about us

Jeffrey Gale, Dip, Arch, Grad. P.C. Assoc. (UK) A.M.T.C.P.A.

Jeffrey, our Designer, trained originally in architecture and did a thesis design for re-housing community with 2 and 3 storey homes in clusters around productive gardens with orchard trees, free from vehicles, with carparks kept to outer edges of development; a primary school, shops and pub were included in the green environment.

Jeffrey has a holistic, Permacultural approach to all our eco-architecture and gardens Projects. He is the founder of the World Peace Gardens Network (
worldpeacegardensnet.org); Speaker and Organiser of the Wessex Research Group, Totnes; active member of Totnes Transition Town Organisation; Member of the Town & Country Planning Association, Designer-Member of Permaculture Association (Britain).

Sophie Christopher RETA, CTAL, ILM, DIP Cert ED, City & Guilds

Sophie is a Sustainable Eco Planning Consultant who gained experience as a Councillor in Worcestershire. She sat on the Planning Committee for 4 years and gained practical experience in the planning process, and she was always prioritising more eco-architectural, eco-gardening approaches to relevant Planning Applications.

Sophie is a member of the Oxford Buildings Records, The Abingdon Area Archaeological and Historical Society, and The British Earth Sheltering Association. She is an Associate of the Town & Country Planning Association, a Designer-Member and also a Trustee of the Permaculture Association, and a Trustee of the Landbury House Trust Fund (which promotes research into the peaceful resolution of conflict).