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Inspiring Woman Growing a Huge Amount of Food in Her City Permaculture Garden



The Plummery is a suburban home where a tiny urban permaculture garden measuring only 100sq/m (1076 sq feet) produces over 400kg/900 pounds of food year-round.

Kat Lavers describes her approach to gardening, including vertical and biointensive growing, and how important it is – and possible! – for city dwellers to be food resilient in the face of natural, financial and social crises. We were very inspired by how little day-to-day effort goes into creating such an abundance of food!

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41 Comments

  1. Happen Films

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  6. Bill Lowenburg

    Admirable, although I think it's too bad you choose to eat animals and animal products. My personal belief is that humans do not have domain over animals and have no right to eat them just because we can. Nutritionally, it's absolutely unnecessary. I haven't eaten any in 40 years and am healthier and more fit than anyone else my age (67) that I know. Ecologically, it's pretty much inexcuseable, as I would think you'd be aware of given how much you've taken the time to research sustainable living. So while I admire a lot of what you're doing, I think you're probably rationalizing when it comes to raising and killing innocent animals in order to fulfill some kind of false belief you were raised to act out. Maybe as time goes on your views will evolve, and, if not, you're still doing a lot more toward helping the community and planet than most people.

  15. Charlotte Christie

    The problem in the States is that so many cities and towns have ordinances that prohibit growing food gardens. I think it is a beautiful thing to see food gardens. I have been growing food for 40 years and my neighbors and their friends comment about how lovely the gardens are. I love my morning tea in my garden. I feel most relaxed when I am there.

  16. Sachet Baral

    I found this: "The Carolina Permaculture Farm" which seems to have a similar landscape while searching for the Permaculture Farm and was wondering if it is close to your place?

  17. Azfar Syed

    Happy to watch this 🎥 Good hobbies, businesses if organic ways much better
    Love to visit there when travel to Australia.Thanks

  19. Wayne Silva

    I offered my neighbor vegetables from my garden, he told me his family doesn't like vegetables.

  21. Opus

    you could just not consume products from animals if you are genuinely concerned about ethics/the wellbeing of the animals

  24. Jeff

    Back to Watch this Classic Video Again ! 😁😁🤗 This production reminds me a little bit of the visit of Geoff Lawton to the small New Jersey Paradise Lot home of Eric Toensmeier 🙂

  31. Julie A

    You will get more from a small well tended garden than from a larger garden that will get away from your care.

  35. Pamela Martin

    Even though this is 4 years old, I just saw this. So inspiring. If she can do that in 200m2 I should be able to achieve more in my 2000m2! Its Friday night, I am revved up for the weekend!!

  36. Gull Daw

    Wish this was possible where i live……. nowhere near as much sunshine or warm tho

  38. Wipe Day Chad

    If you got a window u can do this at a smaller scale start with tomatoes it's easy and simple in the spring time

  39. bertha cornejo

    Imagen if we all had the passion to care like she does ❤❤ lets star with one square meter, love it, sooooo inspirational !!!!!

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