Toby Hemenway - (1952-2016) - Field Director
Toby Hemenway generously served the Permaculture Institute, Inc., as a Field Director for many years and was one of the most significant contributors to the Permaculture discipline worldwide. Toby received his first Permaculture Design Course certificate from Bill Mollison and Scott Pittman. Intellectually rigorous and warm, the author of the #1 best-selling permaculture book Gaia’s Garden, as well as The Permaculture City, and numerous illuminating articles, Toby’s articulate voice and sincere friendship is missed throughout the world.
other team members
Delvin Solkinson
Delvin Solkinson is a community gardener, native plant enthusiast, life-long learner, and teacher from British Columbia, Canada. Collaborating with his wife Grace, a homesteader, herbalist and creative cook, he creates free learning and teaching tools, writes articles and makes videos. He has taught permaculture to thousands of people of different ages and built numerous community…about Delvin
Raleigh Barnes
Raleigh Barnes is a lifelong gardener who’s been planting with his father, mother and sister since he was 6 years old. With over three decades of gardening in Texas, Hawaii, Costa Rica and mostly subtropical Florida, Raleigh is a dynamic gardener whose organic principles stretch far beyond industry standards. Deeply rooted in permaculture, organic gardening,…about Raleigh
Ros McCann
Ros is a Sustainable Communities Professor at Utah State University (USU) where she conducts and publishes research on the permaculture movement, leads the USU permaculture initiative, and teaches permaculture design.about Ros