4e. Permaculture Research
Institute in Australia: Zaytuna Farm of Geoff Lawton
(1978/1997)
Predecessor Mr. Bill Mollison: The Permaculture Research
Institute on the Tagari Farm on Tasmania 1978-1997 - Geoff
Lawton takes over the Permaculture Research Institute -
shifting it to Zaytuna Farm near Brisbane (since 1997) -
almost self-sufficiency - 800m brook banks - bathing sites
- rich wildlife - hills, ridges, valleys, forest - Zaytuna
Farm: ecovillage, wildlife, permaculture planting beds and
permaculture forest garden
Bill Mollison is the predecessor with Tagari Farm on
Tasmania 1978-1997 - Geoff Lawton giving lecture [3]
- the plan of Zaytuna Farm [2]
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), chicken are cleaning
fields, with chicken trailer - bamboo forest with an
entrance like a pointed arch - pond with water lily
flowers
Hier sind einige grosse Pioniere - in Sachen Bio-Landbau
mit Permakultur - fast OHNE Maschinen, OHNE Pestizide,
fast OHNE Bewässerung, mit WALDGARTEN:
Here are some great pioneers - in terms of organic farming
with permaculture - almost NO machines, NO pesticides,
almost NO irrigation, with FOREST GARDEN:
4e. Permaculture Research Institute in
Australia: Zaytuna Farm by Geoff Lawton (1978/1997)
1. Tagari Farm with Bill Mollison on
Tasmania
Precursor Mr. Bill Mollison: The Permaculture Research
Institute on the Tagari Farm since 1978 on Tasmania
The predecessor of the Permaculture Research Institute at
Zaytuna Farm was the Permaculture Research Institute at
Tagari Farm on Tasmania Island in Australia (founded in
1978) under the direction of Bill Mollison [web01].
Tagari Farm, map [13] - Tagari Farm, big shield "The
Permaculture Research Institute" [4]
Example: There was research on chicken and their work
in the garden: "The chickens are performing all of
these functions: harvesting garden left-overs,
fertilizing, pest & weed control, moving the
earth, making compost and also give eggs, meat,
feathers." [web03]
Tagari Farm, rectangular planting beds with chicken
station 1999+2000 - Tagari Farm, garden with mandala
chicken station 1999+2000
Video with Bill Mollison presenting tricks with
permaculture
Here is a video of 1989 "Permaculture: Philosophy and
a Way of Life" with Bill Mollison about permaculture
principles and tricks:
Bill Mollison showing balcony permaculture [5] -
Bill Mollison portrait 1989 [6] - Bill Mollison
mulching his garden with straw mats [7]
Video: Permaculture: Philosophy and a Way of Life
Documentary | Danger of Falling Food | Secret (1989)
Video: Permaculture: Philosophy and a Way of Life
Documentary | Danger of Falling Food | Secret (1989)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klEqdStY--0 - YouTube
Channel: German
Garrido
Bill Mollison sitting on straw mulch [8] - Bill Mollison
in his garden [9] - Bill Mollison in a supermarket [10]
Bill Mollison putting a hazelnut in a sterile lawn [11]
- Bill Mollison on a water bank [12]
2. Zaytuna Farm with Geoff Lawton in The
Channon near Brisbane
Geoff Lawton takes over the Permaculture Research
Institute - moving it to the Zaytuna Farm
In 1997, Bill Mollison handed over the Permaculture
Research Institute to his permaculture student Geoff
Lawton, who is the head of it together with his wife Nadia
[effective 2018]. He moved the institute to Zaytuna Farm
in the location of The Channon near Brisbane (Australia).
Geoff Lawton earned his Permaculture Certificate (PDC)
from Bill Mollison in 1983 and has since 1985 been an
ambassador of permaculture throughout the world to over 50
countries with courses and counseling to restore
ecosystems [web02].
Permaculture Research Institute Zaytuna Farm of Geoff
and Nadia Lawton, Australia [1] - the Plan [2]
Geoff Lawton during a lecture [3] - Zaytuna Farm,
vegetable planting bed 2013 [18]
Almost self-sufficiency - 800m brook banks - bathing
sites - rich wildlife - hills, ridges, valleys, forest
Zaytuna Farm has 27-acres and produces vegetables and
fruits in a permaculture way. The brook bank is 800m long,
with numerous bathing sites and a rich wildlife. The
landscape includes high, frost-free hills, ridges,
valleys, wooded areas, etc. There is ongoing work on
development and soil research to develop more efficient
and productive ecosystems [web02].
Zaytuna Farm, vegetable garden, mixed crop cultivation
[19] - Zaytuna Farm, chicken are cleansing a field being
brought by chicken trailor [20]
The Zaytuna farm has solar power, irrigation systems with
private pond water, biogas purification plant with
greywater system, composting toilets, student containers
with student kitchen, chickens, ducks, quails, turkeys,
rabbits, fish and dairy cows, gentle tillage with always
increasingly fertile soil, perennial plants with forest
garden, shrubs, vines and herbs, fruits and nuts, family
homes [web02].
A little tour at Zaytuna Farm
See a tour on Zaytuna Farm with Geoff Lawton (upload to
YouTube was on May 9, 2017):
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), solar power production plant -
workshop instruction hall - kitchen garden with high
beds
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), movable spillover in form of
an L 1,2 - mulch pit with tree leaves
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), schooling center made of ship
containers - schooling center schooling hall -
camping on wooden balcony
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), curcuma flower - forest garden
under construction 1,2
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), drinking water plant with
44,000 gallons of water from the roof (193.814,9 liter)
- compost toilet systems - irrigation systems
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), movable spillover 03 - field
is cleaned by chickens - chicken are cleaning forest
garden field
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), chicken are cleaning forest
garden field, zoom [this fence is dangerous, hens can
pass and be victims of dogs] - chicken trailer - meadows
and forest 01
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), meadows and forest 02 -
practice planting beds with students 1,2
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), meadows and forest 03 with
bamboo forest in the background - rice field, swamped
field - overspill of the ricefield
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), vegetable planting beds in
dams 01 with mulch - 02 with grown vegetables and naked
dams - vegetable planting beds with bamboo rackets with
long longside pole on the top
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), chicken are cleaning fields,
with chicken trailer - row of trees with vegetable
planting beds in dams with and without straw mulch -
vegetable planting beds in dams with corn and salads
with straw mulch
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), vegetable planting bed in dams
with egg plant and corn
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), bamboo forest 01 - 02, the
tops - 03, the entrance with a pointed arch
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), tree nursery - seedlings tent
- plant rack on wheel barrow
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), seedlings tent with coffee
seedlings - seedlings tent with pineapple seedlings -
seedlings tent with many seedlings and automatic
watering sensor
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), food forest - pasture and
dairy station - dairy station zoom
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), vegetable fields with trees -
pond - pond with swimming bamboo
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), forest garden is growing since
1 month 1,2 - old growth food forest
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), old growth food forest
interior 1,2 - geese in the forest
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), pond - Zaytuna Farm
(Australia), turkey group - female turkey breeding eggs
Zaytuna Farm Australia, pond - pond with water lily
flowers - Zaytuna Farm (Australia), cattle on a pasture
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), electric fence 10 volt -
plastic tub for water for cattle - water tap in the
field
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), fish pond - pond - iron oxide
in spring water
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), water ditch - water ditch
leading to the forest 1,2
Zaytuna Farm (Australia), water ditch leading to the
forest 03 - Geoff Lawton sitting on a trunk in the
forest - credits - https://zaytunafarm.com
(The internet address www.zaytunafarm.com is WRONG).
Sources
[web01] Bill Mollison:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mollison
[web02] https://zaytunafarm.com/about-us/
[web03]
https://es.slideshare.net/NodoEspiral/pdc-module-3-class-6-animals
Photo sources
[1] Zaytuna Farm in Australia as Permaculture Institute:
https://zaytunafarm.com/picture-gallery/
[2] Zaytuna Farm, plan:
https://zaytunafarm.com/picture-gallery/
[3] Geoff Lawton holding lecture:
https://permies.com/t/19152/Establishing-Food-Forest-Geoff-Lawton
[4] Tagari Farm shield:
https://permies.com/t/19152/Establishing-Food-Forest-Geoff-Lawton
[5-12] Bill Mollison: Video: Permaculture: Philosophy and a
Way of Life Documentary | Danger of Falling Food | Secret
(1989)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klEqdStY--0
[13] Tagari Farm, map:
https://permaculturenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/tagarifarm3.jpg
[14] Tagari Farm, vegetable planting beds with chicken
station 1999:
https://es.slideshare.net/NodoEspiral/pdc-module-3-class-6-animals
- footnote 15
[15] Tagari Farm, vegetable planting beds cleansed by
chicken 2000:
https://es.slideshare.net/NodoEspiral/pdc-module-3-class-6-animals
- footnote 16
[16] Tagari Farm, garden with mandala chicken station 1999:
https://es.slideshare.net/NodoEspiral/pdc-module-3-class-6-animals
- footnote 18
[17] Tagari Farm, garden with mandala chicken station 2000:
https://es.slideshare.net/NodoEspiral/pdc-module-3-class-6-animals
- footnote 19
[18] Zaytuna Farm, vegetable planting bed:
http://msayla.com/permaculture-design-course-day-1/
[19] Zaytuna Farm, vegetable garden, mixed crop cultivation:
https://permaculturenews.org/2014/07/22/permaculture-pilgrimage-zaytuna-farm-australia/
[20] Zaytuna Farm, chicken are cleansing a field being
brough by trailor:
https://www.pinterest.de/pin/210402613819729866/
[f01-f73] Video: Zaytuna Farm Tour (1h0'22''):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFujalK2jHg
