Maine Permaculture Experts
Designing and Building resilient Landscapes
Midcoast Permaculture offers landscape design and land planning services for home & farm. We work with clients in throughout Maine.
Our practice
We integrate the science of agroecology, the techniques of agroforestry, and the permaculture design process to build sustainable landscapes and resilient food systems. We support our clients throughout all phases of their projects, including:
Consultation and discovery
Design and documentation
Project installation and oversight
Maintenance and ongoing support
Eduation and enrichment
Services
Polyculture Design
Polyculture design is often central to permaculture. We design both annual and perennial polycultures, and sometimes we mix them and even include animals. We use techniques to help conserve water and build soil while growing gardens. Some of the techniques we use include sheet mulching, passive irrigation using swales, nutrient cycling and polyculture design.
Custom Design & Construction of Garden Systems
Some elements of the garden or homestead are biological and some are technical. The technical elements of the garden system need to be designed and built. We offer design and construction of these sorts of elements ranging from livestock coops and shelters to sheds and custom rain barrels; raised beds to arbors, trellises or other yard structures.
Water Conserving Earthworks
The easiest and cheapest place to store water is in the soil. Using passive water catchment in earthworks we can store water in soils to passively irrigate landscapes. These types of earthworks are scaleable and can be done by hand or by machine.
Growing Gardens
We use innovative techniques to help conserve water and build soil while growing gardens. Some of the techniques we use include sheet mulching, soil aeration using a broadfork, nutrient cycling and polyculture design.
Projects
Selected projects from the past decade of designing and implementing permaculture projects in midcoast Maine.
Rockland
Homestead Terraces
Water management solution for an edible landscape
Rockland
Micro-Ridge Raised Beds
Custom design and installation for a slope environment
Waldo County
Woodland Terraces
Water management for homestead agroforestry
About US
Owner/Principal Designer
Jesse Labbe-Watson
Jesse Labbe-Watson came to permaculture over the last decade by way of the movements for social and environmental justice. After a brief apprenticeship at Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina, Jesse formally studied permaculture with Charles and Julia Yelton at the Newforest Institute and Humustacia Gardens. He graduated from the their Advanced PDC in October 2008.
Jesse has gone on to start a permaculture landscape design/build and sustainability consultation firm in the Midcoast area. He has consulted for private residents, market gardens, farmers and non-profit organizations. He is active in movements for sustainability including permaculture, regenerative agriculture, agroforestry and food sovereignty.
In 2010 and 2014, Jesse was a principal logistics coordinator for the Northeast Regional Permaculture Convergence, hosted at the MOFGA fairgrounds. He served as president of the board of PAN – the Permaculture Association of the Northeast from 2016-2019. He lives with his family in Rockland, Maine.