Farmer of the month: Jane Blacker – St Albans Nut Company

Farmer of the month: Jane Blacker – St Albans Nut Company

Aug 13, 2019 | News

Jane Blacker farms and manages one of Australia’s largest organic Pecan nut farms. Right here in our valley.  Although a petite women in stature, Jane is certainly not small by nature or in what she has set up and achieved. Jane and her husband Warwick have...
News from the JULY PDC Course

News from the JULY PDC Course

Aug 9, 2019 | News

Well another round of amazing PDC students were produced here at Permaculture Sydney Institute who without a doubt will go on to achieve great things. It was a small but very productive group this winter. Each have big ambitions of teaching, working abroad, developing...
Farmer of the month: Nick Shaw

Farmer of the month: Nick Shaw

Jun 25, 2019 | Farmers of the Valley, News

This month’s farmer of the Valley of St Albans is Nick Shaw. Nick is a Horticulturalist and is passionate about plants. He teaches horticulture at Ryde College of TAFE where he teaches about plants so much of his life is about just that – plants.  Nick was...