We’re so grateful for our community! Over the years we’ve worked with hundreds of students, dozens of apprentices and instructors, and thousands of supporters (for example, those who read this here blog, thanks!). Like anything worth doing, our school is a collaborative effort that is more than the sum of its parts. Here’s where we share stories and reflections from some of the folks who make Wild Abundance what it is.
Ben Marchman took the Wild Abundance Permaculture Design Course (PDC) in 2016. We caught up with him to hear how he’s applied what he learned. Talking with Ben was super inspiring! He’s doing really cool things to weave together permaculture with regenerative community building, coaching, and rites of passage work. Indeed, Ben’s story reaffirmed how […]
After watching lots of video online, Josh had the impression that permaculture was like “gardening on crack.” Then he took the Wild Abundance Permaculture Design Course (PDC) and learned that it’s all that and so much more. In 2017, Josh and his wife, Rachael, came up to Asheville to participate in our PDC. Josh did […]
Natalie Bogwalker’s Life Changing Experience at the Wild Roots Community For five years, Wild Abundance founder and director Natalie Bogwalker lived at the Wild Roots Community. Her time there changed her life, and inspired her to share primitive living and homesteading skills with the wider world. Here we interview her about her life at Wild Roots […]
It’s a big leap to become a permaculture apprentice. In fact, it involves a whole life commitment for a period of time. In addition, it often means moving, and usually means living in rustic conditions. Apprenticeships involve working hard and meeting your edges. Doing this is an opportunity to persevere past those edges toward empowerment, […]
Deciding to become an apprentice at Wild Abundance was the best thing that I have ever done for myself. Natalie has been an incredible mentor, guide and friend; she has an immense wealth of knowledge and skills and an eagerness to share them with others that can be so hard to find. But then, that […]
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