Articles

This is a selection of articles and essays by Graham Burnett that have appeared in various publications such as The Idler, The Land, Permaculture Magazine, Growing Green, The Raven, Permaculture Activist, Permaculture Works, The Vegan and so on.
For more articles, artwork, conversations and songs see my book 'Earth Writings'

The Cardboard Classroom

An innovative building project using recycled materials. Originally published in Permaculture Magazine issue 37.

Permacultural Anarchy At Dial House; A Compost Toilet Building Workshop In West Essex

Turning problems into solutions! originally published in 'Permaculture Magazine'

Nature's Wisdom Regenerates London: Forest Gardening In The City

Inner city forest gardening with Naturewise. From 'Permaculture Activist' issue 69 (Autumn 2008).

A Little Shedtime Reading

Top books for the permaculture gardener... From 'The Idler' issue 41

Guerilla Gardening - Not Quite As Agit-Prop As It Sounds?

Guerilla gardening considered within the continuum of community gardening. From 'The Land', Summer 2006.

Permaculture- Ethical Design For Abundant Living

Originally published in ‘The Raven’ 43, (special ‘Food’ issue)

Towards Common Ground- Permaculture And The Vegan Way

An extract from a longer work in progress exploring permaculture and veganism, this has been published in ‘Permaculture Works’ 29 (June 2001)

Seven Stories Of Abundance- A Visit To Robert Hart’s Forest Garden

Originally published in ‘VOHAN News International’ 2 (now ‘Growing Green’, the newsletter of the Vegan Organic Network.)

The Root of all Evil?

Some Thoughts About Permaculture, Anarchism and Money, and some food for debate... An edited version appeared in 'Permaculture Magazine'

An Instant Herb Spiral

How two unsightly problems were brought together to create a beautiful and useful solution...

Allotments and Guerrilla Gardening

Seeing as how Green Books is describing me as a ‘Guerrilla Gardening Guru’ (!!), what better time to reprint this classic article that first appeared in ‘Green Anarchist’, autumn 1989

A Trip to Camp Idle

Don’t just do something, sit there... Graham and Ron deconstruct the Work Ethic and enjoy champagne, strawberry cake and Noel Coward in the Dial House garden...

Lifestyle Gardening? No Thanks!

Forget ‘Reality TV’ and the ‘gardening experts’ and create your own productive and relaxing backyard paradise... From 'The Idler' issue 37.

Permaculture a Beginner’s Guide - The Spanish edition!

Graham jaunts off to Barcelona for the launch at the Biocultura festival! Plus a link to the Hebrew PDF version...

The Westborough Victory Garden

Debby and Emma’s award winning recreation 1940s wartime productive garden. From 'Permaculture Magazine' issue 50.