Natural Flow is a London based ecological design consultancy. At the heart of our design process is the ethics and principles of permaculture. We engage with clients to provide a triple bottom line of building ecological capital, promoting superior personal health and empowering individuals and communities.
Evolve
South Kensington, London. We are creating the Tea Garden at Evolve on the under utilised flat roof of Evolve Wellness ...
Orchard restoration with London Orchard Project
On Friday the 10th Feb 2012, I spent the day with the awesome guys at London Orchard Project. The orchard at Bethlam Royal Hospital is undergoing restoration. Although no longer based at its original location, the hospital is recognised as the world’s first and oldest institution to specialise in mental illnesses, and it’s origins date [...]
Introducing the Springbank Community Garden
At the heart of permaculture is design thinking that creates benefical interconnections. When teaching courses we like to set the students a live design task to cement their experiential learning. Mimicking nature, teaching plants the seed of potential in the fertile medium of the mind. We are thrilled to announce that the live design task [...]
Inspiration for New Year 2012
Please do take the time to read this considered piece from my dear friend and macrobiotic teacher Oliver Cowmeadow. Oliver’s vision is to raise a generation of macrobiotic counsellors who use a holistic approach to bring healing and wholeness through diet change and mind body reconnection. This piece challenges the stories we tell ourselves that then become [...]
Tutorial in Essay Writing
For my ongoing commitment as a permaculture educator and communicator, it’s important that I develop strong communication skills. I hope that blogging becomes an effortless activity that allows me to quickly communicate my ideas. I want to develop good habits of quick and concise composition and can see the parallels that exam conditions present. After [...]
Public Speaking Course II – how to structure a talk
We began class with warm up vocal exercises. These included working our register from a high pitch to low and back up in an expanding waveform. Sliding from a “vvvvv” to a “zzzz”, high to low. We moved onto jaw relaxation exercises. I did some research on Alexander Technique and now understand how important relaxed [...]
Diploma Guild Meeting 2 – 23rd Jan 2012
In the spirit of “integrate rather than segregate“ our diploma apprentice group conducts a guild meeting once every unit. This is our chance to check in with the group and support each other. We use the classic 4 question model and then at the end have a go around as an opportunity to share and [...]
Permaculture Teaching Collective – planning meeting
A group of like minded teachers have got together to to set up a London based permaculture teaching collective. Our aim is produce high quality and consistent courses in a mutually supportive environment. We desire to use permaculture principles and ethics to design this set up so that it is robust and fair for all. We [...]
Public Speaking Course I – covering some basics
In line with my teacher training vision as set out in project report 2 for my diploma, I attended the first session of my public speaking course at City Lit in Covent Garden London with the actor, David Gwillim. We followed a number of interesting exercises to highlight and emphasise the basics of speaking. Here [...]
Edible Forest Gardening Workshop
Want to create abundance in your own back garden or community growing space? Forest garden design packs useful species into a small area to create an intensive and highly productive system. Learn how by design, a tree system can provide a diverse range of foods, requiring little maintenance and with few offsite inputs. On this [...]
Introduction to Permaculture Courses in London
Hello, I’m pleased to announce that we will be running an “Introduction to Permaculture” course in Sept and October for those of you that are looking to take their first steps on your own permaculture adventure. Seeking practical soultions for a more sustainable lifestyle? Permaculture uses whole system thinking to consciously create productive environments that [...]
