Nature Connections with Jo Barker/ Pansy and Nettle Flower Essences

n this week’s Nature Connections show I speak to Kinesiologist and Permaculture Designer and Teacher Jo Barker. Jo shares how working with the land has been a passion since she was a child and how this has led her to working deeply with the earth as a designer of Paradise gardens where we are part of the wildlife  . She recently won a gold award for her own garden. Jo believes that permaculture  is a way of helping us live in harmony with ourselves and each other and that we need to be connected in a deep sense to wild nature to do this.

Jo also shares her passion for foraging and speaks about edible plants that can be found at this time of year (December in Southern England) and talks about the benefits of kinesiology. Jo has worked wth community groups for 25 years designing parks and spaces, planting trees and runing environmental projects and is also active in the Transition movement.

I also discuss common flowers that can be found in gardens and local parks/countryside and their messages as flower essences. Flowers discussed in detail are Pansy and Nettle Flower Essences.