Who we are

Our collective consists of parents, group facilitators, doulas, holistic health educators, herbalists, body workers and more with a passion for nourishing new families. How?

1. We host a weekly gathering at the Learning Gardens Lab in SE Portland to bring the community together.

2. We offer workshops, events and classes that support, educate and nourish pregnant and postpartum people.

3. We provide a safe and brave space for parents stories to be shared and heard, a place to witness one another on our journeys, an opportunity to re-village.

Partum, the act of giving birth, is a powerful rite of passage and a potent time of initiation into the role as parent; we aim to honor the transition into parenthood and assist the integration of our new roles through community, education, and earth connection.

We ground our organization in the garden, in engaging with it as a therapeutic tool and space for healing we cultivate deeper relationships with ourselves, one another and everyone’s mother, Earth.

We look forward to building a strong network of parents and care providers that supports families in our community.  All postpartum people deserve a space that helps empower them so they may thrive and flourish.

Our founders

I’m a mama, partner, school garden educator, doula and herbalist. One of my greatest passions in life is connecting with others in our shared joy and love for the natural world; I have done this through designing, building and teaching in gardens for people of all ages for the past 12 years. I have always come back to the garden when I’m in need of support and my own postpartum experience was no different. In creating Partum Gardens I gain inspiration from the way ecological systems function and thrive in diversity, I want the same for ourselves and our children, to grow with and be witnessed by many people in community, Partum Gardens is a re-villaging.

I’m a mama, somatic coach, retreat leader, and gardener. For the past two decades, I’ve been facilitating community-based experiences to help others feel a sense of deep connection to themselves, others, and the natural world. Throughout my adult life, gardening and community gathering have always been a thread, which led me to organize my life around somatics, Earth connection, and meaningful experiences. I co-founded Temenos Rising, a PNW collective that offers experiences to nourish sacred connections in community. As a somatic coach, I work with individuals and families during their most challenging moments of change, including parenthood, leadership transitions, and realigning daily practices with values and greater purpose. Three years ago, I became a mama to Lazulynne Sky and it’s by far the most important role I embrace. Becoming a mama was the most transformational time of my life and I’m committed to supporting others into postpartum so that they can be the parents they long to be.