The 5 permaculture dimensions make the system robust. Can you recognize them in your garden?
Green professionals are used to work in 2 dimensions: horizontal en vertical cultivation. This is also fine to many hobby gardeners. Look a little further, and apply your new insights. You’ll enrich your hobby. And your garden will take care of itself more and more.
Five dimensions in permaculture
- surface:
horizontal cultivation layer on the soil - height and depth:
multiple vertical cultivation layers in and above the soil. For example: food forest - interaction with abiotic factors:
climate, soil and water. Think of the sun calendar when designing your garden! - interaction with biotic factors:
competition, symbiosis, parasitic behaviour etc. Important feature in permaculture: companion planting - time:
annual, biennial and perennial plants; succession
