I have a Certificate in Native Plants and a Plants and Pollinators Specialization through the State Botanical Garden of Georgia and University of Georgia.

I can answer your questions about food and native gardening, planting, intercropping, propagation, harvesting, permaculture methods, species recommendations, ecological impacts, best practices, etc.

I can also walk sites and help identify beneficial and deleterious species, as well as suggest high-level ideas for food growing, native prairie and woodland plantings, etc.

Aimed at youth aged 10-20 years old, the nascent apprentice program has been running since 2023. Apprentices help me keep up with basic tasks of running the place, but also participate in, organize, and even lead projects. A lot of knowledge is exchanged, and I check-in on the apprentices' interests to be sure to work in content that will be valuable to the individuals' interests. Examples of skills that can be learned and practiced:

• Plant identification, propagation, and control

• Seed starting, seedling care

• Grafting

Projects that have been led by or significantly contributed to by apprentices:

• Building community-scale, rodent-resistant composting facilities

• Improving storm water basins to produce native aquatic food in addition to controlling stormwater

• Converting lawn to native prairie

• Designing and implementing a passive water irrigation system