Welcome to the Children in Permaculture Activities section
• You can find an overview of our work on the background info page.
• You may find it useful to look at the this graphical overview of the Themes and Topics.
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Holistic Planning

 Theme:
A. Introducing permaculture
B. Living nature
C. Design
D. Growing food
E. Built environment and resource use
F. Social permaculture 		Holistic planning (HP):
Eyes
Hands
Heart
Head 		Age:
3-6
7-12

Theme  Topic  Sub Topic Age HP Details
Growing food Caring for soil Find out that "weeds" are indicators of soil condition and can repair damaged soil (as they can establish quickly, protect and restore soil bare soil).
Growing food Caring for soil Discuss the importance of fertile soil and different ways of providing it (e.g. fertilisers, manure, nitrogen-fixing plants, compost).
Growing food Caring for soil Research why people dig, what the effects of digging are and how we can reduce digging by using different plants, not stepping on soil, mulching etc.
Growing food Caring for soil Learn vocabulary: soil, lime, mycellium, fungi, loam, silt, fertility, compact.
Growing food Caring for soil Learn about composting as a way of cycling nutrients locally, enabling us to 'produce no waste' and seeing how even worms 'garden'.
Growing food Animals in permaculture See a natural bee keeping system.
Growing food Animals in permaculture Watch cows, sheep or goats being milked by hand, and have a try if interested.
Growing food Animals in permaculture Notice what wild animals are eating, and what their homes look like.
Growing food Animals in permaculture Build homes for the wild animals in a garden (e.g. leaf pile, log pile, bird house).
Growing food Animals in permaculture Help looking after animals in a permaculture way (e.g. fish, chickens, worms).

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