David Holmgren’s weeds or wild nature presentation and discussion starts with the premise that land design and management informed by permaculture principles tends to treat naturalised newcomer plants as assets that stabilise water and soil, build biomass, fix nutrients, ameliorate microclimate and provide habitat, fodder, fuel and food. While naturalised species may be given a lower value in permaculture design than species regarded as indigenous to the site and region, labelling naturalised species as ‘invasive’ or ‘environmental weeds’ is typically rejected as anti-ecological thinking.
Permacultura: Agricultura libre desde el patio trasero hasta la biorregión
In October last year, David gave a presentation at the Congreso de sembrares, a Spanish speaking conference, the first online Congress of Free Agriculture.
His presentation was entitled, Permaculture: Free Farming from the Backyard to the Bioregion. You can watch the video here, and read the Spanish translation of the transcript.
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