A bonus in the desert:

Flood Irrigation

The Phoenix Valley has thousands of acres of urban land irrigated by flood irrigation, infrastructure intended for traditional agriculture.

This irrigation is lake water, packed with natural fertilizer in the form of wildlife excretion and decay. It’s also 10x cheaper than city water, which is treated with chemicals.

Let’s leverage it for the benefit of all.

Satellite view of a city with an airport and mountains, likely Phoenix, Arizona.

Aerial view of a residential neighborhood with grid-like streets, numerous houses, green spaces, and a few larger buildings.

Can you tell where the flood irrigated neighborhoods are?

How about now?

Aerial view of a suburban neighborhood with houses, pools, lawns, and trees.

The contrast—and privilege—becomes more stark the closer we get.

Flood-irrigated properties have an unfair advantage for growing in the desert southwest.

However, most irrigated properties are not operating nearly at their full production potential, missing out on all the benefits of permaculture.

What’s more, public and private irrigation services currently operate at a deficit, and are trying to either increase service costs, or phase out their services, leaving residents high and dry.

These are the opportunities Permascaping seeks to capitalize on, for the purpose of transforming Phoenix (and cities like it) into resilient, regenerative, locally owned food systems.