Design

For home gardeners

I love helping people transform their gardens… and lives! Whether you’re a gardening newbie or seasoned green thumb, I can support you with a short garden visit, considered concept design and everything in between.

For community gardeners and urban agriculture projects

As an experienced designer for both community gardens and urban agriculture projects, I offer a collaborative design process that will help you capture and cultivate your vision. 

Together we’ll articulate your goals, analyse the site and create a concept design that is deeply connected to landscape and people, ensuring the garden is a true expression of both. As a facilitator, I understand that working well with others and moving through the inevitable issues that pop up is often the trickiest part of any project, so I place special emphasis on assisting groups with governance, collaborative decision-making and conflict resolution processes.

  • “Kat was engaged as a facilitator to engage local community members in helping to design a new community garden. She is a very skilled and capable facilitator. We were very impressed with the way she structured the sessions, her calm and thoughtful approach to leading and facilitating discussions and resolving issues, and her knowledge of community gardening, horticulture and permaculture. We would definitely recommend Kat to other councils and would definitely use her services again if the opportunity arises.”

    Council officer, Boroondara City Council

  • “Kat has worked with my family over the last two years to enhance the productivity of our annual vegetable gardens, to establish routines that maximise the usefulness of the produce we grow and to create systems that are resilient and feasible for us to manage. She has coached me out of lots of bad habits, such as over planting certain crops, and taught us how to best prepare out beds, rotate our crops, identify problems, and plant exactly what we need so that we have a continuous supply of vegetables we use prolifically. She relocated our beds so they use less water in summer, and discouraged us from creating more beds in favour of maximising the productivity of available growing space we have. Kat’s knowledge and love for productive gardens is deep and her patient and generous approach is infectious. She has taught us to slow down and take a deeper level of observation, allowing me to see many things I had not previously noticed. We feel immensely grateful seeing our gardens thrive under her expert guidance, and with every plateful of food they produce.”

    Megan Norgate, Brave New Eco