This is an easy-to-use guide to selecting hundreds of perennial species. It is indispensable for growers and designers working in subtropical and warm temperate/arid climates, and also includes some cool-climate tolerant species. Permaculture Plants: A Selection details hundreds of common and unusual edible, medicinal, and useful plants.
Jeff Nugent was born in Perth, Western Australia and moved to Nannup in 1975, where he set up the Sustainable Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) in 1982. SARI is a small, non-government, non-profit organisation dedicated to working toward sustainable human existence based on a 30 hectare property. Jeff holds a degree in permaculture and teaches courses, both from SARI and away.