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UK Permaculture and related groups: Off-Line

These are mainly UK based organizations.

See also UK permaculture orginisation Online and Communities and Eco-Villages.

The Permaculture Association (Britain) They publish a quarterly newsletter called Permaculture Works. There are local groups as well. Telephone / Fax: 0845 458 1805. Postal address: BCM Permaculture Association, LONDON, WC1N 3XX. E mail: [email protected]

The Permaculture Magazine published by Permanent Publications (see below), Lots of articles on permaculture, details of design course and more contacts.

Permanent Publications The Sustainability Centre, East Meon, Hampshire, GU32 1HR England. Tel: + 44 (0)1730 823311, Fax: + 44 (0)1730 823322, email [email protected]. Publish the UK based Permaculture Magazine. The site contains details of the mag, their book catalogue, and UK Forest Gardening projects and regular permaculture news. Their Earth Repair Catalogue contains 230 permaculture and related books.

Eco-Logic Books, Mulberry House, 19 Maple Grove, Bath BA2 3AF . Tel ++44 (0) 1225 484472.  Distribute 'Permaculture One', 'Permaculture Two' and 'Permaculture - A Designers' Manual', the essential guides written by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren.

A big list of Local Permaculture Groups in the UK can be found on the Permanent Publications web site.

Garden Organic ,Ryton on Dunsmore, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV8 3LG. Tel. +44 (0) 24 7630 3517.  Email: [email protected] .  Publish the HDRA news, packed full of useful stuff and lots of leaflets and books. They also have a demonstration garden showing many organic techniques, there's one at the above address and another one planned in the South-East. They also run a Heritage Seed Program ( alternate link) which collects seeds of many unusual varieties of vegetables.  Due to UK law,  it is actually illegal to sell such varieties and we are limited to a few registered varieties limiting the genetic diversity.

The Biodynamic Association (BDA), Secretary, Painswick Inn Project, Gloucester Street, Stroud, Glos GL5 1QG. Tel/Fax: 01453 759501.  Email: office (at) biodynamic.org.uk

Vegan-Organic Horticulture And Agriculture Network, Anandavan, 58, High Lane, Chorlton, Manchester. M21 9DZ. Telephone 0161 860 4869. A groovy bunch who co-wrote the Vegan-Organics leaflet.

The Soil Association , South Plaza, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS1 3NX.  T: 0117 314 5000.  F: 0117 314 5001.  Best known for its symbol guaranteeing that products are organic. Web site has lots of press releases.

Soil Association Scotland, 18C Liberton Brae, Tower Mains, Edinburgh, EH16 6AE.  T: 0131 666 2474. F: 0131 666 1684.

Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association. (IOFGA) Unit 16A, Inish Carrig, Golden Island, Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland.  Tel: (+353) 090 643 3680

World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, WWOOF UK, PO Box 2154, Winslow, Buckingham, MK18 3WS. If you wants to go WWOOF-ing get in touch.

Grow Organic Food, a website that used to be called Midnet Organic.  You can find it at www.organicgarden.org.uk.  Also run a UK based Organic Gardening discussion list [email protected]

The MiddleWood Centre, Roeburndale, West Lancaster, LA2 8QX. Tel (015242) 21880. They've got a lovely patch of land, including a wooded valley being preserved in its natural state (they let any fallen wood rot down which helps build up the soil). They have a resource center, a barn to hire and also run some permaculture courses.

The Centre for Alternative Technology Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 9AZ, Tel 01654 705950.  They publish an Organic Growing Resource Guide (70p Ref F6), with lots more addresses, etc. You can also get a lot of organic & permaculture books from them.

Agroforestry Research Trust, 46 Hunters Moon, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6JT. Have a newsletter and produce a number of publications in the 'Useful Plants for Temperate Climates' series. Also have seeds and plants for sale.

West Yorkshire Organic Group .  One of the oldest groups about, run weekly local produce markets and The Organic Vegetable Show.

And finally Liverpool Organic Gardeners at http://www.logweb.connectfree.co.uk/index.html.

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