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Clayton and I have been busy showing you what we got up to across our garden including activities, harvesting, reusing and adaptable techniques we use. This is what we got up to over this summer of 2024, through July, August and September
PART 1 Our Summer Mini Series
July 2024
Katrina and Clayton from @buildingafoodforest_scotland are back, sharing how they maximise the harvests from their Scottish garden, by combining crops cleverly. Growing in raised beds makes things easy and accessible for Clayton to harvest.
PART 2 Our Summer Mini Series
July 2024
Katrina and Clayton from @buildingafoodforest_scotland are back again, showing how the lavender hedge that they grew from seed saving money in lockdown is thriving – and the activities that Clayton gets involved in in July.
PART 3 Our Summer Mini Series
August 2024
Katrina and Clayton from @buildingafoodforest_scotland are back again, this time introducing their kitchen courtyard space that has been developed with Clayton in mind – complete with vertical growing, raised beds and lots of DIY projects to fill the space.
PART 4 Our Summer Mini Series
August 2024
Katrina and Clayton from @buildingafoodforest_scotland are back in their kitchen courtyard space. This area was developed with Clayton in mind and features sensory smells, textures and colours, all built for easy access and enjoyment.
PART 5 Our Summer Mini Series
September 2024
Katrina and Clayton from @buildingafoodforest_scotland are back again in their food forest, harvesting berries and turning their attention to saving money by seed collecting and saving.
PART 6 Our Summer Mini Series
September 2024
From mulching to toilet bombs, Katrina and Clayton from @buildingafoodforest_scotland have loads of ideas for using lavender prunings to save money. Plus, they’ve got great gift inspiration using end-of-season dried flowers!
Listen In And Learn More About Us
Would you like to hear more about us, where we started and what we get up to you can listen into our guest podcast that we have done
GillHB & Friends: Chatting About Family Life with 3 Children- Clayton Has Non Verbal Autism and Sensory Processing Needs and How We Got To Where We Are Now
Scotland Grows Show: Practising Permaculture Principles with Katrina Gelderbloem
Katrina & Clayton live with their family in East Ayrshire in Scotland and share their daily life in the garden on instagram @buildingfoodforest_scotland. They practice permaculture principles, reducing & repurposing waste whenever they can. Katrina shows how home educating in nature has helped Clayton thrive.
Clayton Completed The Grow and Learn Course with the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society in 2022. This year he will be completing Level 2 Nurture Course. Clayton is 16, Autistic, Non Verbal & has been Home Educated for the last 6yrs. Both Katrina and husband Peter have studied the Permaculture Design Course PDC and PDC Pro over the last 5yrs, developing their garden from grass to an ongoing food forest.
They have featured on BBC Beechgrove Gardens, Instagram’s Gardeners World Magazine and write for Scotland Grows Magazine. Katrina has a series of children’s story books out following the life of Clayton in the garden. Available at Amazon
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Author of the new children’s book series: Clayton’s Garden Journey: A Story of Autism and Gardening and Sowing, Growing, Weather and Seasons Weekly Gardening Record Book available on Amazon
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