My passion is permaculture. I design and create edible and ecological landscapes and operate an edible plant  nursery. 

At its very essence, permaculture is about creating beautiful and abundant systems that are designed to meet all our needs while respecting the harmony of nature. Landscapes, when designed properly, can provide food, medicine, building materials, fuel, fibres, and much more.

My landscapes are designed and implemented using the following principles:

• Sustainability – Landscapes that thrive indefinitely

• Harmony with nature – Promoting biodiversity and creating healthy and flourishing ecosystems

• Abundance – Landscapes that produce abundant food and many other resources

• Resiliency – Landscapes designed so that humans can overcome and adapt to changing environments

• Beauty – We experience nature through our senses. Let’s create a beautiful place that fosters creativity

• Community – People are an integral part of permaculture. Systems rely on people working together and sharing resources

• Fun – I create places where people can thrive and have fun

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If you would like to learn more about permaculture, here are some books and videos I recommend starting with.

Books 

The Resilient Farm and Homestead: An Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach – Ben Falk

Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening – Sepp Holzer

The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country – Peter Bane

Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability – David Holmgren

Restoration Agriculture: Real World Permaculture for Farmers – Mark Shepard

Videos 

Farming with Nature: A Case Study of Successful Temperate Permaculture (with Sepp Holzer)

A Farm for a Future (A BBC Documentary)

Homestead and Farm Resiliency – Principles in Practice (with Ben Falk)

The Permaculture Concept (Bill Mollison)