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Books, films & good company
A hand-picked shelf to carry you further — from the friendliest first read to the field-defining manuals, plus the films and communities that keep the spark alive.
Books
From gentle first reads to the field-defining manuals.
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
Toby Hemenway
The best-selling permaculture book worldwide, and the friendliest place to start for a home gardener.
BeginnerCreating a Forest Garden
Martin Crawford
The definitive temperate forest-garden manual, from the steward of the Dartington garden.
IntermediateEdible Forest Gardens (Vols. 1 & 2)
Dave Jacke & Eric Toensmeier
The deep technical reference for designing temperate food forests, guild by guild.
ReferencePermaculture: A Designers' Manual
Bill Mollison
The 576-page foundational text and the basis of the Permaculture Design Certificate.
ReferenceRestoration Agriculture
Mark Shepard
Perennial agriculture at farm and broadacre scale — permaculture for real-world farmers.
IntermediateDirt to Soil
Gabe Brown
An accessible, first-hand regenerative-agriculture story from one of its most influential voices.
BeginnerFilms
Watch the soil come back to life.
Kiss the Ground
2020 · narrated by Woody Harrelson
The documentary that brought regenerative agriculture and soil carbon to a mass audience.
BeginnerThe Biggest Little Farm
2018 · John & Molly Chester
A decade building a wildly biodiverse farm from dead ground — visually gorgeous and deeply hopeful.
BeginnerOrganizations
Research, teaching, and community, worldwide.
Permaculture Research Institute
Geoff Lawton’s global education and demonstration network, based at Zaytuna Farm.
Agroforestry Research Trust
Martin Crawford’s UK charity — forest-garden research, plants and seeds, and courses.
Rodale Institute
Pioneers of regenerative organic research since the 1940s; coined the word “regenerative.”
Kiss the Ground
A nonprofit advocating for regenerative agriculture and healthy soil as climate solutions.
Learn & Get Certified
Go deeper with courses and hands-on time.