Permaculture is a holistic design approach that mimics nature to design human systems. Permaculture prioritizes harmony with nature, biodiversity, and regeneration, while conventional design often focuses on aesthetics. Permaculture looks to use resources available on site and locally, when conventional designs tend to be high in resources such as ongoing maintenance, fertilizers, etc. There are quite a few differences between a landscape that has been designed with permaculture principles in mind versus conventional landscaping. For example, traditional landscaping berms typically stick up and off of the ground by 6-12”. When it rains, water runs directly off of these berms and towards the street and nearest waterway. With permaculture, a site analysis will first determine the best ways to slow, spread, and sink water onto the site. For this example, an “infiltration basin” or trench might be installed in lieu of a berm in order to capture all available rain during a storm event. Compost, wood chips, and locally found organic matter might be added to the basin. Next native, edible, and medicinal plants could be planted in the inside of the basin, in “guilds.”