1996: Graduated from a two week residential Permaculture 72 hour Design Course.

1996: Started applying Permaculture Design to my own life.

1997-8: Designed & implemented first phase of an Irish mountainside permaculture garden.

1999-2000:  Designed & co-implemented a Somerset cottage permaculture garden over two seasons.

2000: Permaculture designed a steep north facing site in the Somerset countryside.

2000: Produced a design & almost-completed a funding document for a History & Permaculture garden at a private School & Field studies centre in rural Dorset.

2001: Passed City & Guilds 7307 Stage 1 Adult Teaching Certificate.

2001: Attended week long 'Teaching Permaculture Creatively' course.

2001-3: Designed & implemented over three seasons to date, my garden around a mobile home in a quiet Dorset orchard.

2002: Created a design to maximise the potential yields of all in my Aikido School.

2002: Designed my process of making music to maximise my creativity & learning.

2002: Re-designed my office space to accommodate a new music recording project studio.

2003: Re-designed my Diploma Portfolio & Accreditation event to maximise the yields for all involved.

 I have also been self-employed as a gardener for the last three seasons, whilst working towards getting the kind of sites that I really want to be working upon. All about my natural gardening business can be found here on my website Aranya Gardens.