SOILS Permaculture: Micro-Gardens for Refugee Families

Founded in 2014 in the village of Saidoun, SOILS Permaculture Association Lebanon runs permaculture, composting and beekeeping training for Lebanese communities and Syrian refugees alike. Its Micro-Gardens programme, delivered in refugee camps across the Bekaa Valley, teaches families to build small, water-efficient food gardens in tight spaces, and it co-produced a grey-water gardening manual with partners for use in Syrian displacement camps. Across its training programmes, SOILS has taught roughly 500 people agroecology, permaculture, composting and beekeeping skills.