Chemical-free clothes: Easy DIY Natural Dye Using Common Foods
Would you believe that this is the colour you get from purple carrots, brown onion skins and avocado…
Natural Activities for School Holidays
School holidays start here next weekend. Here are some great outdoor activities to get the kids involved with…
I Learned To Weave a Basket Today & Was Surprised How Much Joy I Felt.
What an unexpected delight it was experience my first weaving circle today and learn how to weave a…
Working as a permaculture designer and teacher.
School holidays are a wonderfully busy time for me as a permaculture educator and designer – especially with…
Colouring the Streets with Collaborative Community Art
Maleny, my local town, hosted it’s first Knitfest last weekend – a celebration of yarn and fibre arts.…
Two Simple Newspaper Seed and Cutting Pots: Make them With Kids
These newspaper pots are fun, quick and easy to make – no sticky-tape, no string or elastic bands…
How to process homegrown olives: making your own delicious green & black table olives
My olive tree fruited this year for the first time. Earlier this week I noticed the olives were…
Plastic-free shopping – how to avoid coming home with a bagful of unnecessary plastic.
When reducing plastic waste is a core goal while out shopping for household needs, there are so many…
Healthy Future for Children – Nature Kids design an ecovillage
Children designed and made an ecovillage at Crystal Waters Permaculture Village this Saturday. They immersed themselves in design thinking…
Children’s permaculture workshops
Leading children’s permaculture workshops at the Mt Cootha Botanic Gardens was my adventure yesterday. There was wonderful creative…