The Permaculture Research Institute of Australia

Stephanie Ladwig-Cooper is co-owner with her husband of Gaia Creations -Ecological Landscaping and Permaculture Solutions. For the last 12 years Stephanie and her husband, Brian, have provided ecological land care solutions for residential and commercial properties in the Northern Sacramento Valley.

Stephanie received her permaculture design certificate from Cathe' Fish and Neil Bertrando in Nevada City, CA in March of 2009. Soon after Stephanie helped 2 other local permaculturists form the Chico Permaculture Guild in Chico, CA. This small non-profit continues today and has been successful providing meetings and workshops for the community.

Currently Stephanie provides permaculture consulting and design services as well as workshops for the local community. Stephanie has developed a unique model for implementing projects for her Clients while educating the community about permaculture. She plans to begin co-teaching Permaculture Design Courses in the near future.

Stephanie and her husband are looking to settle down on a small farm with their 2 young boys in the next few years. Their eldest son took his PDC in 2011, he was 10 years old. The family is currently undertaking a unique permaculture project while living on the project site. The task at hand is to design and implement a resource efficient and abundant oasis on 1/10 of an acre. The goal of the project is to set up the land so that future tenants renting this property will be able to provide some income for themselves by growing food or building products the local community needs.