Zone 1 is the outside area just outside your door. Whereas Zone 0 (Permaculture Zone 0) is the area that is 100% domesticated, Zone 1 is the area that is designed and controlled by you, but the elements you use to design with are from nature.
Because of this, Zone 1 is really an outside extension of Zone 0. It should be a shared, comfortable, fully controlled area. This area houses plants that are high-attention. Either you need the plants a lot - herbs for cooking, flowers for beauty or vines for shade - or the plants need you a lot - high maintenance roses, young seedlings, flowers in need of dead-heading.
Zone 1 also includes your kiddo's play lawn, the barbecue grill, and social spaces like a table or maybe a little fire pit.
Conceptually, this zone is akin to the shared intimate spaces of your house. Think your living room or kitchen. They are designed for comfort and high use in mind, but are slightly less intimate than the personal spaces of Zone 0.
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