Inspired by Japanese farmer and philosopher, Masanobu Fukuoka, Leila Alexandra is a proponent of natural gardening or 'wild edible gardening', an approach that emphasises spiritual values such as faith, wisdom and intuition.

Leila grew up on a permaculture farm and remembers visiting Permaculture co-founder, the late Bill Mollison, in the lush food forest at his home in Northern NSW. She currently lives and gardens in her 840m2 rental property in Pascoe Vale, offering consultations to help people design and create their own edible gardens.

If you would like to find out more about Leila, go to barefootfoodgardens.org

Leila has a food forest gardening worksop at CERES on 17 March 24. Details here:

https://www.barefootfoodgardens.org/courses/food-forest-gardening-worksh...

Her home garden will be open on 6 April 24. Subscribe to the Local Food Connect newsletter for details or go to the Local Food Connect website.

Books mentioned in this episode are:

Diana Beresford-Kroeger To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest

Masanobu Fukuoka The One Straw Revolution

Tyson Yunkaporta, Right Story Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking

Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: Changing the World through Indigenous Knowledge

Local Food Connections thanks Formidible Vegetable for their song You Are What You Eat.

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