"As a child, we spent all our summers living in the woods without electricity and other amenities and were guided by the night sky during evening walks. My early fascination with the stars became more earth bound when I learned that everything is made of stardust and the magic of photosynthesis creates life on earth. The revolution of the seasons, change and the elements connects me to everything."

"I find it tricky to separate myself from nature, especially in my role as gardener. So it's safe to say nature guides every aspect of what I do."

"As a gardener, I’m privileged to be a degree closer to what we call nature than many others are afforded. It’s a proximity that’s taught me humility in beginning to accept how interwoven the natural world is in every part of our lives."

"In the garden I get to tend to the land by calling in my senses to work creatively with and in responses to the entangled relationships between plants, fungal and soil creatures and humans. This intuitive and embodied practice expands my sense of being."

"The natural world is a place where we all belong, although disconnected. My role is for everyone to find a wilder way of life through food, from soil to plate. Fascinated by vegetables, soil, and plants. I am working symbiotically with the environment to create nutritious and healing food. Uniting and nurturing us all."

"I have a fundamental curiosity for nature. Each species represents millions of years of evolution shaped by ecological interactions. Understanding and preserving this natural history makes me feel alive."

"I've grown to see the wild as a blueprint for everything else and I enjoy exploring these connections - how our relationship with nature can be addressed through art, design, food, philosophy, literature, music, performance... My role is to create opportunities for people to explore this or share their findings with us too.

“I was late in coming to feel at home in the natural world, but I am enthusiastically here now. My work is guided by the belief that everyone in a city, of all ages, deserves to feel the joy of planting a seed, the awe of tasting a vegetable they grew, the peace of leaning against a willow, and the mindfulness of slow walking and observing moss”.

"I took up photography as a way to deal with anxiety. If I ever felt an unfounded urge that I should be doing something I would take my camera and go for a walk. I am drawn to the ways in which nature quietly emerges in the urban sphere. I am taken by nature's complexity, from the granular level to expansive vistas. I try to incorporate that layering of information into my work, it makes an image feel rich and organic."

“My role is to bring OmVed’s ideas, creativity and beauty to audiences beyond the garden, and to inspire people everywhere to deepen their own connection with nature. I am fascinated by nature’s complexity, there’s so much to learn. Spending time in the natural world is how I switch off from the digital world.”

“My understanding of my relationship with nature is an ongoing and developing process. What I’ve been learning through the work with OmVed and Where the Leaves Fall is the magnitude of forest knowledge - the experience of articulating knowledge from different perspectives such as Indigenous, academic, scientific, artistic, traditional etc. This opens the way for new questions to be asked, helping us to relocate ourselves back into the natural world.”

“We are nature. It’s the question of how we relocate ourselves in the natural world that guides the editorial direction of Where the Leaves Fall.”

“Nature never fails to show us how interconnected we all are. It’s this kind of simple yet nourishing coexistence that inspires me to nurture imaginative partnerships for Where the Leaves Fall. I’m so grateful to be involved in projects spreading seeds of change, where nature is carefully and actively listened to."

"Finding paths to reconnect ourselves to nature is not only one of life’s greatest joys, but it’s fundamental in understanding our humanity and building a more just and caring world. I hope my role at Where the Leaves Fall helps to facilitate this in some way for people who engage with the words and art we share from across the globe."

"In my work - writing The Rhizome, as well as my film and photography work -  nature is an organising principle. I’m passionate about intersections between the personal, socio-political, and ecological - and how these affect the rights and wellbeing of both people and planet. Nature is also what keeps me grounded."

Nature is an influence in all areas of my life, from my day-to-day living to my work as a photographer and writer. I write the weekly round up for Where the Leaves Fall where I talk about topics surrounding nature as a whole, sharing research, current news, and personal stories. I'm always learning along the way and it's a great joy to connect with readers on their own ways of living and being with nature.