Bridget, Charlie and the Garden Juju Collective and Gateway Farm staff, weâre all passionate, engaged, concerned and conscientious. Maybe you'd call us Eco-Geeks. âLook at that tree. How has it been pruned?â âOh what food are they eating at that stall?â âLooks like it rains here a lot.â âWow, that plant must be a weed here in this place, growing in that roadside weedscape...â etc. And thatâs just ...
Thereâs a phrase thatâs been floating around Garden Juju Collective for a long time. Youâll hear it on job sites, in garden beds, and at the end of a long day at Gateway Farm:
âBetter than it was!â
Itâs printed on our shirtsâpartly as a joke, partly as a philosophy. It's not about chasing perfection. Itâs about showing up, doing the work, and trusting that your presence and effort have made a me...
Last week we were honored to deliver the keynote "Designing Healthy Future Farms" at the Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference in Glen Arbor, MI, USA, run by Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology.
Now in its 26th year, this gathering brings together farmers, growers, and land stewards to build skills, share knowledge, and strengthen resilience across the region. This yearâs themeâIncubate & Integ...
In the world of land regeneration, Australia is famous for permaculture, as coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, but the practice of bush regeneration began to emerge around the same time. Both rooted in the 1970s counterculture, they outlined radically innovative practices of ecological repair in response to widespread damage to the environment. Whilst many people around the world have hea...