CO-FOUNDER, EDUCATOR, DIRECTOR

Nim Robins is a permaculture designer, educator and passionate facilitator, with her roots and fingers deep in the soil. Nim has a deep determination for cultivating change in our world and supporting, inspiring and empowering others to do the same through participatory and creative education. Alongside building up the permaculture systems at Fferm Cynefin, Nim provides permaculture design advice and consultations, and shares nature-based regenerative education with people of all ages.

Nim is certified with the UK Permaculture Association and regularly shares a wide variety of courses, from foundation level all the way through to full PDC’s and specialist advanced design courses, alongside also supporting and assessing those studying at diploma level with the UK Association. Nim is also a core teacher with Permaculture Children - where she focuses on shifting children's education through inspiring teachers to weave permaculture through their curriculums and learning spaces.

Nim loves to tend gardens, have adventures with her children, sleep out under vast starry skies and swim in the ocean. She’s also passionate about homesteading and self sufficiency in a whole load of different ways. But one of the things that lights her up most of all is to bring people together around a shared vision of resilience and regeneration, and to nurture deep, authentic connections to ourselves, each other and to the world around us.

CO-FOUNDER, DIRECTOR

Pete is a skilled natural builder and carpenter-crafter and is responsible for all of the beautiful handmade spaces that are building up around the farm. He especially loves to work with the natural shape and form of wood and natural materials and creating spaces that bring people together, inspire connection and feelings of wellbeing, and function beautifully.

Pete is also a passionate homesteader and especially loves turning the abundance of our harvests here on the farm into ferments or preserves, which add colourful taste explosions that brighten up every meal. As a Coeliac, Pete is especially interested in preparing and mastering delicious gluten free food (including incredible gluten free sourdough bread). Together with Orlando, Pete prepares all of the food for our residential courses.

Due to these passions, Pete teaches the natural building and preservation sessions on our permaculture design courses, and is also currently preparing to run some short specialist courses here at the farm for natural builders.

Pete loves climbing, wild camping and preparing amazing food. He also loves heading out bicycle touring with his 8 year old daughter Anoushka, who matches Pete in her love of adventure.

You can find Pete and his work at https://www.cynefincarpentry.co.uk

DIRECTOR

Orlando arrived as a short term volunteer, and stayed for 4 years, becoming an integral and beloved part of the farm ecosystem. He is a fermenter extraordinaire, garden master, tackler of any task big or small, and friend to the birds.