I am especially proud and excited about the Geoff Lawton diploma allowing me "to work as a consultant, teacher or designer and restore land to its natural abundance".​ :-) Geoff Lawton is a student of one of the fathers of permaculture, the late Bill Mollison. In his course, Geoff Lawton really gave me a deeper understanding of creating a resilient garden, which is quite important in the context of climate change and times of historic loss of biodiversity.

 

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In addition to these two main courses, I participated at many workshops and smaller courses on biodversity, on the importance of soil life, on composting, on wildlife habitats, on orchard maintenance, scything, etc. I had many guided tours in permaculture and natural gardens. and I devoured many many books on these topics in the past years. Today, I also give presentations and host workshops myself on these topics, both in English and Dutch. 

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Parallel with the start of my artistic career, I started with the design of my own garden at my summer house in Denmark, which I regard as my playground and open door lab :-). Gaining courage with the successes there, I started with the desgin of gardens of friends of mine and then my first real clients in Belgium. I hope to do many more gardens for biodiversity in the future.

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You can contact me through the contact page or at ibeesgarden @ gmail.com.

 

An article on the initial stage of my garden in Denmark (in Danish) can be seen or read here.

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More info on my artistic work and exhibitions:

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Paintings website: https://ibeepaintings.wixsite.com/ilkebee

Paintings blog: http://ibee-paintings.blogspot.be/http://ibee-paintings.blogspot.be/
Photography website: http://ibeephotos.wixsite.com/ibee

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