Today will feature my first interview for the pod with the wonderful permaculturalist Kerrie Anderson. Kerrie is not only a TAFE teacher for permaculture courses but she offers workshops and multi-week courses on her beautiful property in Matcham through her business Synergy Permaculture.

Kerrie is a woman and permaculture educator with a wealth of knowledge, I feel we hardly scratched the surface in this chat and I urge anyone who feels the spark to learn more after hearing her speak, like I did, to really follow that curiosity and engage with Kerrie or someone more local to you if your living outside of reach to the Central Coast.

In our chat Kerrie tells us how she got to where she is today, she explains what permaculture actually is outside of just the gardening technique we may have heard of before. She highlights how she has educated herself to be the well-rounded teacher that she is today, how important the Steiner education system has been for her and also some of her favourite ways of connecting to nature like making nasturtium pesto. Mmm yummy!

Outside of teaching, Kerrie also volunteers and helps coordinate her local produce swap, is opening her garden for the Central Coast Edible Garden Trail in May to celebrate International Permaculture Day and is an all-round lovely human who wants to improve not only her local community but the Earth that we all live on.

I hope you get as much out of this chat as I did! Enjoy.

Links:

* Synergy Permaculture: ⁠https://synergypermaculture.com.au/⁠

* Permaculture Central Coast: ⁠https://permaculturecc.org.au/⁠

* Central Coast edible garden trail in May on International Permaculture Day: ⁠https://centralcoastediblegardentrail.org.au/⁠

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