Making your Permaculture Dreams a Reality
Unique One-on-One Permaculture Consultations
Cultivate an abundant and thriving ecosystem in your own property.
Permaculture • noun. verb
Development of agricultural ecosystems
intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient
Get tailored advice on how to create a garden that is a harmonious integration of landscape and people, while planning for your long-term property goals. We listen to your dreams and ambitions for your property before providing a solution-focused report that will help you to create the robust future-proof system of your dreams.
Savour Soil works with you, one-on-one, to bring you further along the permaculture journey, with practical advice for transforming your land into an abundant and resilient ecosystem for generations to come. Our action plans will help you envision your goals and break each step down so as to be achievable and practical, with a focus on earth care, people care and future care.
We understand that you’re looking for solutions that suit your lifestyle and budget, while still achieving a thriving ecosystem that will feed you and your family. We work with you and your existing environment to create a vision for your land, inspire you to take action and create a legacy for you and future generations.
For a more regenerative, resilient and abundant life.
In-person visits across South Queensland and online consultation are available.
“Savour Soil was recommended to us by a friend who had heard we had moved. As busy people, with only slightly ‘green’ thumbs, we were keen to engage a consultant who could provide a property-specific report, complete with local knowledge – so that we wouldn’t be wasting time, energy and money planting the wrong plants in the wrong places.
When we contacted Savour Soil, they outlined the three levels of consultancy services provided. As we had settled on a large rural residential lot and wanted to plan our long term future there, we engaged Savour Soil on a full consultation basis so that we could commence the permaculture design, with an understanding that a number of elements take three to five years to implement.
We were visited on a number of occasions, taking observations of the property, our lifestyle, and asking many questions. Most importantly, they listened to our dreams and goals and also took into account our limitations, particularly as we are time-poor, and provided a report that will help us create a garden that will feed our family and look after itself in an energy-efficient way.
So the overall outcome was a property report that will help us achieve our goals and break them down so they are not as overwhelming. Their knowledge has provided us with a 25-year plan of growing our own food, educating our children and enjoying our property. They have been so approachable and eager to answer our questions and design our garden our way. We wouldn’t hesitate in recommending Savour Soils for anyone wanting to gain a deeper understanding of permaculture, or anyone seeking holistic advice on how best to feed their own family from their garden.”
– Megan and Jacob
Using our unique approach, adapted over time we will :
- Use the Ethics and Design Principles as a guide to creating your resilient, regenerative and abundant landscape
- Discover your ‘why’ & discuss the different aspects you hope to achieve and what you’re able to bring to the design
- Explore & discover the characteristics, history of and plans for the property
- Work with you to facilitate the design process so that we can create something that is unique to your context
- Regenerate your soils and maximize your water potential
- Discover what will grow well and suit your preferences & lifestyle
- Identify waste streams that can bring added potential and value to your design
Choose your own Permaculture Adventure
Verbal Consultation Property Visit
How it works:
Savour Soil will visit your property to chat with you and anyone else living there about your plans and goals for your land. We will go over your time, energy and financial budgets, discuss what you would like out of your land (how much and what kinds of food, etc), and what elements would work well within the site.
What you get:
- 1:1 property assessment
- Verbal discussion of your needs and the needs of your land
- Tour of your land to discuss options and give you a direction for the next steps
- 1 hour offsite research, 3 hours onsite
What it costs:
$400 +GST
Who it’s for:
For those of you who are looking to move forward with your permaculture journey, but want a bit of guidance for what will work best for you and your property.
“A huge thank you for your time and knowledge today, and for your patience answering our many questions. It was just so inspiring. Greg and I both said afterwards that your fee was one of the best uses of our money – ever!”
– Helen & Greg
Online PDC Tutoring
How it works:
Are you doing a Permaculture Design Course and are unsure how or if the design you have done will work across your site? Or are you looking for practical advice on the implementation and management of that system? Savour Soil will come to you and walk with you through your design, asking questions and giving advice on how you can make it real.
What you get:
- 1:1 property assessment
- Verbal discussion of your needs and the needs of your land
- Assessment of your own design and suggestions for how it can be improved or implemented
- Tour of your land to discuss options and give you a direction for the next steps
- 3 hours onsite working with you and your design
What it costs:
$350 +GST
Who it’s for:
For those of you who are already undertaking a Permaculture Design Course, and want an in-person assessment of your plan and if it will work for you and your property.
“After completing my PDC and mapping out a design for my property I knew capturing water & improving the soil would have to be my first priority. Yet I still felt unsure exactly how to start. It was Savour Soil on-site consultation that filled that gap for me. Their probing questions and expertise helped me envisage how I could manage a gradual implementation of the integrated systems on my property over the coming years. They gave me the confidence to know where and how to get going and that’s exactly what I needed.”
- Sarah Smith
Concept Design
.How it works:
Take your consultation beyond a verbal visit!
Savour Soil will visit your property to chat with you and anyone else living there about your plans and goals for your land. We will go over your time, energy and financial budgets, discuss what you would like out of your land (how much and what kinds of food, etc), and what elements you would like included in the concept.
And if you live outside of Queensland we can still facilitate that conversation remotely.
What you get:
- 1:1 property assessment
- 30-page report tailored to your property and your needs
- Latest photographic mapping
- A concept design for you to build upon
- Final consultation to discuss your design and how you can implement it
What it costs:
Starts from $1500 +GST (subject to scope and distance), Approx. 50 hours of work
Who it’s for:
For those of you who are looking to move forward with your permaculture journey, and want a more high level and tailored assessment for what will work best for you and your property.
Working Plan Design
to 100inHow it works:
A more robust consultation.
Savour Soil will visit your property to chat with you and anyone else living there about your plans and goals for your land. We will go over your time, energy and financial budgets, discuss what you would like out of your land (how much and what kinds of food, etc), and what elements you would like included in the design.
What you get:
- 1:1 property assessment
- Minimum 50 to 100 page report tailored to your property and your needs
- Latest photographic mapping
- A working plan design for you to build upon
- Final consultation to discuss your design and how you can implement it
What it costs:
Starts from $4000 +GST (subject to scope and distance), Approx. 100 hours of work
Who it’s for:
For those of you who are looking to move forward with your permaculture journey, and want a more detailed and specific tailored assessment for what will work best for you and your property, and a comprehensive design for you to work off.
Adaptive Design Process
How it works:
The Adaptive Design Consult is where we truly embrace the design principle ‘Creatively use and respond to change’. We are engaged long-term to work with your and your land to create a robust and regenerative landscape.
What you get:
- Facilitated conversation between you and your land over 3 years’
- Identification of what is tangible and adjusting and developing your land design based on it’s feedback
- Latest photographic mapping to track progress
- Long-term engagement to educate and work with you along your permaculture design journey
What it costs:
Starts from $2500 +GST per year over 3 years (subject to scope and distance)
Who it’s for:
For those of you who are ready to embrace the permaculture lifestyle. You are looking for someone to work with you and your property, to create your vision for an abundant life.
What is Permaculture?
Permaculture is a celebration of life. It is a way for us to move forward, supporting ourselves while regenerating the landscape around us.
For ourselves, for future generations.
Permaculture has become, for many, synonymous with sustainable, organic home gardening, working with rather than against nature. Evolving from the original definition of PERMAnent agriCULTURE to PERMAnent CULTURE, permaculture is the harmonious integration of landscapes and people, through the conscious design of a lifestyle which is highly productive and leaves the earth richer than we found it.
By building resilient, regenerative and abundant human-supporting landscapes, permaculture achieves high yields for low energy inputs, while actually building fertility over successive seasons. We search for, design and create thriving ecosystems that celebrate nature’s abundance, providing solutions for every climate, landscape and culture imaginable.
In essence, a design process to meet human needs while enhancing ecosystem health.
We need to create a vision.
We need to change the climate of our minds. We need to rebuild our inner landscapes. We need a positive, solution-focused way of thinking. We need to be inspired, and we have to act. We need to heal ourselves, our landscapes, our relationship with nature and our culture & communities. We need to learn how to reconnect with nature so we can mimic it in the design of our present and our future.
Savour Soil Permaculture provide professional services and expertise in the field of sustainability and environmental design, permaculture education and training. We focus on practical, achievable projects to improve community resilience, increase food security and educate communities.
We work with landowners and renters throughout South East Queensland to cultivate abundant and thriving ecosystems in their own backyard. We teach, train and inspire the next generation of sustainable gardeners through in-person and online permaculture design courses, and encourage everyone to take action today, not just for the present but for the future.
