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Designs, Mentorship, and Sustainable Implementations for the World of Your Dreams

At Garden Juju Collective, we offer mentoring services for individuals, communities, businesses, learning institutions, and organisations. Our approach is to blend inspiration and imagination with skills, project design, and an ethos of ‘making it happen’. 

We use a range of design techniques, including our Adapt design process. We combine research, a variety of approaches and decades of practical experience to design to meet challenges and opportunities. These services are in-person and/or online.

We are here to help with all aspects of farming, gardens, conservation, food production, health, lifestyle, and more. Projects can be small, big or perhaps not started yet. We also have experience in participatory co-design processes in community situations with emphasis on empowering all voices and needs. Our clients typically either want fundamental change or have already embarked and need support in the change process. See our Projects page.

We’re passionate about helping people succeed in their designs, projects, and lives. Over decades, we’ve worked with countless clients across diverse landscapes worldwide. It’s upsetting and disappointing to see many promising efforts struggle to get started or lose momentum, which drives our commitment to support and guide them toward success.

Contact us even if you are just curious!

Design & Mentorship Offerings

In-person Consultations

  • These are in-person and place. Available seasonally in Michigan and Australia. UK & Portugal by appointment. 
  • Typically these include communications, travel, meeting (site tour) followed by an email summing up main points, recommendations and useful links. 
  • Typically this is 4+ hours 

Project Design & Installation

  • These are in-person and place. Available seasonally in Michigan and Australia. UK & Portugal by appointment. 
  • Typically this includes communications, travel, initial meeting, site analysis, research, draft plans, further meeting(s), and a report that includes the agreed plan, summation of main points, recommendations and useful links. 
  • Project installations are individually quoted.
  • Follow-ups and project maintenance are recommended and available. 
  • Average project design phase is 40 hours.

Adapt & Design Facilitated Sessions

  • Online or in-person Adapt Design Deck game session. 
  • Introduction discussion, Adapt session, next steps and written reflections.
  • These can be individual or group sessions.
  • Typically this is 2+ hours.

Online Mentoring

  • This is an online service. 
  • It revolves around monthly zoom sessions over 6 months.
  • Each session comprises a 1 hour zoom, 2 hours research, followed by an email detailing main points, recommendations and useful links.
  • A shared project folder with resources.
  • A summing up report. 
  • This package is for 20 hours. 

Online Mentoring & Co-design

  • This is an online service.
  • It revolves around monthly zoom sessions over 12 months.
  • Each session comprises a 1 hour zoom, 2 hours research, followed by an email detailing main points, recommendations and useful links.
  • A shared project folder with resources.
  • A design report & plan created (approx. 20 pages).
  • This package is for 60 hours.

Contact us today to find out how we can support your design dreams!

“This is one of the best community projects. It goes to show how the community can make healthy food for free.”

“Everywhere Charlie & his team goes it turns green!”

Bellingen Community Collaborators

Eat the Streets

Gumbaynggirr Country, Bellingen, NSW AUS

“Working with Bridget, Charlie, and Bede on developing a food forest in SW Detroit has been nothing short of inspiring.

This team has been sharing their decades of experience in a way that’s digestible, tailored for the timing + specifics of my project,

and where I feel so valued as their client. I can feel their excitement and compassion around transforming this modern world

into one that’s more balanced, natural, and just. Thank you for being professionals and friends.”

Alex Kwon

Director of Graft Living

Cesar Chavez Community Garden

Anishnabeg Country, Detroit, MI, USA

“Charlie & Bridget and [their team's] gardening are so appreciated here.

I love being in my garden. The shrine shines.”

Property Owner

Therapist’s Spiritual Garden

Brighton, East Sussex, England

“Charlie & Garden Juju Collective were asked to consult and contract to help incubate our Oakhill project both on site and in terms of community co-design.

They have done this, and more, with energy, skills and commitment.”

Nick Rose

Co-founder & Executive Director of Sustain, the Australian Food Network

Oakhill Food Justice Farm

Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung Country, Preston, Melbourne, VIC, AUS

“It’s been a pleasure working with Charlie and the Garden Juju team.

The design & project work has really helped us to jump ahead with our vision…”

Property Owners

Matt & Donna’s Permaculture Homestead

Gumbaynggirr Country, Bellingen, NSW AUS

“Garden Juju Collective gave us the gift of a beautiful, peaceful garden!

We live in a woods with many challenging conditions for growing plants. Bridget and the Garden Juju team transformed the area into a lovely garden which has been a wonderful source of peace and solace! 

Bridget created a garden that was tailored to our specific needs, including limited light due to tall trees, and animal threats found in a wooded area.  She designed a garden to allow us to age in place, would be easy to care for, and would allow us to travel during summer months.

The installation took place in November, and the next spring the garden came to life. Every tree and shrub grew and flourished. True to the plan, the bulbs, trees and shrubs came to life at various times giving a show all year round. Even in the winter, the rocks, small hills and colorful bark on plantings provides interest for the space. 

We have not only been given a wonderful garden but developed a relationship with a terrific gardening team to guide us to care for and enjoy our terrific natural space!” 

Property Owner

Libby’s Garden Sanctuary

Anishnabeg Country, Brighton, MI, USA

“Charlie, Bridget, Bede, Raffe, Becky and team have done a magnificent job completely renovating and reimagining this property

after it had been neglected for 40 years. It is my rainforest sanctuary.”

Property Owner

Thora Gondwana Farm

NWS, AUS

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