The Fruitful Forest Garden Nursery

Carole and Scott first discovered Permaculture in 2011 though the Permaculture Magazines and North Queensferry Transition Initiative. They completed their Permaculture Design Certificate in Edinburgh with James Chapman in 2012.

Diploma in Applied Permaculture

The Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design is a distance learning course by the Permaculture Association. It is a self led action learning process where you learn to apply a range of Permaculture Design Processes and Tools to 10 projects of your choosing. The next few pages describe Carole’s journey as she completed her Permaculture Diploma. You can click on each link or video to learn more about each project.

1. Cairneymount – this is the first project that Scott and I worked on together after doing the PDC.
2. The Secret Garden – this was a design for a secret garden at North Queensferry Primary School that I designed in collaboration with the school eco-group.
3. Mill Lane Garden– a domestic garden design for a garden that was prone to flooding.
4. Permaculture Scotland Policy Working group – this covers two small pieces of work that I did on behalf of the Permaculture Scotland Policy Working Group.
5. Scottish Smallholders Festival – a project that I co-designed with Kate Everett to promote Permaculture amongst the Smallholder community.
6. Permaculture workshops – a series of workshops at Permaculture convergences and training courses.
7. Croftgary overall site design – we moved to Croftgary in 2016 and this is Carole and Scotts design for the layout of the overall site.
8. Egner family energy optimisation – a project by Carole and Scott to reduce our carbon footprint and save money.
9. Croftgary Forest Garden – another collaboration with Scott to design our forest garden – now known as The Fruitful Forest Garden – see video below.
10. Carole’s learning pathway – my design for how I would achieve my Permaculture Diploma

The Fruitful Forest Garden Design