by Robyn Francis | Events at Djanbung, News
Formidable Vegetable return to their roots for a very special permaculture action party at Djanbung Gardens in Nimbin – the place where it all began! Djanbung custodian, designer & permaculture pioneer Robyn Francis is a permie-legend, having taught over 150...
by Robyn Francis | Events at Djanbung, News, Uncategorized
The TaiHua company in Shenzhen, China is sending its full design team for a major new urban project to Djanbung Gardens to do the PDC (certified Permaculture Design Course) in January 2019. Following the course the 11-person design team will stay on to do a 5-day...
by Robyn Francis | Events at Djanbung, News
The LandsEnd forge space at Djanbung Gardens is happening. It’s been an important part of our vision to offer such a space for people to revive and share skills in the important ancient art of blacksmithing, tool and knife making. Blacksmiths underpin all other crafts...
by Robyn Francis | News, Polly's blog
Polly passed over the rainbow bridge on Friday 29th June. Her last month was a struggle, essentially being in piggy palliative care. She was 13 years old, a ripe old age for a piggy being. Polly had a long wonderful life contributing to the gardens, digging her...
by Robyn Francis | News, Team Blogs
Imagine a stand-alone solar power system that costs nothing created completely from salvaged hardware. It’s amazing how much waste there is in the solar industry. Hardware that still has a reasonable life discarded when someone’s system is upgraded, brand...
by Robyn Francis | Events at Djanbung, News
Permaculture Open Day Fibre & Fix-it Fair Saturday August 18, 10am-3.30pm This year’s Permaculture open day at Djanbung Gardens, Sat 18th August, is combining with a Fibre and Fix-it Fair for a day full of fascinating workshops, talks and displays on practical...
by Robyn Francis | Articles
Have you ever wondered what would actually happen if everyone became vegan and stopped farming animals? On the surface it may be appealing as a simple solution to reduce greenhouse emissions by eliminating animal products from the human diet and sourcing all our...
by Robyn Francis | News, Team Blogs
It was 30 years ago that I accompanied Bill Mollison to India to teach the first full Permaculture Design Course (PDC) there in 1987. This year I returned to India to honour the anniversary as a keynote speaker at the 13th International Permaculture Conference (IPC),...
