26. BotAnarchy, Art and Being a Botanical Revolutionary: Taj Scicluna, The Perma Pixie on Permaculture Herbalism

'The Perma Pixie' is Taj Scicluna's small business, based on her deep poetic love of the Botanical Realm. Taj is an artist who fuses together her love of Herbalism, Foraging, Writing, Cooking, Ecosystem Health, Personal Health and Education into a cohesive offering. Her business is a platform for creativity, a place to weave the romantic wonder of the botanical into something tangible to share with the world. She is a Permaculture designer, consultant, and implementer, specialising in ornamental, edible and medicinal gardens. As a facilitator of grassroots herbal medicine and teacher of Permaculture and creative facilitation, she shares her knowledge of Herbalism, wild food, and ecological systems with the philosophy that medicine is more than a resource. At her core, Taj aims to support people as they bridge the gap between themselves and 'nature', to support the 'remembering' that we belong to the botanical, that we are woven into the photosynthetic web, and that we are truly animal. She aims to co-collaborate in repairing the rupture we have created in our experience of being 'civilised', of using language to keep us separate, believing that healing is done in this process of 'being' in relationship with the botanical rather than treating it as a resource. Healing is within the process, not the product. To carry out this purpose, Taj lives a lifestyle dedicated to her values and educates via workshops, courses, mentorship, Patreon and one-on-one cliental consults. In this interview, you'll get a sneaky peak excerpt of her upcoming book and what inspired her creative expression in her music video BotAnarchy! Show Notes: The Herbal Apprentice upcoming course at CERES: https://school.ceres.org.au/programs/the-herbal-apprentice/ Oats (Avena sativa) BotArchy music video: https://youtu.be/krfOOMS7rSY For Membership to access Education, Permaculture, Herbalism and Foraging ⁠https://www.patreon.com/ThePermaPixie⁠ 1:1 Herbalism Consults: https://www.thepermapixie.com/copy-of-philosophy Connect: Taj Scicluna The Perma Pixie Reclaim Food and Medicine⁠ www.thepermapixie.com⁠ Co-founder of Alchemical Ecology Remembering our Roots through Herbal Education⁠ www.alchemicalecology.com⁠ Facebook: www.facebook.com/thepermapixie  Instagram: www.instagram.com/thepermapixie  Other/s: www.youtube.com/thepermapixie  Taj resides on the land of the Wurundjeri in Naarm (Melbourne). A percentage of my Patreon and workshop profits go towards paying the rent: https://paytherent.net.au/⁠ To learn more about The Elder Tree, visit the website here and donate to the crowdfunding campaign here. You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at:  [email protected] intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music here and here.