Home-Educating Garden Duo, Mum & Autistic Son: Katrina And Clayton Based In Scotland. Follow Along As We Build A Food Forest From Lawn Using Permaculture Principles—Sharing Repurposing, Propagation & Soil Tips & Guides To Everything We Plant.
Building A Food Forest in Scotland. Where We Started In 2019. From a full grass lawn to a starting a food forest and fruit orchard, a raised bed area for annual veg and a kitchen courtyard for daily herbs and salads. Follow along with us on our journey.
Katrina & Clayton and family live in East Ayrshire and share their daily life in the garden on instagram. They practice permaculture principles in the garden, reducing & repurposing waste whenever they can. Katrina shows how home educating in nature has helped Clayton thrive.
Clayton Completed The 2 Grow and Learn Courses with the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society. He is Autistic, Non Verbal & has been Home Educated since 2018. Katrina & Peter hold their PDC & PDC PRO Permaculture Design Course from Oregon State University
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