Permaculture Design Info: Tagari Farm designed and established by Bill Mollison is for sale | Permaculture Research Institute of Australia

Tagari Farm designed and established by Bill Mollison is for sale

Posted in Tagari Farm, Bill Mollison by Geoff Lawton on the March 1st, 2007

Tagari Farm is a 148 acre property owned by Bill Mollison’s The Permaculture Institute of Australia, situated in the sub tropics of Northern New South Wales in the ancient volcanic crater of Mt Warning which is the first spot on the continent of Australia to receive the sun’s light every morning. The Pacific ocean beaches are just 45 minutes drive away. Close to the outer western rim of the volcanic rim the farm sits just below a striking geographic feature called The Pinnacle. It’s a sharp edged pointed ridge line rising 2000 feet, the lower slopes include a large fertile river flat with a long frontage to South Pumpenbil creek.

The property was originally used for dairy and cattle grazing and has been extensively designed and established by Bill Mollison over 10 years as a permaculture model farm. There are 43 bodies of water — dams, ponds, canals and many miles of water harvest swales throughout the lush landscape. Gravity water is set from large high dams as main grid water cover the majority of the total landscape, part of this system includes 6 fish ponds set up for continuous water exchange flow through capable of holding 20,000 fish, also chinampa canal growing systems with the potential of the highest production of any system ever documented.

Living systems also include very diverse and extensive plantings of forestry including, timber, bee forage, animal forage, 60 species of timber and food bamboo, plus food forest fruit trees with over 300 mangoes.

The building infrastructure includes the original 90 year old farm house, a large 5 bedroom farm house, a straw bale barn used as a classroom, a large classroom/tea room with kitchen and toilets/bathroom, a very large open hay barn/machinery shed and numerous out buildings used for animal housing.

The property is ideally suited to permaculture education, demonstration and diverse sustainable organic production.

Permaculture design consultancy will be offered to any purchaser.

For more information and to arrange an inspection of the property please phone the Permaculture Research Institute on +61 (02) 66886578