We are curious about this patch of grass, trees, pathways and access roads between the Inhedge and Dudley High Street.
What might we learn about this patch if we spend time in it? How might that inform future ideas and designs for this patch of land?
If it's too wet or windy to be comfortable outside
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Below is an image from the Permaculture Women's Guild observation module of the Permaculture Design Certificate. In this module the tutor explains: Before we can build ecological gardens and communities, we must first take the time to look deeply into our surroundings and try to see how best to integrate ourselves with the natural ecology. Humans are notorious for their inability and/or unwillingness to look at the natural signs around them, and this tendency is probably how we got in such deep water with the natural environment. As permaculture designers, we eschew blind and compulsive action, and opt for a careful, deliberate process, and the path to that transformation is paved with a mosaic of multisensory observations.