There are many ways to understand and cultivate a garden, among the most fascinating techniques is undoubtedly synergistic agriculture developed by spanish farmer Emilie Hazel principles of permaculture.
But what is a synergistic garden? It’s not easy to enclose a method in a definition of a few words, so I asked Marina Ferrara to accompany us on a real journey to discover this approach.
synergistic spiral garden
The result is a veritable betting guide that touches on all aspects of the synergistic garden, from the principles that inspire it, to the creation of raised beds, the pallets . You will find practical advice, from design to maintenance operations: mulching, irrigation system, plant associations and natural remedies.
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Synergistic Garden Guide
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Discovering the synergistic garden – by Marina Ferrara
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invitation to travel
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Is it an orchard or a garden?
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The principles of permaculture
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Contents
Synergistic Garden Guide
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Discovering the synergistic garden: let’s tackle the synergistic approach, starting from the principles, the journey begins.
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Garden pallets: synergistic garden design, pallet creation, mulching.
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The paddle irrigation system: We learn how to set up a suitable irrigation system.
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Permanent stakes: We also build stakes to support climbing vegetables.
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What to plant on pallets: how to plant crops on pallets, between subsidiaries and synergies.
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Garden maintenance, between natural remedies and wild herbs.
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Cultivating gardens to cultivate dreams, a story and a reflection on how to cultivate.
Discover the Synergistic Garden – by Marina Ferrara
synergistic agriculture It is not just a series of rules and prescriptions that apply to the garden: it is a holistic approach to the land and to the act of cultivating, in order to rediscover an active and conscious part of nature. ecosystem we inhabit.
Let’s start a journey to discover the synergistic garden, where we will learn more about this method of cultivation according to nature and following the principles permaculture . So if you wonder what a synergistic garden is you’ve come to the right place: we’re going to try to get an answer in this first introductory chapter, where we talk about synergies, soil self-fertilization and, of course, Permaculture. We will soon get to the heart of the matter by giving way to the practice of creating gardens, explaining how to make the pallets and design the associations.
Obviously it is not by reading an article that you will learn how to cultivate a synergistic garden: as always in agriculture, it’s up to you to get your hands dirty and renew a contact made of observation, listening, dialogue and a lot of practice. The hope is to pique their curiosity and make them want to experiment with this approach, starting with their gardens.
Invitation to travel
The little prince with his problems of love and culture of his beloved Rosa, the young Mary Lennox discovering the Secret Garden, Jack who ventures with the magic bean to discover a castle.
In stories, gardens are always open doors to adventure, but also enchanted places where you can discover something new about yourself.
The first time I ventured into a synergistic garden-garden many years ago, I felt that I had crossed a magical threshold: I had the feeling of having entered the Land of Wonders and this comforting emotion that you only feel when you return home after a long trip. And that’s what I read in the eyes of those who visit a synergistic garden for the first time, whether they are children, teenagers or adults: astonishment .
This is the journey that I would like to take you by the hand in the next articles that Orto da Coltivare dedicates to the synergistic garden… Are you ready?
Is it an orchard or a garden?
I have often heard this question as I lead a guest through the maze of the synergistic spiral, among the cabbage and nasturtium flowers, the lavender flowers and the forest of broad beans, climbing peas and small shrubs of wild garlic dotted with tiny white flowers. . My answer is: both.
A synergistic garden is an orchard in itself where vegetables and legumes are grown, but it is also an edible garden in which there is room for creativity and sensitivity, as befits a gardener perhaps more than a market gardener.
What you will see as you walk through a synergistic garden are long tongues of height, which we will never tread (to cross them we will use the appropriate paths) and which usually follow a suggestive curved route. We call these long frames: paddles . In the pallets is the straw golden and fragrant, to cover and protect the soil from the scorching sun or torrential rains and, at the end of the cycle, to nourish it in decomposition.