May 24, 2020 | Landscape Design, Permaculture, Rainwater harvesting, Soil food web
Five Ways to Create an Abundant Landscape There is nothing quite like witnessing abundance in your landscape. What do we mean when we refer to a landscape as abundant? Here’s one definition, a profusion, a great plenty, an overflowing quantity. How do we take... 
Apr 9, 2020 | Edible landscapes, Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
I live on Vancouver Island within the Regional District of Nanaimo. The RDN covers a large area spanning from Bowser down to South Nanaimo and Cedar. With the current pandemic involving the COVID-19 virus, the BC Government has placed restrictions on open burning in... 
Jan 21, 2020 | Blog post, Landscape Design, Permaculture, Rainwater harvesting
Like many property owners who live on acreage, we rely on a rock pit or drainage pit to handle or infiltrate the water coming from our residence roof area and perimeter drains. Last fall, we discovered that our rock pit had failed, which is very common for a home 40+... 
Nov 19, 2019 | Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Permaculture
Landscape design has a rich history in most countries of the world that followed on the heals of agricultural developments. Some of the earliest records show that in the 6th century BC that the hanging gardens of Babylon were created along the Euphrates river. The... 
Oct 27, 2019 | Blog post, Holistic land care, Landscape Design, Soil food web
Putting your landscape to bed for winter We are well into fall, the weather is shifting, and it’s a perfect time of year to consider how to prepare your landscape for the winter, or how to put your landscape to bed for the winter. What would this look like, and... 
Sep 17, 2019 | Blog post, Landscape Design, Permaculture, Permaculture training
I will be instructing an online PDC, along with some of permacultures super stars, starting Sept. 30th, 2019. If your looking to take a Permaculture Design Certificate course this is one of the finest online program currently being offered. You can check the course...