Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Imagine transforming your garden, allotment, even your patio, into a multilayered edible wildlife haven!

Garden designer, author and forest gardener, Pippa Chapman, chats to Permaculture magazine's Maddy Harland, exploring how she starts designing and implementing perennial food gardens.

Observation is key to all designing, and a base map is also vital in creating the best design for your space. Pippa shares her top tips for getting started, including how to plan your plot and how to site important design elements.

Pippa also explains how to gradually transform an established garden into your dream garden, while maintaining the garden's wildlife ecosystem.

Pippa is the author of 'The Plant Lover's Backyard Forest Garden'. More info here: shop.permaculture.co.uk/products/the-plant-lovers-backyard-forest-garden

The cover of Pippa's beautiful book is also available on our organic clothing and accessories, here: tinyurl.com/PlantLovers

More info on permaculture, forest gardening, food forests and permaculture design, here: permaculture.co.uk