ONLINE PERMACULTURE TOUR
Change the world
from your backyard
Visit Melliodora to see how it's possible!
David Holmgren’s Melliodora isn’t just an abundant garden – it’s a game-changer! Join our virtual tour and see how this inspiring place grows its own food, catches its own water, and creates its own energy.
Warning: May cause sudden urges to dig up your lawn!
ONLINE PERMACULTURE TOUR
Can one homestead change the world?
Visit Melliodora to see how it's possible!
David Holmgren’s Melliodora isn’t just a home – it’s a revolution in regenerative living. Take our virtual tour and see how this single homestead produces its own food, water, and energy.
Prepare to rethink everything you know about modern living.
ONLINE PERMACULTURE TOUR
What does 40 years of Permaculture look like?
Join David Holmgren, permaculture co-originator, for an intimate wander through one of the world’s most established permaculture properties. See decades of real-world experimentation, observation, and abundance in action.
What you'll learn from Melliodora
Discover the practices that have shaped one of the world’s most influential and most documented permaculture sites.
10 HD videos • 3hrs of footage • Self-paced
Expert Commentary
Hear directly from David Holmgren as he shares insights, stories and design principles.
Orchards & Gardens
Explore orchards and gardens with over 35 years of development, showcasing polyculture design and natural succession.
Living Soil Secrets
Four decades of building fertility through composting, sheet mulching, and letting plants do the work.
Water Wisdom
See innovative water harvesting, storage and distribution systems that work with natural landscape patterns.
Animal Integration
Chickens and goats as productive system members – rotational grazing, housing, and fertility building.
Waste Systems
See how David and his partner Su turn waste into resources through composting and natural processing.
Bushfire Resilient Design
Practical strategies for keeping a property defendable in fire-prone landscapes.
Creek Revegetation
Transforming degraded waterways into thriving wildlife corridors through strategic planting and patience.
Tree Management
Coppicing, pollarding, and timber production – how trees provide more than shade when managed well.
Melliodora isn’t just a homestead – it’s a living laboratory of sustainable practices.
Living permaculture
At Melliodora—positioned at the edge between cool temperate and mediterranean climate zones—you will see how permaculture can produce an abundance of food and other yields from a beautiful living environment.
Melliodora is not a display garden or a theoretical model.
It is a living, evolving home where permaculture principles have been tested, adapted, and refined for 40 years.
In this online tour, you’ll walk through the landscape with David Holmgren and observe how food production, water systems, buildings, and fire-aware design work together in practice.
You’ll see what has endured, what has changed, and why — offering insights you can apply to your own place, regardless of scale or climate.
In this newly filmed garden tour, David walks you through the systems, strategies, and sometimes surprising decisions that have shaped Melliodora into what it is today.
You’ll see what works, what didn’t, and most importantly – how to translate these principles into your own patch, wherever you are.
10 HD Videos | 3 Hours of Garden Goodness
Learn directly from David Holmgren
Co-originator of permaculture, David Holmgren has influenced generations of designers through his writing, teaching, and long-term practice in regenerative living.
For more than four decades, David Holmgren has explored how ecological principles guide resilient, regenerative ways of living, influencing practitioners and communities worldwide.
Melliodora — David’s home since the 1980s, shared with his partner Su Dennett — is permaculture in practice: an evolving landscape offering rare insight into what endures over time.
This is permaculture as it is lived — tested through decades of real experience.
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A total of ten modules to explore, plus galleries and further reading
Simple, Flexible Access to the Melliodora Tour
Watch anywhere, anytime, and return to the material whenever you need inspiration or guidance.
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- High Definition Video Content
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Yearly
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- High Definition Video Content
- Expert Commentary
- Endless ideas & inspiration
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- High Definition Video Content
- Endless ideas & inspiration
- Lifetime access. No ongoing fees
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All plans include full access to the complete tour, with high-definition video and expert commentary from David Holmgren.
Choose monthly for flexibility, yearly for value,
or lifetime access if you want to return again and again.
You can cancel your plan at any time.
Join the Wait List for Early Access
Be part of the first group to explore the new tour
AND receive a half-price sign-up offer.
The Melliodora property never stops evolving, and neither does this tour. We’re updating the content to reflect the latest developments, seasonal abundance, and lessons learned.
As a waitlist member, you’ll get first access when we launch— plus a half-price offer only available to early supporters.
FAQ
Here are a few of our more commonly asked questions.
How long will I have access to the online tour for?
This depends on which tour you have purchased.
Monthly gives you access for one month, with an ongoing subscription. You may cancel your subscription at any time, or keep it rolling for as long as you want access to the course.
Yearly gives you access for one year. Cancellation of your subscription gives you access for the remainder of that year.
Lifetime is a single payment that grants you access for the lifetime of the Hub platform.
How long will the online tour take to complete?
There are roughly three hours of video footage plus photo galleries and maps to refer to.
The tour is broken up into topic related units, so you can watch it at your own pace, and easily return to the sections which interest you the most.
Do I need to know about Permaculture?
No. The Melliodora Online Tour is perfect for those who are newly curious, and equally as relevant for those who are already living by the Permaculture Principles.
What if I have further questions about Melliodora?
You can read more about Melliodora here.
If you would like to explore more of David’s work have a look at the Holmgren Design website.
What if English is not my first language?
Currently we do not have subtitles available, however we are investigating this for future courses.
Basic internet and website navigation skills are all you need. If you have a particularly old computer or very poor internet, you may experience some lag when viewing the video content.
You can use our queries form here.
Or send an email to [email protected]
Someone from the support team will get back to you as soon as they can.
You can use our queries form here.
Or send an email to [email protected]
Someone from the support team will get back to you as soon as they can.
Sorry, not at the moment. For the time being, the only gift option is to create an account using your friend’s name and email and then let them know the details.
For online courses, a full no-questions-asked refund will be granted upon request within 30 days of your registration.
Contact us by email on [email protected] before the end of the 30th day.
Refunds will be provided within 5 working days.