THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR HEALTH, THE HEALTH OF OUR PETS AND BY EXTENSION THE ENVIRONMENT CANNOT BE OVERESTIMATED. IT WAS THIS THINKING THAT LED TO MY CAREER AS A NATUROPATH.
My name is Karen and Jack is my partner. We live in a lovely part of the world, in the coastal temperate climate of Sydney’s northern beaches.
I have been interested in gardening since a child — my great grandfather grew food and kept chickens in the backyard until his mid-90s when he passed away — and have always used whatever space I had (even balconies) to grow food.
Now semiretired, I studied physics and ran nuclear medicine departments in various hospitals then changed direction and spent 40 years as a clinical naturopath and part-time academic at the University of Sydney.
Jack, while being camera shy, has a Tongan heritage, making him the
