Praise

SIMONE NOVELLO

I LOVED The Abun­dant Veg­gie Patch Sys­tem – it was worth every cent! Even my friends who have been gar­den­ing for decades can’t believe my leap in knowl­edge and gar­den­ing skills.

I’m a busy, work­ing mum and the course fit­ted in beau­ti­fully with my sched­ule. Nicola held my hand as I set up a gar­den step-by-step and made sure I got wins on the board that increased my con­fi­dence in grow­ing organic food.

Thanks Nicola for help­ing me turn my brown thumb, green! I’m enjoy­ing the fun and edu­ca­tional ride – sun, exer­cise, spend­ing time with the kids, cre­at­ing beauty in the gar­den and the best tast­ing nutri­tious food I’ve ever had!!! Sat­is­fac­tion.
SIMONE NOVELLO | SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA | PARTNERSHIP MARKETING EXPERT | PARTNERUP.COM.AU

JESSICA ANISCOUGH – THE WELLNESS WARRIOR

Before I met Nicola I thought gar­den­ing was some­thing I would always con my dad into doing for me. I thought it was an old man’s game. Nic blew that assump­tion right out of the pond.

She has the abil­ity to make us see the beauty in inti­mately con­nect­ing with Mother Nature and the ben­e­fit of putting per­sonal, nur­tur­ing life force into our food. Plus her energy, enthu­si­asm and play­ful spirit make her one of the coolest peo­ple to hang out with. She is so much fun – a breath of fresh air in a niche where she is sec­ond to none.

JESSICA ANISCOUGH | SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA | THE WELLNESS WARRIOR | THEWELLNESSWARRIOR.COM.AU

CHRISTY GOODEY

Nicola is my go-to-gal when I need inspi­ra­tion for healthy liv­ing. Shes’s intro­duced me to green juices and the delight of fresh herbs… and oh my god, herbs make every­thing taste soooo good! But more than just show­ing me how to grow healthy food, Nicola con­tin­ues to inspire, moti­vate and encour­age me to live a life that is abun­dant and full of cre­ativ­ity.

In The Abun­dant Veg­gie Patch Sys­tem she helps you push past blocks and pro­vides the tools to get things done in the world. I would rec­om­mend her to any­one who wants to feel more con­nected to nature, grow a gor­geous gar­den and improve their health. Her hon­esty, trans­parency, humour and fem­i­nine strength will help you get where you want to go in your gar­den and your life.
CHRISTY GOODEY | MANLY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA | FREELANCE WRITER + FULL-TIME MUM

BERNIE WALTON

I wasn’t sure whether I could “get the skills” online and whether it would be too tech­ni­cal when I enrolled in The Abun­dant Veg­gie Patch Sys­tem. But I have learnt how to vastly improve and pre­pare my soil, and it shows in health­ier plants!

I loved Nicola’s relaxed style of gar­den­ing edu­ca­tion. She has such an authen­tic, nat­ural per­son­al­ity. It’s clear she really comes from a place of hon­esty and car­ing, and she wants to share her knowl­edge with you.

I would def­i­nitely rec­om­mend The Abun­dant Veg­gie Patch Sys­tem! Nicola is so inspir­ing and help­ful, even if you have no gar­den­ing expe­ri­ence; it’s easy to start grow­ing your own CLEAN fresh food.
BERNIE WALTON | GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA

CECILIA MACAULAY

When you sign up to Nicola’s ‘Sprout’ newslet­ter, it’s like being a kid and hav­ing a new buddy move in down the street, incit­ing you to adven­ture.  She ‘appears’ at your kitchen table each week, get­ting you build­ing cubby houses, dig­ging holes and glean­ing fallen leaves to make big piles to jump into.

Soon you notice, just like she promised, there is an immensely pro­duc­tive ecosys­tem around your house. Steadily, you become some­one with the strength, insight and eager­ness to make life work.

She gives us a big vision, a light heart, and a road map you can trust, step-by-step elic­it­ing a gar­den where the plants and crea­tures take care of each other. Delicately-flavored organic food appears, almost as a side effect. Then we are freed up and fueled to go do the other cre­ative things we were put on this good earth to do.

Nicola, you make me brave, you make me laugh, and I love being in your aura.
CECILIA MACAULAY| AUSTRALIA | PERMACULTURE DESIGNER + ILLUSTRATOR | BALCONYOFDREAMS.BLOGSPOT.COM

DENISE DAFFARA

What an absolute plea­sure to meet you… see your beau­ti­ful paint­ings and hear a lit­tle about how your cre­ative process comes about. What an inspir­ing, tal­ented, amaz­ing woman you are, Ms Nicola! x
DENISE DAFFARA | SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA | ARTIST | DENISEDAFFARA.COM.AU

JO HANCHARD

I’ve been gar­den­ing for years, and Nicola still taught me so many use­ful tech­niques and meth­ods to improve my veg­gie patch. Her nat­ural enthu­si­asm for grow­ing organic food inspired me to take action and make my first no-dig gar­den.

When you’re at home on your own, it can be iso­lat­ing in your gar­den. Nicola’s course and the online com­mu­nity it brought together kick-started my own enthu­si­asm again.

The Abun­dant Veg­gie Patch Sys­tem is easy to use, even for some­one of my gen­er­a­tion who is unfa­mil­iar with advanced tech­nol­ogy these days. Nicola walked me through not only how to cre­ate my abun­dant gar­den, but also the course itself with ongo­ing sup­port and help.

I don’t know of any­one else out there who is doing what Nicola is doing and mak­ing grow­ing organic food acces­si­ble to peo­ple in dif­fer­ent cli­mates and with dif­fer­ent ranges of expe­ri­ence. If you want to have organic food right out­side your door, or get excited about your gar­den again, I rec­om­mend tak­ing her course.
JO HANCHARD | SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA

JILL LEE

I never thought mak­ing a veg­gie patch was some­thing I could do. Nicola helped me dis­cover how easy it can be! Hon­estly, I didn’t know much about gar­den­ing and I was daunted by task, but she has a way of mak­ing things very easy to under­stand.

I’ve started small, with only two gar­dens so far, and have plans for one more. That’s the beauty of it, I can go at my own pace. I’m enjoy­ing get­ting out and water­ing when I need to and check­ing the progress of my plants. Nic helped me to under­stand how com­post works and I spend more time pam­per­ing my com­post than I need to spend look­ing after my gar­den beds. The gar­den almost looks after itself!

My sec­ond gar­den bed is now planted out and my spinach is already look­ing yummy. I’m look­ing for­ward to har­vest­ing healthy food for myself and my two sons! That’s going to be the best part for this lit­tle fam­ily.

If I can grow things well enough to share with friends and fam­ily, then you should have no prob­lem get­ting started and shar­ing your own seedlings and later your own pro­duce with the peo­ple close to you.
JILL LEE | SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA

SUSANA FRIONI

If you want to know how to make things hap­pen, be it in the gar­den or in your life, Nicola is your girl.  She’s a charis­matic go-getter, with a gen­er­ous spirit and a big heart.
SUSANA FRIONI | BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA | YOGA INSTRUCTOR | DELIRIOUSLYDEEP.COM

CATHY GRANT

Nicola teaches sim­ple meth­ods that are not dif­fi­cult to imple­ment - in fact they are very easy to do!

Her knowl­edge and pas­sion for sim­ple, effec­tive organic gar­den­ing shines through in all she teaches. I would rec­om­mend her to any­one look­ing for no-nonsense, tried and tested tech­niques to quickly trans­form their back-yard into an abun­dant veg­gie patch.
CATHY GRANT | BRISBANE,  AUSTRALIA | CLASSICAL PIANIST

DEE HUMPHREYS

Through a gen­uine pur­suit of Health and Well­be­ing, Nicola and I have become great friends and col­leagues. Nic is fully ded­i­cated to help­ing peo­ple gain the skills and knowl­edge they require to grow nutri­ent dense food to sup­port the attain­ment of a healthy lifestyle. With Nic’s courses, sup­port, SPROUT! newslet­ter and loads more, you have access to a resource that’s learned by actu­ally ‘walk­ing the walk’!

Nicola has trans­formed her own ‘back­yard’ into a gar­den of healthy oppor­tu­ni­ties and has REAL expe­ri­ence in a vari­ety of gar­den­ing tech­niques. Nicola has also used her ever grow­ing knowl­edge of gar­den­ing to enhance her own health.
DEE HUMPHREYS | SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA | TEACHER: HERBS + WEEDS FOR HEALTH

SHARON STADON

Nicola’s coach­ing will help me adjust to Queens­land gar­den­ing since mov­ing from down south. Now I know it’s about adding organic mat­ter to the sand! I was so dis­ap­pointed with the results in my gar­den before and talk­ing with her has made me feel inspired again.

Thank you, Nicola, for your help!
SHARON STADON | HERVEY BAY, AUSTRALIA | HERVEYBAYBEDANDBREAKFAST.COM.AU

VANESSA TEKLENBURG

I feel so inspired after my coach­ing call with Nicola. I can’t believe how much she taught me in 20 min­utes! So many jobs to do now: put cow manure in the worm farm, get hub­bie to build a lit­tle frog pond, put com­post around my basil plants to ‘boost their immune sys­tems’!

Nicola is a wealth of prac­ti­cal and use­ful infor­ma­tion!
VANESSA TEKLENBURG | NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA

JO BILES

Nicola’s ‘Abun­dant Veg­gie Patch Sys­tem’ really does result in an abun­dance of veg­eta­bles. It’s incred­i­ble how effec­tive and pro­duc­tive even a small area can be. I also love how much time and work it saves.

I wish I’d known about this sim­ple, com­mon­sense sys­tem years ago; it would have saved me a lot of wasted time and effort!
JO BILES | BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA