PASTE survey allotment garden (2024)

Posted on vr 20 december 2024 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, PASTE, garden design, Eindhoven, season: summer

Starting from September 2018, Ina and I have rented an allotment at an association nearby. Ina quit the allotment in January 2023. I have ended our contract with the association in December 2024.

This survey lists the species found in the garden in 2024.

This list is part of the …


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PASTE survey allotment garden (2022)

Posted on vr 20 mei 2022 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, PASTE, garden design, Eindhoven, season: summer

Starting from 2018-09-01, Ina and I have rented an allotment at an association nearby. This survey lists the different species discovered in May 2022. For comparison, last year ago I did the same thing.

This list is part of the ongoing design for the allotment garden.

Plants

  • Achillea millefolium (common …

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PASTE survey allotment garden (2021)

Posted on di 22 juni 2021 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, PASTE, garden design, Eindhoven, season: summer

Starting from 2018-09-01, Ina and I have rented an allotment at an association nearby. This survey lists the different species discovered in June 2021. For comparison, last year ago I did the same thing.

This list is part of the ongoing design for the allotment garden.

Plants

  • Achillea millefolium (common …

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PASTE survey allotment garden (2020)

Posted on ma 22 juni 2020 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, PASTE, garden design, Eindhoven, season: summer

Starting from 2018-09-01, Ina and I have rented an allotment at an association nearby. This survey lists the different species discovered in June 2020. For comparison, at two years ago I did the same thing.

This list is part of the ongoing design for the allotment garden.

Plants

  • Aegopodium podagraria …

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PASTE survey allotment garden (2018)

Posted on ma 31 december 2018 in surveys • Tagged with permaculture, survey, PASTE, garden design, Eindhoven, season: fall

Starting from 2018-09-01, Ina and I have rented an allotment at an association nearby. This survey lists the different species discovered.

Plants

  • Alium ? (onion family / uienfamilie)
  • Amaranthus blitum (purple amaranth / Kleine Majer)
    • leafs edible like spinach
  • Brassica juncea ssp. Juncea (Chinese mustard/ amsoi)
    • cultivar King Mustard
    • cultivar Red Giant
    • cultivar …

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Design allotment garden

Posted on za 11 augustus 2018 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, garden design, Eindhoven

We had the allotment between September 2018 and December 2024.

Design strategy

We used CEAP for this design.

Note: this design was never quite finished. We have started putting elements into action before having a complete design …


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Hexagons Proeftuin Meerhoven

Posted on ma 25 juni 2018 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, building design, Eindhoven, planning for real, client interview, 5 W's, 9 ways of observing, PMI, functions and elements, 4 questions, abandoned design

Photo of hexagon and base layer of pallets on 2018-06-18

Base for the hexagon and the first layer of pallets.

Note: this design has been abandoned.

Background

Proeftuin Meerhoven is cooperative maintaining a community garden in Eindhoven. I am a member of the cooperative. The municipality of Eindhoven has given us about 6000 m² of public land to garden on …


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Design Summer Party

Posted on ma 04 juni 2018 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, social design, Eindhoven, party, CEAP, 5 W's, 9 ways of observing, flow, ethics, attitudinal principles, kanban, 4 questions, season: summer

Background

One of the challenges facing us the coming years is a return to a more communal way of living. A party is a good way to practice coming together and exchanging ideas and inspiration. A way also to connect different circles of people.

The goal is to create a …


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Design Arno's backyard (2018)

Posted on do 24 mei 2018 in designs • Tagged with permaculture, garden design, Eindhoven, CEAP, client interview, ethics, zones and sectors, 9 ways of observing, attitudinal principles, Holmgren principles

This is the main design for the backyard. It ties the other designs for the garden together.

Arno's jungle on 2018-05-18

Backyard in the middle of May 2018.

My front yard and back yard provide the perfect practice ground for trying out new ideas. These pages document some of the ideas I have executed …


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