Medicinal Plants · Permaculture Women Magazine

Strength and Resistance à la Woman

Learning a new way of living from an elder Iranian farmer…

Benefits of Prunella Vulgaris: Self heal, the wonder weed

Learn the benefits of Prunella Vulgaris. Self heal, heal-all, woundwort, heart-of-the-earth, carpenter’s herb, brownwort and blue curls are just some of the names this flower go by.

Gardening Diversity in Our Lives and Our Communities

Gardening diversity is essential for balance and harmony, as is diversity in our lives.

The life of a stinging nettle in a permaculture garden

Stinging nettle plays an important part in permaculture.

Celtic Wisdom and Regenerative Culture — After Corona Virus

We can use celtic wisdom and regenerative culture to deepen our connection with the Earth

Ten Medicinal Flowers that I always plant in every garden

By Heather Jo Flores I am primarily a food gardener,…

What do weeds indicate about your soil?

By Heather Jo Flores What Weeds Indicate About the Condition…

10 Benefits of having a greenhouse

they’re easier to build than you might think By Heather Jo…

Marigolds as a Companion Plant

Why you should be growing marigolds in your permaculture garden…

If You Guild It, They Will Come: How to Grow a Permaculture Food Forest

group plants together for specific reasons, encourage them to spread into permanent, self-managing landscapes

Lasagna Gardening 101

What is Lasagna Gardening? How to build a “lazy garden” in 3 easy steps.

Growing Food and Medicine: The Good, The Bad and The Heartbreak

Some hard truths about growing food and medicine.

Permaculture Boundaries and Base Maps

How to create accurate base maps.

Reasons to Grow Calendula

If you’re brainstorming the coming season’s garden and are looking for a low-maintenance, multi-use, beautiful, and long-blooming flower, look no further, grow calendula!

Emergent Herbalism; plants, people, and culture

The cross-cultural use of herbs and herbal medicine has experienced a significant resurgence in the past several decades. This emergent herbalism has become a popular method of alternative medicine as well as a profitable commercial industry.

How to grow a pollinator garden

Need to attract a more diverse group of insects and pollinators? Here's how to grow a pollinator garden.

Thank-you India

A report back from the International Permaculture Conference and Convergence…

Suburban Permaculture

How I learned to bloom where I was planted (or, rather, where I planted myself) with suburban permaculture.

Self-Seeding Plants in the Garden Farm

Surprise yourself in the garden with self-seeding plants.

Eat With The Seasons: basics of food preservation

Harvest time blesses with abundance, a good time to know the basics of food preservation.

Herbal Elixirs and Infusions

Need any recipes for medicinal herbs? Herbal elixirs involve steeping medicinal herbs in honey or, maple syrup, sometimes combining them with brandy or other alcohol, or fermenting them, such as medicinal meads.