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Todayʻs the day. Last day to vote for your favorite Permaculture Design of 2025.
If you are a PINA member, all you have to do is visit PINA.in, log in and place your vote.
If you are not a PINA member, you have to become one first, but donʻt worry, you can become a member and vote for as little as $20 per year!
Come out and VOTE. Show the world we care about Permaculture!
Voting is still open for PINA’s 2025 Permaculture Design Contest until December 15.
Today we are highlighting finalist Megan Gilger, whose project showcases a holistic approach to permaculture design rooted in observation, care, and long term thinking. Her work emphasizes resilient systems that support both people and ecosystems, demonstrating how thoughtful design can create lasting positive change on the land.
View entries and vote here
https://pina.in/design_2025-design-contest-finalists/
Voting is still open for PINA’s 2025 Permaculture Design Contest until December 15.
Today we are highlighting finalist Ethan Cohen, whose submitted project demonstrates a thoughtful, systems based approach to regenerative land design. His work weaves together ecological restoration, human needs, and long term resilience, showing how permaculture principles can be applied in a practical and grounded way.
View entries and vote here
https://pina.in/design_2025-design-contest-finalists/
Voting is still open for PINA’s 2025 Permaculture Design Contest until December 15.
Today we are highlighting finalist Skip Shuda, who submitted an eco forest design project in Pennsylvania.
View entries and vote here
https://pina.in/design_2025-design-contest-finalists
PINA Members: It’s time to vote for the Best New Permaculture Designer of 2025
Finalists:
• Ethan Cohen
• Khari Jackson
•Megan Gilger
• Skip Shuda
Voting closes Dec 15.
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Today we’re giving thanks for you — the growers, teachers, designers, and soil-tenders who keep this movement alive.
Want to start a profitable nursery without buying hundreds of plants?
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Get more tips in the free ebook. Download it today. https://pina.in/setting-up-a-permaculture-nursery/
Meet the 2025 PINA Design Contest Finalists! 🌱
Ethan Cohen, North Star Grove, Megan Gilger, and Skip Shuda.
Four powerful beginner permaculture projects shaping a regenerative future.
Member voting open through Dec 15. https://pina.in/
Your nursery could be one of them.
Starting a small, local plant nursery might seem humble — but it’s one of the most powerful acts of regeneration you can make.
If you’ve ever dreamed of making a living growing plants, this is your sign.
👉 Learn how to build your own thriving permaculture nursery before we close the doors at the end of the month— https://pina.in/summit_permaculture-nursery-summit-sales/
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If you started your own permaculture nursery…
👉 What would YOU grow?
A. Veggie Starts 🥕
B. Fruit Trees 🍊
C. Medicinals & Herbs 🌿
D. Rare & Exotic Plants 🌺
Drop your letter in the comments and tag a friend who’d totally pick something different 👇
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Do you love plants?
Why not earn an income from them?
PINA has released a new learning experience for plant lovers called the Permaculture Nursery Course. It teaches you how to turn your garden into a nursery that supports you and your community. You will learn how to propagate plants, choose what to grow, and sell them locally in a way that feels natural and regenerative.
If you have ever thought, “I could really do this,” this is your invitation.
Start today!
Want to turn your land into income?
Our FREE Permaculture Nursery Guide just dropped — and it’s the shortcut you’ve been waiting for.
Learn the 7 quick wins that make a nursery profitable, resilient, and easy to run. Plus: best-selling plants + layout tips that actually work.
A nursery is one of the top ways to earn from your homestead — if you set it up right.
Download it today. Your future self will thank you.
Want to learn how to make plants your side hustle?
Grab the FREE ebook: Setting Up Your Permaculture Nursery
https://pina.in/setting-up-a-permaculture-nursery/
Disaster can be frightening.
But it doesn’t have to be—when you have a plan.
This Halloween, remember: Permaculture offers a roadmap to turn today’s scary world into one of resilience and abundance. But it only works when more people like you join the mission.
Be part of the solution. Become a PINA member today and help transform fear into a thriving, abundant future.
You know what’s really cool? People coming together to make change where they live.
That’s the heart of the Florida Permaculture Convergence — Nov 7–9 in Kissimmee. Workshops, seeds, community, inspiration. Be there.
When we first started working with nurseries, we saw the same mistakes over and over again: planting what we liked instead of what people wanted, skipping labels on trays, and overlooking the microclimates that shape success.
The result? Unsold plants and wasted time.
This free ebook gathers the lessons we’ve learned as a community—so you can set up your nursery the right way from the start.
https://pina.in/setting-up-a-permaculture-nursery/
Crazy idea: what if your tomatoes bought your groceries? Or your papayas covered the WiFi bill?
Turns out, a backyard nursery can do exactly that.
Get the step-by-step in our FREE ebook: Setting Up Your Permaculture Nursery.
Click now and let your plants pick up the tab.
https://pina.in/setting-up-a-permaculture-nursery/
The Permaculture Design Contest submissions are in. Finalists will be announced next month.
Past winners remind us how permaculture thrives in every setting:
2018 – Tao Orion: Water-harvesting earthworks in Oregon.
2019 – Salina Duncan: School garden in Guatemala Highlands.
2021–22 – Jasmine Oberste: Community food forest for First Nations, Vancouver Island.
2023 – Kelly Bull: Urban food forest, Colorado Springs.
2024 – Felicita Thomas: School garden, Haiti.
See more: https://pina.in/pina-permaculture-design-challenge/
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