I am an enthusiastic and dedicated freelancer who enjoys working collaboratively. I've worked on projects to bring many different people and perspectives together - artists, schoolchildren, health patients, MPs, ex-offenders, academics, community organisations, doctors, university students, policymakers - and specialise in practical work addressing systemic social issues. 

If your company, organisation or community would like to work with me, please get in touch to discuss your ideas. A few recent examples are given below. 

Walking trails
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​I can run any of my existing Storywalks for a particular group or organisation. I can also produce, and/or run, a walking trail at a particular place, to suit your needs. 

​I conceptualised, researched, designed and produced the 'Highland Herbs' walking trail for the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore, using material from their archives and on site.

Highland Herbs trail leaflet

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Cairngorms Wild Plants Project: research on Strathspey dialect names

Research
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​I have a degree in Social Anthropology and 15 years' experience of research with communities, under-represented groups, archive material, and land-based experiential research. 

Watch a clip from Plantlife Scotland's short film about the Cairngorms Wild Plants Project. I conducted research locally on any remaining Strathspey dialect names for plants and trees. 

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Foraged tea tastings
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​I can offer seasonal tea and cordial tastings based on historical research of the Highlands, at events or for particular groups, as a stall and/or as a walk. 

I was invited to participate in the Woodland Trust's Forest Festival at the Highland Folk Museum 2016-2018, making teas over a firepit with locally-foraged ingredients, all with historic or current relevance to the area. 

Foraged teas and homemade cordials at the Forest Festival 2017, Highland Folk Museum

Other ideas...
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I am open to other suggestions of work where we have joint interests. Please feel free to drop me a line. 

Areas of interest 

The relationships between people and plants in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland - how plants and trees have been seen and used, medicinally, for food, or other uses;

nature-based words in Gaelic dialects, particularly Strathspey & Badenoch Gaelic;

Gaelic song linked to human-land relationships and/or working songs;

encouraging the everyday use of Gaelic, as a language of this land;

​the 'missing' voices from historical or current narratives, and shifting that narrative;

education to encourage new perspectives and critical thinking;

social inequalities;

systems change, particularly with a focus on communities and climate change;

​future-focused placemaking. ​