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Laura Marie Neubert

Laura Marie Neubert

Laura Marie Neubert is a West Vancouver-based urban permaculture designer. Follow her on Instagram @upfrontandbeautiful, learn more about permaculture by visiting her Upfront & Beautiful website or email your questions to her at [email protected].

Recent Work by Laura Marie

Garden to table: Drought stresses out your plants. Here's how to protect them

Garden to table: Drought stresses out your plants. Here's how to protect them

Drip irrigation, mulch and soil blocks can shield against the dry season, says permaculture columnist Laura Marie Neubert
Garden to table: Growing and sharing food reveals goodness in people

Garden to table: Growing and sharing food reveals goodness in people

The act of gifting plants, produce or homemade pickles even, creates space for conversation and exposes common ground
Garden to table: Why pickles have become a friendship currency in our family

Garden to table: Why pickles have become a friendship currency in our family

It’s a season-long, labour-of-love undertaking that starts now and ends in early August with the arrival of pickling cukes
Garden to table: How to combat climate change locally with savvy seed starting

Garden to table: How to combat climate change locally with savvy seed starting

January 2025 was the warmest on record
Garden to table: How to sow seeds in winter with reused take-out containers

Garden to table: How to sow seeds in winter with reused take-out containers

A living soil mix in these tiny coldframes provides a fertile home for seeds of perennial flower, brassica, lettuce and more
Garden to table: How to retain water and reduce wildfire risk on your property

Garden to table: How to retain water and reduce wildfire risk on your property

Homeowners should be replacing unproductive lawns with more functional plants
Garden to table: Why a homegrown new year’s dinner is the best of all

Garden to table: Why a homegrown new year’s dinner is the best of all

Guests graze leisurely from a local organic raw-food buffet to build a wholesome hot pot meal
Garden to Table: The required texts for permaculture are complex but its core principles are simple

Garden to Table: The required texts for permaculture are complex but its core principles are simple

For millenia, scholars have taught that not respecting nature would mean humanity’s downfall
Garden to table: Gifts people need tread lighter on the planet and our conscience

Garden to table: Gifts people need tread lighter on the planet and our conscience

The holiday rush has begun, when consumers consume with the best of intentions but also unintended consequences
Garden to table: Why you should fall in love with leeks

Garden to table: Why you should fall in love with leeks

At this time of year, leeks pile high in market stalls, inviting us to braise and roast them
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