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🌿 Permaculture Trailbook

Updated: Sep 24

Welcome to the Permaculture Trailbook — your printable companion for exploring the 12 Permaculture Principles along the Edible Trails Garden!

Whether you're walking the trail, working in your garden, or just beginning your permaculture journey, this printable journal invites you to observe, reflect, and interact with nature — one principle at a time.


📖 How to Use This Journal

Each journal page is dedicated to one of the 12 Permaculture Principles. Here’s how to use it:

  1. Print the PDF (or download and annotate digitally).

  2. Watch the corresponding YouTube episode to see how the principle comes to life in action.

  3. Take the journal into your garden, forest trail, or natural space.

  4. Use the prompts to:

    • Record what you see, hear, feel, and sense.

    • Jot down plant observations or design ideas.

    • Sketch maps or patterns from your space.

    • Reflect on how the principle applies to your life or project.

  5. Repeat weekly or monthly — and notice how your perspective evolves over time.

These pages are designed to be used again and again. Print as many as you need and create your own evolving “Trailbook” filled with insights from the land.


🌱 Journal Pages & YouTube Episodes

Below you’ll find each of the 12 Permaculture Principles, listed in order. Click the video link to watch the episode and download the matching journal page to print or use digitally.


1. PP1- Observe & Interact

Permaculture Principle #1 - Observe and Interact

Download PP1 Journal Page






2. PP2 - Catch & Store Energy

Permaculture Principle #2 - Catch and Store Energy

Download PP2 Journal Page






3. Obtain a Yield

Download PP3 Journal Page






4. Apply Self-Regulation & Accept Feedback -Coming Soon


Download PP4 Journal Page





5. Use & Value Renewable Resources and Services - Coming Soon





6. Produce No Waste - Coming Soon


7. Design from Patterns to Details - Coming Soon


8. Integrate Rather Than Segregate - Coming Soon


9. Use Small & Slow Solutions - Coming Soon


10. Use & Value Diversity - Coming Soon


11. Use Edges & Value the Marginal - Coming Soon


12. Creatively Use & Respond to Change - Coming Soon



🌀 Stay Connected

Follow along on YouTube and Instagram to see how others are using the Trailbook in their spaces. Share your pages with us using #PermacultureTrailbook!

 
 
 

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