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Plants For A Future
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A charity promoting a wide range of alternative plants which have edible, medicinal and a wide range of other uses. New agricultural techniques such as woodland gardening, the use of perennial plants and vegan organic systems are also investigated.
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Sections :Charities, Directories/Listings, Dyes, Edible Flowers, Fibres, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Mailing lists/Forums, Non Food Crops, Perennials, Permaculture, Plant Databases, Root crops, Soaps, Sustainable Agriculture, Vegan, Volunteering, Woodland Gardening,
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Treesponsibility
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A Calderdale based group who have planted about 60,000 trees and hedge plants. Spin-off projects include the Community Tree Nursery, which is set to take off into its own independent life, and the Wild Garden, an outdoor education area at Ferney Lee School in Todmorden. We've also written a book and produced a video about our activities!
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Sections :Permaculture, Trees and Woodlands, Non Profit Groups, Volunteering, Climate Change,
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Sunseed Desert Technology
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Aims to develop, demonstrate and communicate accessible, low-tech methods of sustainability in a semi-arid environment. Runs an English speeking centre in AlmerÃa, Spain where the techniques such as solar cookers, low tec pumps and the use of 98corrhizal fungi to stimulate plant growth are demonstrated.
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Spain
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Region
AlmerÃa
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Sections :Organics, Drylands, Green Building, Appropriate Technology, Volunteering, Charities, Fungi,
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Offshoots Permaculture Project
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A permaculture project in the walled, kitchen garden of Towneley Hall, Lancashire, setup in 1997. Has four eco friendly buildings, wind and solar power and a community composting scheme. In January 2006 Offshoots won a Bura (British Urban Regeneration award). The site is managed by Groundwork East Lancashire.
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Sections :Permaculture, Green Building, Run Courses, Open To Public, Volunteering, Tree nursary, Comunity composting,
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Quinta das Abelhas
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Organic Smallholding in Central Portugal
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Sections :Organics, General Gardening, Trees and Woodlands, Wild Plants, Compost, Bio-diversity, Traditional Plant Uses, Bee plants, Trees, Edible Flowers, Root crops, Perennials, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Fruit Crops, native plants, Green Building, Low impact living, Sustainable living, Appropriate Technology, Vegan, Food Issues, Genetics/GMO, Landrights, Local Food, Climate Change, Vegetarian, Environment, Volunteering, Blogs, Co-ops, Communities,
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OrchidTalk Orchid Forum from RVO
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Orchid Forum discussing Orchids and Culture, Orchid Aliments, Breeding and Hybridizing Orchids, Flasking Orchids, Orchid Photography and more! Orchid beginners and experts talk about orchids, care, and growing. Join our community today!
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Sections :Photo Gallerys, General Gardening, Organics, Volunteering, Wild Plants, House plants, Talks, Garden Design, Rare Plants/Heritage Seeds, Plant Databases, Directories/Listings, News Sites, Botanical Information, Flora, recipe site, Other Environmental,
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Aussies Living Simply
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We are a community focused on sustainability, permaculture, organic gardening, backyard livestock, simple living and stepping lightly on the planet. We invite you to become a member, it’s free and you’ll be part of one of the most interesting and friendly groups on the net. The posts you see listed on this home page are a tiny example of the large collection of interesting and in some cases, life changing, forum discussions you will have free access to as a member.
Our forum is lively and active and often you can get an answer to a question within minutes. We discuss simple living, backyard livestock, permaculture, organic food production, sustainable energy, living well on less money, preserving, bread baking, stockpiling food, recycling, mending and reusing and a wide range of sustainability topics. There is a seed and plant exchange, members’ discounts for open pollinated vegetable seeds, bare-rooted plants, native trees and plants. You’ll also find a treasure chest of homemade food recipes and instructions on how to make natural household cleansers, soap, laundry detergent, shampoo and lots more.
Certified organic farmer and author of Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting, Lyn Bagnall, is here to answer your organic gardening questions.
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Sections :Permaculture, Organics, Sustainable Agriculture, General Gardening, Farming, Urban Permaculture, Permaculture Design, Trees, Edible Flowers, Root crops, Perennials, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Non Food Crops, Coppicing, Fruit Crops, native plants, House plants, Green Building, Low impact living, Sustainable living, Appropriate Technology, Other Environmental, Comunity composting, Gardening Tools, Local Food, Climate Change, Agriculture, Environment, Open To Public, Volunteering, Journal/Newsletter, Networking, Photo Gallerys, Directories/Listings, Mailing lists/Forums, Flora, recipe site, Co-ops, Communities, Eco-villages, Charities, Non Profit Groups, City Farms/Community Gardens, Networks,
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Permaculture Institute
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Founded in 1997 as the sister organization to the Permaculture Institute of Australia, the Permaculture Institute is one of the leading permaculture educational institution in the US. Our mission is to promote sustainable living skills through education, networking and demonstration projects. We facilitate networking among permaculture groups and projects in NM/Southwestern region and beyond.
Our website is full of practical information on plant guilds, backyard animal husbandry, gardening in the nature's image, water harvesting and community building.
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Sections :Permaculture, Organics, Agroforestry, Farming, Urban Permaculture, Permaculture Design, Water/Wetlands, Wildlife/Conservation, Bio-diversity, Drylands, Ponds, Bee plants, Green Building, Low impact living, Sustainable living, Other Green Groups, Local Food, Climate Change, Environment, Run Courses, Volunteering, Journal/Newsletter, Networking, Training, Consultancy, Talks, Photo Gallerys, Directories/Listings, Blogs, Non Profit Groups,
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Africa Organics supporting the Home Farm Project
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This charity has been set up to help provide sustainable organic food, farming
and employment to rural villages in Africa.
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Sections :Permaculture, Organics, Sustainable Agriculture, General Gardening, Compost, Drylands, Trees, Root crops, Perennials, Hedging, Volunteering, Training, Charities, NGO, Collective,
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Ecocentre - Permaculture Centre and Ecovillage in Brazil
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A Living and Learning centre in the heart of Brazil. The Ecocentre was designed and built as a reference centre for sustainable living in South America with focus on growing food, caring for water resources and building ecological structures to support an ecovillage.
The Ecocentre offers a number of courses and internships and is a non profit organization with projects in several regions of Brazil and as far as Africa and Portugal.
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Country
Portugal
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Region
Many
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Sections :Permaculture, Organics, Sustainable Agriculture, Agroforestry, General Gardening, Farming, Urban Permaculture, Permaculture Design, Compost, Water/Wetlands, Hydrology, Reedbeds, Traditional Plant Uses, Swales, Reforestation, Tree nursary, Trees, Edible Flowers, Root crops, Perennials, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Fruit Crops, native plants, Biomass, Green Building, Sustainable living, Appropriate Technology, Comunity composting, Local Food, Environment, Run Courses, Open To Public, Volunteering, Apprenticeships, Research, Confrences, Networking, Training, Consultancy, Talks, Books Stores/Publishers, Farmers Markets, Buisness services, Garden Design, Photo Gallerys, News Sites, Communities, Eco-villages, Non Profit Groups, NGO, Networks, Collective,
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Ecocentre - Permaculture Centre and Ecovillage in Brazil
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A Living and Learning centre in the heart of Brazil. The Ecocentre was designed and built as a reference centre for sustainable living in South America with focus on growing food, caring for water resources and building ecological structures to support an ecovillage.
The Ecocentre offers a number of courses and internships and is a non profit organization with projects in several regions of Brazil and as far as Africa and Portugal.
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Sections :Permaculture, Organics, Sustainable Agriculture, Agroforestry, General Gardening, Farming, Urban Permaculture, Permaculture Design, Compost, Water/Wetlands, Hydrology, Reedbeds, Traditional Plant Uses, Swales, Reforestation, Tree nursary, Trees, Edible Flowers, Root crops, Perennials, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Fruit Crops, native plants, Biomass, Green Building, Sustainable living, Appropriate Technology, Comunity composting, Local Food, Environment, Run Courses, Open To Public, Volunteering, Apprenticeships, Research, Confrences, Networking, Training, Consultancy, Talks, Books Stores/Publishers, Farmers Markets, Buisness services, Garden Design, Photo Gallerys, News Sites, Communities, Eco-villages, Non Profit Groups, NGO, Networks, Collective,
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Greenman Bushcraft Ltd
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Find out more about nature's bounty, Greenman Bushcraft Ltd offers you a wide range of bushcraft and outdoor courses, including nature photography, wild food, tree & plant ID and wildlife watching. We can also provide bespoke courses and one-to-one tuition.
At Greenman Bushcraft you'll also discover a large selection of some of the best outdoor equipment that you can purchase today. Our product range is expanding all of the time and we even have a bargain basement, which is definitely worth checking out!
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Sections :Trees and Woodlands, Wild Plants, Wild Food/Foraging, Wildlife/Conservation, Bio-diversity, Wilderness, Traditional Plant Uses, Trees, Edible Flowers, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Soaps, Dyes, Fibres, Coppicing, Fruit Crops, native plants, Hedging, Fungi, Low impact living, Sustainable living, Wildcraft, Environment, Run Courses, Open To Public, Volunteering, Talks, Photo Gallerys,
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Chyan Community Field
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A two acre organic forest garden. The field is leased to Swamp Circus Trust, a registered charity to develop this green space for use by the local community and partners. The field has a central walled garden and radiating sections worked by the project's partners and volunteers.
Our aim is to involve local environmentalists, community groups, farmers and gardeners, old and young, to develop their own permaculture projects and enjoy the land.
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Sections :Permaculture, Organics, Woodland Gardening, Volunteering, Communities, Charities,
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Maya Mountain Research Farm, a Permaculture Project in Belize
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Maya Mountain Research Farm is a small registered NGO working on issues of food security and biodiversity. Using agroforestry and ethnobotany, MMRF is a collection of hundreds of plant species of use to people. The farm is well developed.
We do outreach, host interns and conduct training and courses. Our client base includes several universities and NGOs, Peace Corps, Government of Belize. Right now we are working on a vanilla project that is very exciting.
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Belize
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Region
Toledo
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Sections :Permaculture, Organics, Woodland Gardening, General Gardening, Farming, Permaculture Design, Rare Plants/Heritage Seeds, Wildlife/Conservation, Bio-diversity, Traditional Plant Uses, Ally Cropping, Ponds, Swales, Bee plants, Reforestation, Tree nursary, Trees, Root crops, Perennials, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Soaps, Fibres, New Crops, Coppicing, Fruit Crops, native plants, Oil crops, Green Building, Low impact living, Sustainable living, Appropriate Technology, Health Issues, Local Food, Climate Change, Agriculture, Vegetarian, Environment, Run Courses, Open To Public, Volunteering, Apprenticeships, Research, Networking, Training, Consultancy, Sustainable plant products, Ethnobotany, NGO,
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Wild-Kraeuter & mehr
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Main aim of 98 site is to spread the knowledge about edible plants. How grow and to pick them. And EASY ways of prepairing/cooking them.
Generous support is given to people who want to sell this stuff (fresh wild leafy produce) professionally, too.
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Sections :Permaculture, Wild Plants, Wildlife/Conservation, Bio-diversity, Wilderness, botanical illustration, Edible Flowers, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, native plants, Low impact living, Raw Food, Local Food, Environment, Run Courses, Open To Public, Volunteering, Plant Suppliers, Herb/Medicinal Suppliers, Other commercial, Buisness services, Photo Gallerys, Botanical Information, Flora,
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Owner
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We are building food-forest-theater-studios to create media. Our studios will research sacred poetry based on tree-lore and seasonal observation of life. They will also act as sanctuary to at risk life-forms Then we will produce media to get humans into the "Art of the Fugue" and have them re-fusing to Our Lady Gaia.
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Sections :Permaculture, Organics, Sustainable Agriculture, Woodland Gardening, Agroforestry, Urban Permaculture, Compost, Soil, Wildlife/Conservation, Bio-diversity, Trees, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Fruit Crops, native plants, Biomass, Fungi, Low impact living, Sustainable living, Wildcraft, Appropriate Technology, Animal Rights, Health Issues, Spiritual, Raw Food, Food Issues, Genetics/GMO, Public Domain, Local Food, Climate Change, Open To Public, Volunteering, Research, Networking, Talks, Plant Suppliers, Farmers Markets, Ethnobotany, Communities, Eco-villages, Networks,
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Online Land Planning
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Online Land Planning is a collaborative of specialized alternative energy and land planning experts who consult on integrated strategies for property owners interested in locating and developing land based on a sustainable design approach. OLP utilizes and share internet resources to consolidate and provide initial land planning solutions for most properties based on available data on wind, geothermal, permaculture opportunities, wastewater treatment, biomass, agroforestry, landfill, hydro agriculture, bioremediation and potential for waste loop optimization.
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Sections :Directories/Listings, Blogs, Communities, Eco-villages, Govenmental, Sustainable Agriculture, Agroforestry, Permaculture Design, Landrights, Climate Change, Environment, Volunteering, Oil crops, Green Building, Sustainable living, Appropriate Technology, Other Environmental, Comunity composting, Bio-diversity, New Crops, Biomass, Consultancy,
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forest garden starting in andalucia
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Maureen and Phil Rooksby have just started work on a 2.5 ha forest garden in the Sierra de Aracena, and welcome volunteers to come and help with the work. Write to us, via the blog asimplerlife.yolasite.com. We also need cuttings and seeds.
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Country
Spain
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Region
Huelva
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Sections :Organics, Sustainable Agriculture, Woodland Gardening, Agroforestry, General Gardening, Vegan organics, Trees and Woodlands, Wild Food/Foraging, Compost, Soil, Bio-diversity, Drylands, Traditional Plant Uses, Reforestation, Tree nursary, Trees, Edible Flowers, Perennials, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Fruit Crops, Fungi, Green Building, Low impact living, Sustainable living, Appropriate Technology, Health Issues, Spiritual, Vegan, Raw Food, Vegetarian, Open To Public, Volunteering, Books Stores/Publishers, Individual books, Blogs,
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Enota eco village
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Enota is based on shared ecological and social values and Rudolph Steiners biodynamic agricultural principals. Working with the principle of not taking more from the Earth than one gives back, Enota has the potential to be sustainable indefinitely, cooperating and living in co-creation with nature.
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Sections :Organics, Sustainable Agriculture, Trees and Woodlands, Compost, Bio-diversity, Ponds, Edible Flowers, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Fruit Crops, House plants, Green Building, Sustainable living, Other Green Groups, Spiritual, Gardening Tools, Agriculture, Environment, Open To Public, Networking, Herb/Medicinal Suppliers, Sustainable plant products, Farmers Markets, Eco-villages, Farming, Photo Gallerys, Wild Plants, Soil, Hydrology, Reforestation, Root crops, Fungi, Animal Rights, Other Environmental, Raw Food, Confrences, Communities, Vegan organics, Vegan, Volunteering, Wildlife/Conservation, Vegetarian, Non Profit Groups,
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Quad Cities Edible Landscape
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Food sustainability group for those that live in Iowa and Illinois in the United States with a focus on Edible Landscaping, Forest Farming, Wild Edibles, and Gardening. We discuss the plants that grow well in our Upper Midwest climate and especially like native plants. We have plant and seed swaps. Please join us if you live in Iowa or Illinois.
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Sections :Woodland Gardening, Agroforestry, Woodland Gardening, Trees, General Gardening, Permaculture, Woodland Gardening, Agroforestry, Vegan organics, Trees and Woodlands, Wild Food/Foraging, Rare Plants/Heritage Seeds, Soil, Bio-diversity, Wilderness, Trees, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Fruit Crops, Hedging, Low impact living, Wildcraft, Genetics/GMO, Open To Public, Volunteering, Confrences, Talks, Mailing lists/Forums, Botanical Information, Co-ops, Communities, Non Profit Groups, City Farms/Community Gardens, Political, Networks, Agroforestry, Sustainable Agriculture, Urban Permaculture, Perennials, Fungi, Sustainable living, Photo Gallerys, Trees, Farming, Edible Flowers, Local Food, Collective, Wild Plants, Training, Trees and Woodlands, Food Issues, recipe site, Campaining, General Gardening, General Gardening, Compost, House plants, Networking, General Gardening, Litrature review, NGO, Root crops, native plants, Organics, New Crops, Gardening Tools, Plant Databases,
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Balkan Ecology Project
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The Balkan Ecology Project (BALKEP) is a permaculture-inspired, grassroots project based in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria). BALKEP is devoted to the design and exploration of ecologically-sound human habitats and serves as a demonstration site for local residents, communities and visitors from abroad. Our efforts aim to develop thoughtful approaches to food, shelter, community and commerce, while promoting and preserving the unique biological diversity associated with the Balkan region.
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Country
Bulgaria
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Region
Shipka
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Sections :Farming, Other commercial, Collective, Permaculture, Wild Plants, Wild Food/Foraging, Compost, Soil, Bio-diversity, Wilderness, Edible Flowers, Perennials, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Fruit Crops, native plants, House plants, Wildcraft, Food Issues, Local Food, Volunteering, Confrences, Training, Plant Databases, Botanical Information, Litrature review, recipe site, Co-ops, Non Profit Groups, City Farms/Community Gardens, NGO, Campaining, Permaculture, Trees and Woodlands, Farming, Vegan organics, Low impact living, Talks, Organics, General Gardening, Wild Food/Foraging, Soil, Bio-diversity, Trees, Edible Flowers, Root crops, Perennials, Non Food Crops, Biomass, Fungi, Apprenticeships, Training, Plant Suppliers, Garden Design, Plant Databases, NGO, Sustainable Agriculture, General Gardening, Open To Public, Communities, Ponds, Botanical Information, Fungi, Networking, Networks, Collective, Herbs and Medicinal Plants, Fruit Crops, Volunteering, Consultancy, Non Food Crops, Run Courses, Woodland Gardening, Trees, Genetics/GMO, Photo Gallerys, Campaining, Tree nursary, Oil crops, Agroforestry, Rare Plants/Heritage Seeds, Hedging, Political, Agroforestry, Tree nursary, Research, Collective, Gardening Tools, Mailing lists/Forums, Run Courses, Seed Suppliers, Soil, Photo Gallerys, Organics, Root crops, Wild Plants, Co-ops, Urban Permaculture, Trees and Woodlands, New Crops, Sustainable living, Photo Gallerys, Woodland Gardening, Hedging, Plant Suppliers (Organic), Compost, Coppicing, native plants, Blogs,
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