Members of the Mid-Maine Permaculture Council recently shared concepts and applications of permaculture with members of the Central Maine Garden Club; approximately 30 members attended.
Bonnie Sammons, a former teacher, grant writer, and leader of the Mid-Maine Change Lobby, opened the session. She was accompanied by Barbara Russell, an environmentalist from central Maine, according to a news release from club member Donna Sawyer.
The trend of permaculture began in the 1970s when the needs of the natural climate were prioritized as sustainable and self-sufficient. It was a new way of looking at the world. It became a commitment to design gardens that would be ecologically sound, economically prosperous, with a human commitment.
Permaculture is the care of the earth, of people that work with nature. Together with a mix of different kinds of plants, permaculture mimics nature, according to a news release from Donna Sawyer with the garden club, based in Waterville.