Marit Parker

Marit Parker
Just Wild // Garw Teg

Wales, UK

Top 3 Areas of Expertise

Big land and farm-scale design
Accessible gardening and spaces for people with disabilities
Community projects

Advice for Students

“Don’t rush! Take time to mull over things. And most of all enjoy it!”

Teacher Bio

I live on a hill farm and am experienced at designing at farm scale, with a focus on ecological approaches to keeping mixed livestock and integrating them with habitat restoration. I have worked for two different veg box schemes, so have some experience of small scale commercial crop production, but I have no practical experience of arable farming. I currently have Long Covid so am not farming actively at present. Instead my focus is on practical adaptations to my disabilities, giving me a personal insight into the challenges of chronic illness and disability.

I love getting to know students and seeing their design ideas develop. It’s inspiring! I enjoy helping students when they are stuck. With several years of supporting students with dyslexia, I have experience in helping students to look at problems from different perspectives so they can find an approach and a solution that works for them.

Over 30 years of learning about permaculture and applying the principles in different situations.
Over 25 years experience of teaching practical gardening, farming, bushcraft and conservation skills and supporting learners 1-to-1 and in small groups.
Over 15 years practical experience of farming and smallholding with livestock.
Over 10 years practical experience of gardening while renting and having to move regularly.
2007 – 2010 Founder and Co-ordinator of GardenAble, a project that worked alongside gardeners with learning disabilities and physical disabilities to enable them to have, design and look after their own gardens and allotments.
2011 – 2020 Active member of Co-ordinating group for Paramaethu Cymru // Permaculture Wales.
2014 – 2020 Studied Outdoor Environmental and Sustainability Education part-time at Edinburgh University.
2018 – 2020 Board member of Llais y Goedwig, the community woodland network in Wales.
2018 – present day Permaculture Women’s Guild mentor.

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