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Beginners Guide
Permaculture - A Beginner's Guide (second edition)
by Graham Burnett

"Everything I have come to understand about the principles of permaculture is summed up in this wonderfully readable and accessible book."
- From the foreword by Brigit Strawbridge of BBC TV's ‘Its Not Easy Being Green’.

Buy your copy here...

welcome to spiralseed

Spiralseed is an independent publishing and educational company venture founded by Graham Burnett in 2001. Our publications include books, pamphlets and DVDs about permaculture, veganism, human ecology and organic gardening.

We run regular Permaculture courses and workshops, including weekend introductory events as well as an accredited full 72 hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course in partnership with permaculture groups and projects including Designed Visions, Permorganics, Transition Brixton, Naturewise and others. We also offer permaculture design consultancy.

In addition we sell good quality teeshirts and bags featuring Graham's designs. These are produced by the ethical vegan workers co-operative Sunrise Screenprint. We hope to begin selling organic cotton teeshirts in the near future, watch this space!


Spiralseed is an ethical venture based around the core values of Earthcare, Peoplecare and Fairshares, and we intend to reflect these throughout all of our practices and activities. Please note that we will always respect your privacy, and we will never sell, rent or otherwise share any information about any of our customers. If you have any queries or comments about any of our publications, products or courses and events, please don't hesitate to get in touch!


MAKE COMPOST NOT WAR!


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VISIT THE SPIRALSEED ONLINE SHOP FOR PUBLICATIONS, TEESHIRTS, CD'S AND DVDS, OR CHECK OUT OUR LATEST COURSES

whats new?

14 - 16 May 2010; Introduction to Permaculture Residential Weekend, Hullbridge, Essex

Broad Oak
Set in the idylic location of Broad Acre Farm in south east Essex, this weekend introduction to permaculture will explore  sustainable design principles, permaculture ethics, organic gardening, creating community, 'hands on' practical experience and more...
Led by Graham Burnett
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28 - 30 May 2010; Permaculture - A Weekend for Beginners, Dial House, nr Epping, Essex
dial house
This residential weekend introduction to permaculture will include; sustainable design principles and ethics, organic gardening, community economics, forest gardening, optional yoga sessions, 'hands on' practical experience and more...
Led by Graham Burnett and Ron Bates
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16 - 20 April and 22 - 26 June 2010; Full Permaculture Design Course, nr Zagreb, Croatia
croatia
Led by Graham Burnett and Stefan Geyer, this 2 part course will lead to the Certificate in Permaculture Design. Places are VERY limited, so please get in touch if you are seriously interested in joining this course.
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4 - 6 June 2010; Ditch Your Day Job - A Permaculture approach to escaping the 'Nine to Five', North Weald, Essex
ditch day job
Led by Graham Burnett and Tom Hodgkinson (author of How To Be Free and founder/editor of The Idler, this residential weekend workshop will explore alternatives to the drudgery of 'Work'. Emphasis will be on a permacultural approach to overcoming the everyday barriers that come between us and our dreams, and practical ways of creating our own 'right livlihoods'.
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Full details of upcoming courses

Office Update - We're in! (sort of, but the solar panels aren't on the roof yet...)
humble designs
Follow the latest developments  about the new Spiralseed 'garden office' building project at our 'Humble Designs' blog
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St Laurence Orchard Map now for sale
orchard map
A must for anybody who has an interest in local distinctiveness or the food growing heritage of South East Essex, this beautiful map of the St Laurence traditional orchard  was created by local permaculture designer Graham Burnett in conjunction with orchard project manager Ron Bates and attendees of the Avro/Viking Resource Centre, who are regular users of the orchard site.
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Orchard Art Paintings
orchard painting
Graham's
watercolours inspired by the local traditional orchard show a different side to his creativity, and are
a reminder of more resilient times before we became totally reliant upon supermarkets, imported food and fossil fuels to feed ourselves. These paintings are now available to purchase as high quality greetings cards.
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From the archives: Lifestyle Gardening? No Thanks!
sunflower
Forget ‘Reality TV’ and the ‘gardening experts’ and create your own productive and relaxing backyard paradise... From 'The Idler' issue 37, and as featured in the recently published 'Transition Guide To Local Food'
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Southend in Transition
Spiralseed are proud to be associated with Southend in Transition, the 47th official Transition initiative in the UK. Transition Initiatives are a positive and proactive response to the twin threats of Peak Oil and Climate Change, helping to reskill communities and develop resilience in the coming low energy, low carbon era
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