About me.

I am a gardener with a BSc in Horticulture and landscape design from the Botanic gardens with a passion for plant propagation and conservation. Currently undertaking the Masters of Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (MScCCAFS) at NUIG and carrying out research project with IIRR, based in Myanmar.

Before returning to ‘’full time study’’ (as every day you learn something new in horticulture when working with nature)  in 2019, I had worked in a range of public and private gardens with diverse plant collections from Mediterranean, tropical and subtropical climates.  

This work opened my eyes to the unsustainable use of limited natural resources and lead me to study permaculture food production and to volunteer on rural bio-intensive farms in Costa Rica. A country who has lost its right to its own natural resources and it’s agriculture sector is now dependent on multinational conglomerates focusing on production of monocrops. While here I gained firsthand experience of how sustainable agriculture methods can rebuild a community’s resilience to climate change.