Robyn Hewson
Permaculturist
Robyn completed her first permaculture design course (PDC) online with Geoff Lawton in 2019, and attended a month-long permaculture internship with him at the Greening the Desert site in Jordan. She is now a teaching assistant for his online permaculture design course. In 2024, she completed a second face-to-face PDC at Aranya Permaculture farm in Telangana, India.
Robyn spent 2020 at Navdanya Biodiversity conservation farm outside Dehradun, working in the fields and seed bank, learning about traditional Indian agricultural practices and seed saving from farmers. This inculcated a deep appreciation of traditional wisdom and the importance of understanding and working with local context and community.
She is a certified lab tech with the Soil Food Web School, and has worked with small farmers and market gardeners in Australia, and now in India, to better understand and improve their soil health.
Robyn is passionate about learning from, and working with, natural systems in order to create healthy living soils, nourishing food, healthy lifestyles and thriving landscapes. She is on a journey of discovery, and would like to walk with you on that path, sharing the insights and experiences we gain as we as travel together.