About

Hello and thank you for joining me on this journey! 

My name is Gemma and I grew up and live on the salt country around Gamay Bay in Sydney, Australia.

I am a herbalist and holistic wellbeing practitioner, grounded in health science and ongoing studies in herbal medicine, symbiotic permaculture, Kundalini Yoga, meditation, and Gong and Medicine Drum practice.

I hold a deep love for plant medicine, food as medicine, and the ancient wisdom of seaweeds, with an interest in native Australian, tropical, and global herbal medicines.

My permaculture practice is inspired by the philosophy of Masanobu Fukuoka, whose teachings remind me that true cultivation begins with observation and respect for nature’s intelligence. Guided by this wisdom and my own lived experience, I practise together with nature, in partnership with plants and in kinship with the living land.

A little story about me…

I have loved and been curious about life on Earth since I was a child, fascinated by the ocean creatures in the rock pools of Bronte, or nestling among the plants, and watching the sky as I listened to the pulse of the garden. It was in those quiet moments of simply being and feeling that I began to understand the world through connection and relationship.

Reflecting back on little me, I was learning the complexity yet simplicity of an ecosystem, the interconnection of all things and the great dance of balance and change. Nurturing a belief in me that we are not separate from Nature; we are Nature. This perspective has greatly influenced both my personal and professional life.

I hope to help people reconnect with the land and, through reconnection and Ancestral guidance, come home to themselves. My dream is to help sprout a world with like-minded people creating lasting positive change and ecological well-being, wherever the seed may grow.