Welcome

We chose the dandelion as our logo because it persists - it represents our approach to persisting through adversity and living harmoniously.

Life in the 21st Century is challenging.  Living well is hard to do in a world driven by growth, consumerism, and meeting the gap between income and making ends meet.  There is no one-size-fits-all solution.  This site presents some of the solutions that have worked for us to be able to first, survive, and then go on to thrive. 

One of the parts to our approach is to consciously push back on consumerism. We are not idealising earlier eras as idyllic. Instead we ask what do we gain and what control and skills do we lose by being locked into forever service agreements to others.

Similarly, we affirm the value of spending time in the garden, seeing seeds we started turn into herbs and food and beauty. Seeing the garden feed ourselves, our souls, and nature.

Book a life coaching session. Sign up for a workshop. Or just get in touch.

CONTACT

Contact Us

To find out more about life coaching, ADHD coaching, or therapeutic horticulture, please contact us.  If we are unable to get to the phone, please leave a message with your contact information and we'll get back to you.

 

Contact Us

ADHD and Life Coaching

Life coachingI am a certified life coach and Autism Specialist who specializes in transformative coaching and mindset coaching.  Other areas in which I can help are ADHD, Autism, self-esteem, and organization.  As a life coach, my goal is to help you get from where you are now to where you want to be in your personal and professional life. 

More

Gardening Therapy

Gardens and plants have a long history of being associated with healing.  And, how we as humans respond to the natural environment dates all the way back to our earliest experiences as hunter gatherers.  At Rugged Weeds, we work with small groups to use gardening to tap into the ties we have as humans to nature and plants to access improved health. 

More

Donate

Help us improve our facilities and programs

All of the therapeutic horticulture programs and infrastructure on our property are self-funded.  Please donate to help us improve the programs further for our clients.

 

Latest Posts

  • There are elements to gardening that sometimes seem tedious. Pushing a mower across the lawn in the heat of the summer when there's been a lot of rain and it feels like it was mowed just yesterday. Weeding. Weeding that same patch you weeded earlier and then didn't get around to planting in. Being late to plant in the spring because you didn't...

    Read more …

  • If you find yourself hurrying in the garden, stop. Haste in the garden makes your time spent tending it into work. Tending your garden, nurturing your plants, cutting the lawn to fill the compost pile - do these at a pace that matches nature's time. Include time to sit on the bench in the shade, watching the birds chase each other or splashing in...

    Read more …

  • Compost is the under-appreciated secret to gardening. It lends no beauty to the garden and gardeners often wonder where to hide it. The pile needs to be close enough to trundle over Autumn leaves, lawn clippings, dead plants, weeds, and plant debris. A little water and regular turning produces temperatures that kills most of the weeds in the...

    Read more …