Kym Ormond - Certificate IV Permaculture 

I have always been interested in sustainability and seemed to spend most of my spare time in my garden. When travelling around Australia I was fortunate enough to volunteer on a small scale Permaculture farm in Derby, WA. After that stint it was an easy and natural decision to study Permaculture and from there I found out about the College. 

The Certificate IV was an intense year of in depth studying and writing, it seriously challenged me to do things I had never believed I could achieve in a year.  

It was also the most stressful and equally rewarding year I have had. If it wasn’t for my wife and classmates I would have completely crumbled, so I owe it to them really.  

Being from Adelaide I also enjoyed the change of scenery in Byron and was fortunate to meet the great lifelong friends that I did whilst living there. 

 Since finishing I now work at Leonards Mill restaurant in South Australia with a paddock to plate ethos. My role has been to develop a small scale market garden that supplies the kitchen with a different array of edible flowers, herbs, micro greens and different seasonal produce. We’ve also started gardening and permaculture workshops which has been well received by the local and greater community. 

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