Peter Poulsen comes from a family of architects and civil engineers and so has during the course of his life been privileged to learn a wide selection of talents from being part of such a creative family.
Peter was born in Zambia and immigrated with his family when young to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Peter studied aircraft engineering and made the news for achieving the highest level and completing his apprenticeship a year earlier than the normal five years!
Peter then went farming with cattle and mixed crops before the situation in Zimbabwe forced Peter and his family to move to South African where he joined his brother in civil engineering and earth moving company.
Peter then started his enviroscaping business which included redesigning and implementing building aesthetics and redoing garden landscapes to better ecological functioning.
Peter and his wife, Heather, moved to the Mpushini Valley over six years ago and now run the thriving Rocky Wonder Aloe Nursery. This has enabled Peter to bring his skills and passion together encouraging others to approach gardening from an ecological perspective concerning water use as well as realising his love for nature and conservation. Peter is an avid birder and enjoys identification and watching them in his nursery comprising over 200 species of aloes.
Peter, being conservation wise decided that he would build an earthbag home instead of the normal brick home. Designed on the golden mean of the ammonite shell, his favourite part of the day is relaxing on his deck with Heather at the end of the day, watching the Nyala and Zebra and hundreds of birds that come to visit.
Contact Peter Poulsen:
Tel: 082 7287467
Email: poulsen2005@gmail.com
Facebook: Rocky Wonder Aloe Nursery
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