Permaculture workshop facilitator teaching sustainability, gardening, cooking, craft, music and hands-on learning in Adelaide, South Australia
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Ska
Unity and community
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Folk Punk
DIY and independent
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Punk
Individualism and authenticity
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Hey, it’s me, Kym Ormond
Permaculturist and community educator
My name is Kym Ormond and, if you ask me, I call myself a permaculturist — but if you’re not sure what that is, I also call myself a ‘community educator’.
I run food preserving workshops, help people grow food, own a plant nursery, run nature craft sessions with kids and play music too.
I’m basically that guy who has spent his whole life doing sidequests and now I’ve turned it all into my career.
I have a strong DIY Folkpunk grassroots ethos and believe in helping individuals and local communities grow food, learn how to cook the food they’ve grown and have fun whilst we’re doing it. It’s my jam.
Join a workshop
Join a workshop
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Food growing, cooking and arty-craft workshops incoming
Want to come hang out at one of my super-fun workshops? Well step into my office… or garden. I share a diverse range of skills through permaculture living workshops held across Adelaide — covering topics including food gardening, food preservation, sourdough bread baking, music and more. There’s something for everyone.
MISSION
Empowering folk through engaging, hands-on workshops that promote sustainable living.
Love to share my passion for food gardening, food preservation and cooking, music and nature craft.
Kym Ormond: He cook, thumb green, he workshop machine
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Food gardening workshops
Want to learn how to make a wicking bed, grow great tomatoes or compost like a champ? Enquire here!
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Food preserving, sourdough & cooking workshops
Jams, chutneys, pickles, sourdough bread making, fermenting and everything in between.
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Nature crafting & kids planting workshops
Pot painting, making origami seed packets, plant propagating and music — I keep activities fun, hands-on and accessible for all.
Kind words
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"Interesting, informative and practical"
“Kym’s workshops with us have been super popular, and we received wonderful feedback about him. He’s got a great enthusiastic presentation style, and our patrons have found his workshops really interesting, informative and practical. From a program planning perspective, his communication and professionalism is highly appreciated too. Highly recommend!”
Simone Wise
Team Leader, Lifelong Learning
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters -
"Inspiring and knowledgeable permaculturist "
“Kym Ormond is an inspiring and knowledgeable permaculturist who brings his passion for sustainability to every workshop. His sessions on sourdough, kimchi, sauerkraut, veggie gardening, and more are hands-on and engaging leaving people wanting more. Kym embodies the permaculture ethos, sharing his wisdom with the community. Highly recommended!”
Natalie Robinson
Community Hub Project Officer
The Precinct - City of Playford
Nomad Nursery
Edible plant nursery in Carey Gully, South Australia
Nomad Nursery is a plant-tastic collaboration between Jackson Bennett and me. Together we grow veggie seedlings, edible perennials, fruit trees and more. We use organic inputs and don’t spray our plants with herbicides, pesticides or other nasties.
Permaculture in South Australia
Permaculture is a sustainable design approach that follows nature’s lead to create self-sufficient, regenerative systems for farming, gardening and even community living.
It’s all about going with the flow of nature, not against it, with practices such as organic farming, water-saving and boosting biodiversity to build resilient, low-impact setups that are designed for purpose.
I’ve been a Permaculture South Australia committee member since 2022. It’s the best, we do really cool things that are fun and often free, please come support us.