Web Design & Permaculture Design
Welcome! I offer design and consulting for:
The Web ☛ Complete Website Design, specializing in WordPress based websites. Visit: AJDesignsWeb.com
Places ☛ Permaculture Design: Edible/Sustainable Landscapes, Farms, Forest Gardens. Visit: GoodEarthDesign.com
Web Design Services for Individuals and Businesses:
- Website design
- Front and back-end systems design and visual design.
- Pre-design consulting and planning (UX/UI)
- WordPress theme customization
- eCommerce
- Real estate
- Business
- Site speed optimization for Google Core Web Vitals
- Web hosting or host selection and setup
- Graphic design
- Private and group WordPress training for staff
- Site administration
Permaculture Design Services:
- Home garden and farm consulting
- Garden and edible landscape design
- Species selection, placement and pricing
- Detailed 2d and 3d visualizations
- Virtual walk-throughs
- Mapping / site surveys
- Garden installation
- Drip irrigation design and installation
- Low pressure/gravity systems
- Filtration
My background
I have been a freelance web designer since 2000
My skills emerge from a degree in fine art and extend into graphics and websites. I specialize in custom WordPress based web sites.
I am an avid permaculture gardener based in Western Colorado, between Paonia & Hotchkiss.
My permaculture design studies began in N.S.W. Australia under the instruction of Geoff Lawton from whom I received a Permaculture Designer Certificate, Aid Workers Training and Teachers Certificate. Since 2009 I have taught and practiced permaculture all over the world. Like a giant tool box, permaculture is filled with an ever-growing collection of techniques and strategies. Ancient wisdom, modern science/technology and common sense all offer useful collections of knowledge. Permaculture integrates these diverse elements and helps us to select the most appropriate action for each different situation and location. I use permaculture design to consult and plan (and in certain cases install) personal gardens, edible landscaping, sustainable farms, and community projects.
Moving between the visual and virtual world of media design and practical, hands-on design for places and people, keeps me balanced and inspired. I enjoy active dialogs with people, drawing out visions and aiding in their expression. For me its not just about producing something of quality, but living a quality life.
My job as a consultant is to listen, to ask relevant questions, to draw out of people what they truly want and help them arrive at a design that really works.