About Me & My Work
Alongside and interwoven into my permaculture work I have been an upland farmer, a specialist palliative care nurse, a Carer of elders and a creative. I’m currently living in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, England where I am a part time freelance creative and learning facilitator, while living with long term health challenges.
I started learning about permaculture in my early twenties as a way of finding positive ways to heal and regenerate Earth and her communities.
In 2011 I undertook a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) with the late Patrick Whitefield at Ragmans Farm, England and then in 2013 I completed a second PDC - Earth Activist Training - with Starhawk in Cazadero, California. In September 2015 I completed the Permaculture Association (Britain) Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design. In the same year I completed a course run by Looby Macnamara and Peter Cow, in people focused permaculture design facilitation and I undertook training to become an assessment tutor for the Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design. I took a break from any paid permaculture teaching and facilitation work when I was unwell with acute and then chronic Lyme disease from 2017 - 2020. I started a permaculture related creative practice as part of my slow recovery from Lyme, and art has become the flow that grounds my permaculture work and life as I continue to navigate living with a long term illness. I completed a third PDC (specifically for creatives) with Liz Postlethwaite in 2024. I write regular articles and reviews for several publications, including Permaculture Magazine and the Permaculture Women Magazine.
I started learning about permaculture in my early twenties as a way of finding positive ways to heal and regenerate Earth and her communities.
In 2011 I undertook a Permaculture Design Course (PDC) with the late Patrick Whitefield at Ragmans Farm, England and then in 2013 I completed a second PDC - Earth Activist Training - with Starhawk in Cazadero, California. In September 2015 I completed the Permaculture Association (Britain) Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design. In the same year I completed a course run by Looby Macnamara and Peter Cow, in people focused permaculture design facilitation and I undertook training to become an assessment tutor for the Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design. I took a break from any paid permaculture teaching and facilitation work when I was unwell with acute and then chronic Lyme disease from 2017 - 2020. I started a permaculture related creative practice as part of my slow recovery from Lyme, and art has become the flow that grounds my permaculture work and life as I continue to navigate living with a long term illness. I completed a third PDC (specifically for creatives) with Liz Postlethwaite in 2024. I write regular articles and reviews for several publications, including Permaculture Magazine and the Permaculture Women Magazine.
Permaculture Illustrations
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Shop
Check out my online shop here on my website for cards and prints of some of my most popular illustrations. Ethically printed by Footprint Workers Coop in Leeds and posted out to you in plastic free packaging. My free to use permaculture illustrations are offered free of financial cost, to use digitally in any regenerative change event or resource, materials and marketing. Please just include a reference to my website with any use. I also take commissions for permaculture related illustration work. Get in touch via email or my social media spaces to chat to me about your specific project ideas. Take a look at some of my recent commissions here |
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Blog
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In my blog I share regular, solutions focused examples of how permaculture can provide healing and regeneration for ourselves, our communities and our planet. I also write reviews about permaculture resources I am currently using. These are also in my blog and can be found easily in the navigation there.
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Learning facilitation
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I am a tutor in the Permaculture Association (UK) Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design and have availability for new apprentices starting the Diploma or those returning to it after a break. Click here for more details.
I also have some availability for teaching and facilitating short (1-2 hr) sessions on a diverse range of permaculture topics in online and local events. Contact me if this is something you would like to discuss. |
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Accessing Permaculture
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I have created several separate resources designed to help and support improving access to Permaculture, (and other activism type work/events), for people with chronic illness and/or disability. Click here to read and download the resources.
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Permaculture Resources
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Some of my favourite permaculture related books, blogs, podcasts and more. Click here to browse
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