The Permaculture Earthworks Handbook

"Water is the key element wherever we choose to live. Having travelled widely with indigenous people in both wet and dry climates I know how much care we need to spend on getting water if we are to break with the unsustainable option of plumbing into the grid. Douglas Barnes has written the key book on harvesting water for permaculture living. Clear, lively and extremely well written- it's destined to be a classic."
—Robert Twigger, Best-selling author, Micromastery and Angry White Pajamas

"Required reading for students of permaculture design, regenerative agriculture, and earth restoration."
—Maddy Harland, editor and co-founder, Permaculture Magazine

"This needs to be a standard reference on the desk of every landscape designer, forester, agronomist, and master planner."
—Albert Bates, author, The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook, The Biochar Solution, and The Paris Agreement

"After reading this book, you’ll be ready to move some serious dirt."
—Rebecca Martin, Managing Editor, Mother Earth News

"Creating earthworks to manage water resources is the crucial first step in permaculture land development and Douglas Barnes provides an essential guide doing it right the first time."
—Darrell Frey, author, Bioshelter Market Garden and The Food Forest Handbook

"In The Permaculture Earthworks Handbook, Douglas Barnes has taken a complex subject and presented it in easy to understand language that anyone can follow…. A must read for anyone undertaking an earthworks project. "
—Robert Pavlis, author, Building Natural Ponds and Garden Myths

"This remarkably thorough and comprehensive book will be of great value to all who are seriously interested in shaping the ground to get the maximum value from the water that is available to them, while also taking excellent care of their land."
—Sue Reed, Landscape Arcitect, author, Energy-Wise Landscape Design, co-author, Climate-Wise Landscaping