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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: Why we should learn from native plants and landscapes

Garden to table: Why we should learn from native plants and landscapes

Holding water in our urban landscapes, growing native food, building habitat for native pollinators should be the norm
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Garden to table: How I 'cheat' to grow tasty tomatoes

Garden to table: How I 'cheat' to grow tasty tomatoes

With the slow creep of extreme weather, extraordinary measures are needed to ensure survival of non-hardy food plants
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Garden to table: Moss rocks! Here's why

Garden to table: Moss rocks! Here's why

Moss is a living breathing ally for storing water and cleaning the air, not to be purged from lawns or power-washed from sidewalks
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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
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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
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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
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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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