Permaculture Design & Consultancy
Residential & Commercial
A permaculture garden design offers a regenerative approach that mimics natural ecosystems, creating a self-sufficient and resilient landscape tailored to your needs.
Approaching a garden with a permaculture outlook brings abundance not just for you but for the entire ecosystem; creating balance and harmony for you, for wildlife and beyond.
Permaculture design principles encourage natural biodiversity using perennials, food forests, and wildlife-friendly habitats while minimising waste and external inputs. By creating closed-loop systems like rainwater harvesting and composting, a permaculture garden supports long-term soil health, water conservation and ecological balance offering an abundance of benefits for humans, animals and soil alike.
The Process
A permaculture consultation for a garden, rooftop, or farm focuses on creating a self-sustaining, ecologically harmonious system that meets your needs while enhancing the natural environment. From your perspective as a customer, here's what the process typically looks like:
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The consultation usually starts with an in-depth discussion about your goals, vision, and challenges for your space. Depending on location I will visit your site (or review photos/plans) to evaluate the current state of your land or garden, including its size, layout, and existing vegetation. I also take into account factors like climate, sunlight, wind patterns, water sources, and soil quality.
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I will ask about your personal or family’s needs. For example, are you aiming for food production, creating a natural habitat, energy efficiency, or a beautiful space to relax? We will discuss how much time and effort you can invest in maintaining it and whether you prefer a more hands-on or hands-off approach to management.
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A detailed map of your site will likely be created. I will assess how natural elements interact on your property over time. This could include tracking how water flows across the landscape, understanding seasonal variations, where sunlight hits, and where wind barriers are needed and protection from larger pests if needed.
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After understanding the site and your goals, i will present a tailored design that integrates permaculture principles like water conservation, waste recycling, biodiversity, and regenerative soil practices. This design will suggest planting native species, food forests, creating habitats for wildlife, and sustainable water solutions (like rainwater harvesting or greywater systems). If it’s a rooftop garden, the design will account for weight limitations, wind exposure, and urban biodiversity.
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The proposal will also explain how to incorporate elements like companion planting, edible landscaping, natural pest control, and crop rotation. For larger farms, it might include animal systems that support crop growth, rotational grazing, or natural fertilizer production.
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Once the design is approved, I offer advice on how to phase the project based on your budget and priorities. Some consultants offer follow-up services to help with sourcing materials or plants, and guide you through initial installation steps. Unless you use us for the install phase. For farms or larger projects, ongoing support and education may be part of the service to ensure long-term success.
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Throughout the process, you’ll learn how your design will reduce energy inputs, spend less each year, enhance biodiversity, improve soil health, and create a closed-loop system that provides yields for years to come.
Overall, a permaculture consultation is a holistic approach where I seek to empower you with knowledge and design a space that not only looks good but functions as a thriving ecosystem aligned with nature.
Previous projects
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![Aerial view of a lush garden with several vegetable plots, greenhouses, and surrounding trees. The garden is sectioned by pathways, with a gravel path on the bottom right and a fenced area containing mulch piles on the top left.]()
Jack's Patch Market Garden
From donated land near London, I built a thriving market garden over 4 years, supplying locals and chefs while gaining invaluable experience in sustainable farming, community, and business.
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![Two men standing in a garden with raised beds, tools, and a covered plant, smiling and posing for the photo, with hills and trees in the background.]()
Gaz Oakley's Market Garden
The vision for Gaz's garden is a dynamic, edible landscape featuring swales on a hill for water-wise growing, unique teardrop beds, woodchip paths, a grassy perimeter, and a bespoke timber barbecue area, creating a beautiful and functional outdoor cooking and food-growing haven.
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![Newly constructed wooden chicken coop with small windows, outdoor lighting, and a sloped metal roof, situated in a wooded area with sunlight shining through the trees.]()
Homestead
The homestead project involves creating a large dead hedge, wildflower meadow, mushroom farm, unique log structures, raised vegetable beds with hops, and a big chicken coop, with plans for fruit trees and more wildlife.
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![Backyard with a large leafless tree, a wooden swing set frame, a bench, and a gravel play area fenced with wooden panels, under a partly cloudy sky.]()
Zen Garden
In just four days, we transformed a shaded backyard into a tranquil zen garden for yoga and massage, featuring a water fountain, fire pit, moss, Japanese plants, bamboo fencing, and unique aesthetic and sensory elements creating a peaceful green haven.
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![A greenhouse made of glass and white framing on a brick foundation, surrounded by garden beds with young plants and flowers, on a cloudy day with lush green trees in the background.]()
Jack Harries' Cornish Homestead
I guided my filmmaker friend Jack in optimising his Cornish water mill cottage garden, featuring a Victorian greenhouse and pond, for organic vegetable growth using soil layering and permaculture principles to enhance his existing blank canvas while preserving its Old English charm.
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![A farm field with raised gardens and green plants, black wooden structures on the left, under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.]()
Q Homes
For Q Homes' sustainable housing development, I designed high-end allotment spaces featuring individual beds, bespoke water-efficient sheds, an orchard, soft-fruit areas, a wildlife pond with pollinator plants, and a herb spiral, with future hedgerow and planting planned.
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![Rooftop garden with wooden pergola, large planters with flowers and plants, modern white benches, and a brick wall in the background, under a clear blue sky.]()
Brighton University Rooftop
As project manager, I transformed a simple Brighton University rooftop into an inspiring, functional green space for students to connect with nature, grow food, and enhance their well-being.
Let’s create something together.
I offer a range of services, from Permaculture Design to installing Mushroom and Microgreen Growtainers. I'm also available for talks, retreats and workshops where I can share and teach about a huge range of topics within the permaculture, growing and urban farming world.
With my passion and experience, I can help turn your dreams into reality.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Jack