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# Garden Plan Ideas

This is a collection of ideas and documentation for designing our garden.

## Table of Contents

- [Garden Plan Ideas](#garden-plan-ideas)
- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Zones](#zones)
- [Syntropic Agroforestry](#syntropic-agroforestry)
- [Species](#species)
- [Monitoring](#monitoring)
- [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous)
- [How to Design a Permaculture Property](#how-to-design-a-permaculture-property)

## Introduction

Developing a garden plan is a complex task. There are many factors to consider, including:

- [Soil][2]
- [Climate][3]
- [Sunlight][4]
- [Water][5]
- [Wind][6]

We are going to implement the following concepts:

- [Permaculture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture)
- [Agroforestry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry)
- [Forest gardening](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_gardening)
- [Food forest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_forest)
- [Forest farming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_farming)
-[Syntropic Agroforestry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntropic_agriculture)

We will be utilizing the [permaculture][1] principles of:

- [Observe and Interact](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_1/)
- [Catch and Store Energy](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_2/)
- [Obtain a Yield](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_3/)
- [Apply Self Regulation and Accept Feedback](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_4/)
- [Use and Value Renewable Resources and Services](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_5/)
- [Produce No Waste](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_6/)
- [Design From Patterns to Details](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_7/)
- [Integrate Rather Than Segregate](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_8/)
- [Use Small and Slow Solutions](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_9/)
- [Use and Value Diversity](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_10/)
- [Use Edges and Value the Marginal](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_11/)
- [Creatively Use and Respond to Change](https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/_12/)

Along with these principles, we will be subdividing the garden into zones:

- [Zones](https://open.oregonstate.education/permaculture/chapter/zones/)

Each zone will have a specific purpose and will be designed to meet that purpose as a part of the overall garden plan.

## Zones

- [Zones](zones.md)

## Syntropic Agroforestry

- [Syntropic Agroforestry](syntropic_agroforestry.md)

## Species

- [Species](species.md)

## Monitoring

- [Monitoring](monitoring.md)

## Miscellaneous

- [Miscellaneous](misc.md)

## How to Design a Permaculture Property

- Start with yourself and get a clear idea of what relevant skills and knowledge you have along with your strengths.

- Identify your vision and goals because clear intentions speed both design and implementation, prevent wasted effort and save time.

- List your personal resources and limitations to know how much time, money, and energy you can devote to the project.

- Get a base map, it’s the base layer and it forms the basis for the design – acquire one easily from Google Earth or Google Maps.

- Collect info about your site from direct observations on the field and off- site resources such as books, local experts and the internet.

- Conduct an analysis and assessment of your site to gain a deeper understanding of each aspect of it.

- Summarize the info from the site analysis and assessment into a rough sketch to see if your goals are attainable.

- Begin designing with a concept design and determine the relative placement and proportioning of the areas, use zone & sector planning and work through the scale of permanence.

- Go into details with the detail design – determining size, shapes and locations of individual elements, use needs & yields and random assembly methods to determine how to connect pieces of design.

- Make a plan for implementation; a plan of action to follow based on your priorities, budget and logical order of establishment, remember to plan in accordance to the scale of permanence.

[1]: "Introduction to Permaculture"
[2]: "Soil - Wikipedia"
[3]: "Climate - Wikipedia"
[4]: "Sunlight - Wikipedia"
[5]: "Water - Wikipedia"
[6]: "Wind - Wikipedia"
[7]: "Plant Hardiness Zones - Portugal"