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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: 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Garden to table: Chaotic events are nature's response to imbalance

Garden to table: Chaotic events are nature's response to imbalance

This week’s ferocious winds did a spectacular job of clearing out the worrisome stores of kindling-like debris that had accumulated high up in our trees
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Garden to table: Make plenty of minestrone with whatever comes to mind

Garden to table: Make plenty of minestrone with whatever comes to mind

West Vancouver permaculturist Laura Marie Neubert gives guidance on how to make a beautiful minestrone this soup season
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Garden to table: native highbrush cranberry is a national treasure

Garden to table: native highbrush cranberry is a national treasure

The fruit is very high in antioxidant phytonutrients like anthocyanin, which gives the berries their beautiful, hand-staining colour
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