Alex TudoseFarm Manager  | Ana DigónCommunicator and Regenerative Event Organiser  | Andy GoldringCEO Permaculture Association (Britain)  | Beat RölliBiologist, Permaculture Designer, Farmer  | Charlie GrayEthnobotanist, Food Systems Designer, Seed Steward  | Charlotte KottuschResearch Assistant/VFPC Speaker  | Graham BurnettPositive solutions for regenerative futures  | India HamiltonRegenerative designer and entrepreneur  | Iris KunzeGeographer, expert on intentional communities  | Iryna KazakovaProject coordinator at NGO Permaculture in Ukraine  | Jóvenes en PermaculturaFeaturing Auba Riera & Eddie Brown  | Julie MathesJournalist focusing on environmental issues  | Jyoti FernandesFarmer and land rights activist  | La BolinaEcological, regenerative and intercultural association  | Mark Ridsdill SmithContainer gardener, author and teacher  | Matt SwarbrickOptimist and Tea Maker at Henbant  | Matteo MazzolaRegenerative farmer, consultant and educator  |
Morag GambleFounder, presenter and educator  | Murad AlkhufashMarda Permaculture Farm founder  | Pat MooneyAuthority on issues of global governance, corporate concentration, and intellectual property monopoly  | Pavlo ArdanovResearcher and lecturer. Co-founder of NGO Permaculture in Ukraine  | PermaMedPermaculture educators and practitioners  | Permayouth Hubs UgandaFeaturing Brenda Nakafeero & Rolande Ansima Casinga  | Perrine Hervé-GruyerPermaculture and agroecology consultant  | Peter BrooksSpatial researcher  | Pippa ChapmanBackyard forest gardener  | Precious PhiriSmallholder farmer, regenerative agriculture practitioner and trainer  | Rob HopkinsFounder of the Transition movement.  | Sheila DarmosAdvocate for Regenerative Farming  | Stephanie HaffertyGarden writer, consultant and designer  | Steve CharterFunding Coordinator PAB, iACT Project Lead  | Suzy RussellSupporting and promoting Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in the UK  | Valerie SeitzOrganizing the transformation as a trainer, project developer and designer  |
Stephanie Hafferty
DAY 2 - GARDEN SCALE
2 March 2023
18:00 - 21:00 GMT (London)
19:00 - 22:00 CET (Paris)
20:00 - 23:00 EET (Athens)
Day 2 Programme
A short introduction to no dig gardening
:: wildlife :: grow your own :: how-to guide ::
How to grow your own food year round using climate and wildlife friendly no dig methods. The presentation explains different ways of setting up and maintaining a no dig garden.
More Details
Stephanie Hafferty is an award winning garden and food writer, garden consultant, garden designer and no dig organic gardener with over 30 years practical experience of growing food year round, affordably. A leading expert in no dig gardening in the UK, she has worked as a professional no dig gardener for 15 years including on market gardens and running kitchen gardens on private estates, for restaurants and community projects. She runs no dig courses from her new homestead in Wales.
The author of two books published by Permanent Publications - the best selling No Dig Organic Home and Garden and plant based recipe book The Creative Kitchen - Stephanie works as a freelance writer for national and international publications including Permaculture Magazine, Kitchen Garden Magazine, Gardeners’ World Magazine and Bloom.
Known for her practical, informative, friendly and down to earth gardening, Stephanie started to learn how to grow food year round whilst raising three children on her own, on a tiny income. She shares information on social media and her new You Tube channel.
Stephanie is a small scale homesteader, using self sufficiency skills to grow food year round and create seasonal meals, drinks, body care, herbal remedies, homecare products and natural dyes using homegrown and foraged ingredients. In 2021 she moved from Somerset to Wales and started a new homestead on half an acre, entirely using no dig methods and on a tight budget, which was featured on BBC Gardeners’ World in December 2022.
An experienced public speaker and event host, she gives talks and workshops in the UK and abroad, with topics including no dig gardening, sustainable growing, wildlife gardening and homesteading. In 2021 she project managed and co-designed the RHS No Dig Allotment Demonstration Garden at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival, showcasing permaculture and no dig techniques to a wide audience.
Check the detailed programme of the 5 days of the Forum:
