About Candlelight Farm

Candlelight Farm is a 2 acre permaculture (Pc) property which is located 30 kilometres east of Perth, Western Australia, in the Darling Range. When Candlelight Farm started, in 1992, the property contained little more then a few gum trees. It was designed as a demonstration of a permaculture system. The farm has come along since then, and this new internet site is another extension of the activities of Candlelight Farm. This site also discusses basic permaculture principles . You can order books and videos published by Candlelight Farm.

The property has a passive solar house, greywater re-use system, intensive gardens, aquaculture tanks and nursery, general plant propagation areas, large variety of poultry, compost production, worm farm, specialist fruit and nut trees, and heaps more.

Candlelight Farm contains:

• Passive solar home featuring
  • rammed earth bricks
  • heat exchange, solar active HWS
  • solar air heaters
  • natural timber finishes
  • rammed earth paths
• Domestic on-site waste disposal system - such as
  • DOWMUS dry composting toilet
  • approved greywater disposal and infiltration system
  • trials of greywater treatment using flowforms and native plants for nutrient stripping
• Companion planted gardens and orchard areas
• Range of poultry - including
  • geese
  • chickens
  • ducks
  • emus
• Propagation areas - including
  • hot house
  • shadehouse
• Compost production areas - including earthworm farm
• Aquaculture tanks and dam - polyculture with crustaceans, fish and plants
• Specialist trees - such as
  • large range of bamboos
  • fodder species - tagasaste, acacias, oaks, poplars, grasses and bamboos
  • fruit and nut trees
  • water, salt and clay tolerant species
  • dryland species
  
  Copyright 1998 - Candlelight Farm Permaculture Education Centre - 15 November 1998