Restoring our connection to nature, place & each other
At Patch of the Planet, we work at the local level to restore community connections to nature, place and each other.
We’re a non-profit, social enterprise, based in Pembrokeshire.
We run community projects and collaborate with others, to help community and nature thrive together.
What we do
Community garden support
We support community gardens across west Wales, providing workshops, helping to design areas and collaborating on hands-on projects.
We worked with volunteers in Narberth to co-design and help create the one acre community garden Cilrath Acre, for example.
If you'd like to chat about a project or idea, please get in touch.
Who we are
Day-to-day Directors
Neil & Dina are the founders of Patch of the Planet and run most of the day to day projects and activities.
Dina Kingsnorth
Dina is a professional food grower who loves sharing her passion for plants, seeds and microbes.
She has a Permaculture Design Certificate, a Diploma in Professional Garden Design, a degree in Life Sciences and worked as a biology teacher.
Neil Kingsnorth
Neil is a tree and community enthusiast who has worked at environmental charities including Friends of the Earth and The Orchard Project.
He has a certificate and diploma in permaculture and loves teaching and speaking about soil, fruit trees and our connection to the world around us. He's also a writer, which you can read more about here.
Our other Directors
Our other Directors provide hugely valuable advice, steers and oversight of the enterprise as well as supporting some of our projects and activities
Alma Joenson
Alma is a market gardening specialist and community worker who currently works as a grower at Real Seeds, one of the UK’s most exiting seed companies, based in Pembrokeshire.
Kelly Cracknell
Kelly is a wild artist, and runs Mooncraft. She makes paints and oils from natural materials, and creating fantastic art pieces from them, as well as sharing the skills through training events.
Simon Richards
Simon is Head of horticulture at Scolton Manor, responsible for leading all of the outdoor work on this 70-acre public garden. He’s a hugely experienced horticulturalist and a keen advocate of nature-friendly gardening techniques.
Get in touch
You can call us on 07960 420030 or 07818 091739
Email us at info@patchoftheplanet.co.uk, or if you prefer, fill in the form below