A guild is a team of plants that support, protect and nourish each other, working together for the benefit of all. A guild creates stability and best health because the variety of plants above brings a variety of roots and soil life below. The carefree, wild look belies a carefully crafted, low maintenance, smart garden.Words by Kath Irvine, from The Edible Backyard

Building guilds is a clever way to put gardens together. Instead of toiling over providing this or that nutrient for plants or battling with pests or relying on the success of just one crop to provide

Discover how to create your dream self-sustaining garden with these 5 stunning permaculture principles! From companion planting strategies to soil health secrets, you’ll learn how to enhance biodiversity and maintain natural balance. Your garden can thrive with minimal inputs, offering delicious vegetables and gorgeous blooms year-round. Transform your outdoor space into an ecosystem that's productive and sustainable. Ready to dig in? Start your journey to a thriving permaculture oasis…

The ecological resilience of a guild

An Apple-Centered Guild, An Excerpt from Gaia's Garden - Free download as PDF File (.pdf) or read online for free. A guild is a set of different plants whose natural characteristics, growing patterns, or needs complement and benefit one another. This guild centers around an apple tree.

“I started out wanting to grow food for my husband and I, and then I figured out I enjoy growing the food for the insects and the bees and the butterflies the most,” Lockhart gardener Donna Daniels told us last November. Gardening was new to her, though, when she and husband Len Gabbay scooted ou

Everything you need to know about setting up guilds in your permaculture garden.

For the last 9 years we have been experimenting with growing annual vegetables and herbs in polycultures. Over the years I have stuck with what works, discarded what has not, and now have what appears to me to be a good model of productive ecological design. Productive in that it provides us with a harvest from early spring until early winter, ecological in that it provides habitat and food for many other organisms too. Garden produce This post is an introduction and overview to our Annual…

Using permaculture principles, here are 7 simple steps to create a vegetable plant guild for healthy plants and more food production this year

I have received my first seed catalog in the mail, so it is time to start planning the garden for next year! I just did a post the other day about diversity in the garden where I included a pictur…