PERMABLITZ: WORKING TOGETHER

A permablitz sees a group of people come together to implement a permaculture design on one member of the group’s property. The lucky host (the owner or renter of the property) gets a permaculture design done for them and what would be months of work, completed in a single day. In return, the host must provide the materials as well as a healthy and filling lunch, drinks, and morning and afternoon tea.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

In April 2006, permaculture designer Dan Palmer held the first permablitz with his mate Adam Grubb and a group of South American immigrants in Melbourne. After transforming the garden of an elderly El Salvador woman, they soon began organising permablitzes all over Melbourne.

BUILDING EDIBLE GARDENS

A typical permablitz