I’m Priya, a permaculture designer based in Fife, Scotland.

I work in community development, supporting people to imagine, design and grow the changes they want to see — from community gardens and gathering spaces to local food projects and participatory plans that strengthen connection between people and place.

I’ve been involved in the voluntary and community sector for over sixteen years, working with grassroots organisations from community gardens to conservation projects, allotment associations to environmental education spaces, across Scotland and beyond. What drives me is seeing communities flourish when their own ideas are nurtured and taken seriously. My role is to hold space, bring in the right tools and frameworks, and walk alongside people as vision becomes action.

My background bridges social care and ecological design. I hold a degree in Youth and Family Work and a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design, alongside training in community learning and development, project management, and facilitation. My experience as both a paid and unpaid carer, including birth work and one to one support, informs how I approach design across the life cycle — from early years spaces to elder care settings.

I also run Common Ink, a small outdoor writing and nature connection group in Fife. Creative practice writing, storytelling, participatory design deeply shapes how I work and what I create. What excites me most is designing projects and spaces that bring people closer to nature and to each other places where care, creativity, and collective action can flourish.My own garden in Fife is a forest garden in progress layered, experimental, and considerably wild.