Permaculture

Permaculture is a way of living sustainably within nature. Lavandeira is designed using many of the core Permaculture principles such as:

1. Observation – we have spent and continue to spend time watching and learning about the land and the wildlife and the water
2. Water – with up to 4 months with no rain during the summer, water was our first concern and we have designed in a comprehensive water system based on solar and gravity and water from the river and wells. We very much hope to move away from having to irrigate in a few years time and rely solely on retaining water in the soils, the swales and ponds.
3. People share, earth share and fair share – ensuring that we account for all aspects from wildlife to soil to people.