Nature knows
Nature by design is functional. Her forms all serve a distinct purpose and they do so very efficiently and sustainably. With hundreds of millions of years of constant evolution and refinement, that should be no surprise.
If we’re seeking out regions of maximum productivity and biodiversity in nature to draw garden design inspiration from, the best places to look to are the edges of ecosystems.
The permaculture principle called “the edge effect” is concerned with increasing diversity and productivity in our systems by emulating the edges of ecosystems as well as the patterns found in nature.
ECOSYSTEM EDGES, WHERE WORLDS MEET
In the science of ecology, the concept known as “the edge effect” (which the permaculture design principle is named after)
