I learned, I quickly ran into knowledge scattered across dozens of books, videos and websites, with no real through-line. So I wanted to bring it all together in one place: first to structure and speed up my own learning, then to open that door to others, as simply as possible. Permagora grew from that, to gather, connect and pass on.

Knowledge of nature is, to me, essential: learning to grow, to observe and to cooperate with the living world is also a way to regain a little self-reliance and connection. If this site helps even one person plant their first seed, it will have fulfilled its mission.

The method

Rather than piling up scattered documents, Permagora turns a body of knowledge into a structured experience: each plant, insect or concept becomes a connected, navigable, readable entry. The relationships between plants, insects and soil become visible, and learning follows thought-out pathways.

Three ways to learn

  • Read

    Short, structured entries.

  • Practise

    Games and active recall.

  • Watch

    Concrete demonstrations.

In the garden, offline

Permagora is built to work even at the far end of the vegetable patch, when the Wi-Fi no longer reaches and the mobile signal fades. Download the site once from About, and the app stays available offline. When online, you see the latest version; when the site has changed, the About page offers to update what is saved.

Download for the garden

Download the whole site to this device (pages, botanical plates and the app's code) so you can browse Permagora without a network, at the far end of the garden or up a mountain. Expect about 70 MB, and one to a few minutes depending on your connection.

A companion app to identify plants

Permagora helps you understand and grow; to recognise a plant in the field by photographing it, one free app from public research is a perfect complement. It's an identification tool, not a garden designer.

Flora Incognita (TU Ilmenau & Max Planck Institute) is free, ad-free and, a real plus in the garden, even works offline.

On all your devices

An (optional) account to keep your progress on your phone, tablet and computer. Without one, everything stays on this device.

Sync my devices

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