Blake Hudson is the lead designer of Organic Motion & his new project Eartheartisan. He is passionate about changing the way society views the landscape; his mantra is to “change the world, one garden at a time”. He completed a Permaculture Design course in 2009 at Rosella Waters with Darren Doherty of Regrarians inc. He then spent many years practicing and studying permaculture with a focus on tropical ecosystems. He has particular interest in tropical plants and is always adding new varieties to his living database. Blake conceived Organic Motion (OM) in 2009 as he saw there was an clear need in his local community for local home grown food systems. Putting his permaculture studies into use in a very practical way he is doing his part to help the earth.

Blake also has a background in multimedia design and produces high quality graphics and 3d renderings for our Custom Designs & Manuals. ​Combining his multimedia skills and the understanding of living systems, he has balanced the art and science of permaculture to illustrate quality landscape designs to his clients, which are ultimately installed through his landscaping services or through facilitating workshops.

Blake teaches multimedia skills as well as hands on workshops for permaculture gardening including natural building using earth bag. He is also our resident ‘Rocket Stove’ creator.

As one of the teachers for our annual PDC, Blake will be sharing his knowledge to effectively take a landscape vision convert it into a plan which are to scale and geographically referenced. Blake will share some useful technology skills for practical design illustrations as well as paper to pen for your group design project. He will be offering a toolkit of hints and tips to get you started in designing stunning landscape designs.

When he’s not creating functional and organic permaculture gardens for the tropical climate, he can be found exploring and delving into the patterns of nature to present the geometry and imagery in his visual projection mapping projects with Culture Mechanics.

Tonielle is an author and a holistic life design coach to support people to connect, nourish and grow themselves and projects through transpersonal practices to achieve their goals. Her specialised service moves people beyond their vision for self-sufficiency into the daily actions to bring about the lifestyle behaviours and quality of life they seek.

Although she engages in the creative concept design sessions with her team, she focuses more on the report writing, education and research. As the driver of the ‘educate’ aspect of Organic Motion (OM), she is a qualified trainer and assessor and co-ordinates events for various workshops and courses, facilitated by the OM team or hosted associates.
In the past, she has facilitated regional recycling projects, consulted for conservation groups, co-ordinated protest events for Coal seam gas awareness and assisted a company to establish carbon trading units to improve soil carbon through sustainable farming practices.
She has studied her PDC with Darren Doherty from Regen Ag, Permaculture Landscaping and Consultation with Geoff Lawton and Nick Huggins, Dynamic Governance and Decision Making with Robin Clayfield, Permaculture Teacher Training with Robyn Francis and Sociocracy with the Gina Price.

As an advocate for ‘Sociocracy’ (governance) designed social systems, Tonielle shares this in her work with community facilitation, using this effective framework for decision making and dynamic governance to assist groups and businesses to function for success.

In her spare time, you will find her in a garden hanging with her favorite plants and being a kitchen witch, preparing fresh recipes and making medicinal concoctions. From growing up in the bush and beach, sailing on the ocean and backpacking internationally, she is a now a forest dweller with an affinity for living close to nature.

Jay Jackson is always ready to face challenges and find solutions. A born leader at heart, Jay spent his younger years rebelling against the system he was born to change. Coming from a tradie background he knew there was more to life and always looked for the next level. That’s when he found permaculture and later co-founded Organic Motion. Finding fulfillment in any landscape, Jay now happily and confidently handles life as one big (ever-changing) design. He lives to share joy in life!

As our project manager, Jay ensures that our landscape designs meet clients visions, obtain on ground outcomes and handles the puzzle work of timelines, budgets, suppliers, managing workers and meeting deadlines. His gregarious nature and great communication is what our clients and students affectionately remember. His ability to achieve the ‘big picture’ and finesse the details whilst considering all the stakeholders along the way makes Jay an integral part of Organic Motion.

In the past, Jay has worked in various industries which all add to the mixing pot of his skills and abilities. Jay has been influential on the committee for different community groups, ran dozens of public workshops and travelled 6 countries to gain experience and see examples of permaculture landscapes. Jay has established community gardens in Townsville and Cairns which he currently coordinates at the James Cook University Cairns campus. Jay has all the relevant permaculture certificates and participated in many other professional development courses. Jay’s experience as project officer in natural resource management lead him into a deeper understanding of conservation and land management, which he also blends into his design and consultancy work. Always open to a good conversation, Jay will ensure you feel safe and supported to get the most from your landscape and what Organic Motion can offer.