• “You can solve all the world's problems in a garden.”

    ― Geoff Lawton

  • “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

    - Margaret Mead

  • “If you’re not having fun you have the design wrong”

    -Geoff Lawton

  • “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

    -Mahatma Gandhi

  • "The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone."

    -Bill Mollison

About Mary

Gardening has been a part of my life as long as I can remember. Even though my father was in the military, we had a vegetable garden everywhere we lived in the world. Later I found playing in the dirt, growing flowers, and vegetables was my happy place.

I discovered permaculture about 10 years ago and decided, eight years later, to make permaculture design my new career.

After teaching for 25 years in the public school system, I became a student again attending Oregon State University’s Permaculture Design Certificate Online Course.

Currently, I consult with clients about yard, garden, and property design to regeneratively and sustainably grow food where they live. I reside in Spokane, Washington and am growing my own urban food forest. Permaculture is fair share, earth care, and people care; all of which mesh with my core values.

“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.”

-Bill Mollison


About Permaculture

Many people don’t recognize  the term “Permaculture,”  however; those same individuals would know the terms of biofarming, agroforestry, organic gardening, cover cropping, no till, regenerative agriculture, sustainable gardening, applied ecology, and agroecology.  Though these terms aren’t always associated with permaculture, they share many of the same practices.

Permaculture has three guiding ethics which are Earth Care, People Care, and Fair share. Earth care is making sure that personal resources are aligned with ecological concerns.  Water conservation, encouraging biodiversity in flora and fauna, recycling, composting are all possible ways to care for the earth. 

People care may extend to communities that you belong to and also include good self care with proper diet and exercise. 

Lastly, Fair Share may overlap with People Care in that, how many resources does one person or one family truly need?  Surplus in the garden? Share abundance with friends and neighbors. We are designed to be in community with each other.

The ethics of permaculture is broken down further into principles of permaculture. Jessi Bloom and Dave Boehnlein, authors of “Practical Permaculture,” state they are: functional interconnection, multiple functions, design for resilience, obtain a yield, small scale solutions, mimic nature (biological resources), diversity, solve problems creatively, element’s use is in harmony with its nature, manage edges, and cycle and recycle energy.  


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