Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Watch the first tour we did back in 2015! youtu.be/jSNc13cmknE
In Episode 3 of Permaculture Tours we revisit the amazing Limestone Permaculture Farm. in NSW, Australia. We first visited Limestone back in 2015, when Brett and Nici were five years into developing their 1-acre permaculture property, working full time off-farm and creating their piece of paradise in their spare time.
This revisit film was shot in October 2019 – four years on, Brett and Nici are full time at home, teaching permaculture and homesteading, offering farm tours, selling produce and thriving despite a severe drought and encroaching bushfires.
Brett gives us a tour of the property, showing how things have changed and developed since we last visited, and Brett and Nici describe the motivation behind all their hard work.
In a couple of weeks we’ll be making a podcast episode with Brett and Nici to talk about how they fared during Australia’s horrific 2019-20 bushfire season, their farm’s resilience to drought and more. Add a comment below if you have a question you’d be keen to ask them via the podcast!
Watch Permaculture Tours Episode 1 – Abdullah House: youtube.com/watch?v=rFFSBzsPn0k
Watch Permaculture Tours Episode 2 – Melliodora: youtube.com/watch?v=ss1BjW2kSNs
** Follow Limestone Permaculture Farm **
Website: limestonepermaculture.com
Instagram: instagram.com/limestone_permaculture
Facebook: facebook.com/LimestonePermaculture
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For more info about Happen Films, check out our website: happenfilms.com We make short films and feature films, all with a permaculture, resilience, sustainability focus. Don’t forget to Subscribe here on YouTube!
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** Film credits **
Directed by Jordan Osmond
Written by Jordan Osmond & Antoinette Wilson
Cinematography by Jordan Osmond
Editing by Emma Smart - emmasmartcreative.com/home
Additional edits, color grading, sound mix by Jordan Osmond
** Thanks! **
To our wonderful supporters on Patreon, who helped make this film happen: Alex Muir, Dave Webb, Jess O’Shea, Brett Davidson, Jess, Pierre Blom, Tabitha Bristow, Sankar Madhavan, Namaste Foundation
** Subtitles and closed captions **
We love that so many people have translated for our films here on YouTube. If you’d like to be part of that community you can contribute by clicking the “...” below the video and selecting “Add translations” from the dropdown menu. Thanks for your help!
Watch the first tour we did back in 2015! youtu.be/jSNc13cmknE
In Episode 3 of Permaculture Tours we revisit the amazing Limestone Permaculture Farm. in NSW, Australia. We first visited Limestone back in 2015, when Brett and Nici were five years into developing their 1-acre permaculture property, working full time off-farm and creating their piece of paradise in their spare time.
This revisit film was shot in October 2019 – four years on, Brett and Nici are full time at home, teaching permaculture and homesteading, offering farm tours, selling produce and thriving despite a severe drought and encroaching bushfires.
Brett gives us a tour of the property, showing how things have changed and developed since we last visited, and Brett and Nici describe the motivation behind all their hard work.
In a couple of weeks we’ll be making a podcast episode with Brett and Nici to talk about how they fared during Australia’s horrific 2019-20 bushfire season, their farm’s resilience to drought and more. Add a comment below if you have a question you’d be keen to ask them via the podcast!
Watch Permaculture Tours Episode 1 – Abdullah House: youtube.com/watch?v=rFFSBzsPn0k
Watch Permaculture Tours Episode 2 – Melliodora: youtube.com/watch?v=ss1BjW2kSNs
** Follow Limestone Permaculture Farm **
Website: limestonepermaculture.com
Instagram: instagram.com/limestone_permaculture
Facebook: facebook.com/LimestonePermaculture
** Find out more about Happen Films **
If you’re interested in supporting us to make more films, check out patreon.com/happenfilms
For more info about Happen Films, check out our website: happenfilms.com We make short films and feature films, all with a permaculture, resilience, sustainability focus. Don’t forget to Subscribe here on YouTube!
Find us on social media
Twitter: twitter.com/happenfilms
Instagram: instagram.com/happenfilms
Facebook: facebook.com/happenfilms
** Film credits **
Directed by Jordan Osmond
Written by Jordan Osmond & Antoinette Wilson
Cinematography by Jordan Osmond
Editing by Emma Smart - emmasmartcreative.com/home
Additional edits, color grading, sound mix by Jordan Osmond
** Thanks! **
To our wonderful supporters on Patreon, who helped make this film happen: Alex Muir, Dave Webb, Jess O’Shea, Brett Davidson, Jess, Pierre Blom, Tabitha Bristow, Sankar Madhavan, Namaste Foundation
** Subtitles and closed captions **
We love that so many people have translated for our films here on YouTube. If you’d like to be part of that community you can contribute by clicking the “...” below the video and selecting “Add translations” from the dropdown menu. Thanks for your help!




![Public Park Transformed into an Urban Food Forest!
The City Food Commons shares the story of Roimata Food Commons, an urban permaculture food forest initiative driven by Ōtautahi Christchurch local Michael Reynolds. The aim of the project is to empower the community to co-create space in a public park, reviving the notion of the Commons, which was once so common in societies around the world.
Planting began in 2017 – “we got permission [from Council] to plant 30 trees, so we planted 65” – and the food forest systems of the park now contain over 100 fruit and nut trees, many of them heritage trees, as well as over 1000 native plants, herbs, berries, vegetables, flowers, and perennial plants.
Michael calls the Commons “a step away from the transactional relationship that dominates the way that we act in the world”. The term Commons refers to a space that holds or creates resources that are nurtured by the community for the long term benefit of the community.
While the community is welcomed to working bees and planting days, participating in them is not a criteria for accessing the fruit and vegetables within. This free access to quality organic food is one of the many benefits of this Commons. Another is the community connections created as a result of coming together in the space. In addition, Michael has been able to convince the local council to stop spraying and to reduce mowing, a massive cost saving to the council that it would benefit from if more public parks were managed in this way.
Like all projects of this nature, accessing funding to employ people to maintain the Commons and undertake the work of connecting the community around it is a constant and often inhibiting challenge. But once these projects really get going they can become community-managed and really prove their worth to the community. Please help us share this film and inspire others to undertake similar projects in their own public spaces!
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