Designing a water catchment for Arno's backyard (2018)

Posted on 2018-05-22 14:00 in designs • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, garden design, water catchment, CEAP, Holmgren principles

This is a design for the water catchment in Arno's backyard.

2018-03-26

Water comes from the downspout via the grey pipe on the left. Water is stored in the blue barrel. Water overflows via the black tube and then down the brown pipe. The bucket makes for a small bird pool …


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Designing the hugels (2018)

Posted on 2018-05-21 14:00 in designs • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, garden design, hugelculture, Holmgren principles, CEAP

This is a design for the hugelculture in Arno's backyard.

2017-03-06

Background

Designer: Arno Peters.

Design strategy

I used CEAP in designing this.

Collect site information

See site information for all collected information on the backyard.

Available materials for the hugels:

  • cuttings
    • branches from Viburnum tinus (laurustinus / sneeuwbol)
    • branches from Pinophyta …

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Social design monastery Reek

Posted on 2018-02-08 14:00 in designs • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, social design, Reek, 9 ways of observing, forms of capital, attitudinal principles, SADIMet, mapping, planning for real, dreaming circle, mind map, client interview, zones and sectors, PMI, Holmgren principles

We designed the social elements of a monastery building at Reek. Our aim was to gain understanding of and hands-on experience with the different design tools in the permaculture toolbox.

Background and team

This work was part of the hands-on design part of the Permaculture Design Course (PDC) at Lotus …


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