Nourished Landscapes · Jimboomba, QLD

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Permaculture property designer helping people turn their land — big or small — into a productive, resilient, beautiful landscape.

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Doreen Jachmann holding freshly harvested kale
10+Years
expertise
Hi, I'm

Doreen Jachmann

Founder of Nourished Landscapes — I design permaculture properties, from backyard food gardens to multi-acre regenerative masterplans.

My main work is property design: I visit or assess your land, then create a custom permaculture masterplan — water systems, food forests, garden zones, and a clear phased plan to bring it all to life.

Alongside design, I offer pre-purchase property assessments, hands-on installation, and ongoing mentorship — plus workshops and coaching for anyone who wants to learn the skills themselves.

Bachelor of Horticulture Environmental Monitoring Cert IV Training & Assessment Permaculture Design Soil & Water Science
What I Do

Designing Properties That Work
With Nature, Not Against It

Whether you've got a suburban backyard or a multi-acre block, I design the layout, systems, and planting plan that turns it into a productive, resilient landscape — then help you build it.

Property Design & Masterplans

A complete, custom permaculture design for your land — water harvesting, food forests, garden zones, and a phased roadmap to bring it to life. This is the heart of what I do.

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Pre-Purchase Assessments

Considering land? I'll assess its soil, water, and microclimate potential before you buy — so you know exactly what you're getting and what it's capable of.

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Site Assessment & Advice

Not ready for a full masterplan? Book a call or a site visit for expert guidance on your specific design questions and next steps.

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Doreen Jachmann with her dog in the polytunnel at Nourished Homestead
Who It's For

Designed For Your Land, Whatever Its Size

Suburban Backyards

Turn an ordinary backyard into a productive edible landscape — food forests, garden beds, and water-wise design that fits a standard block.

Acreage & Lifestyle Blocks

Make the most of a larger property — paddocks, water harvesting, orchards, and zoning designed for how you actually use the land.

Off-Grid & Homestead Goals

Planning for greater self-sufficiency — a design that supports food production, water security, and long-term resilience.

My Journey

Rooted in the Earth

A life shaped by gardens, community, and an unshakeable belief that food is medicine — and growing it is joy.

Early Childhood · East Germany

Seeds of a Passion

I grew up in a small village south of Berlin in former communist East Germany, where keeping a food garden was everyday life. From an early age I claimed a quarter of my parents' 1,000 sqm property — a thriving food garden with medicinal flowers woven among the vegetables and crops.

Teenage Years · Saxdorf

The Saxdorfer Pfarrgarten

I volunteered at the locally renowned Saxdorfer Pfarrgarten — a celebrated historic garden where I deepened my plant knowledge and mastered traditional garden techniques, gaining an appreciation for the living relationship between people and place.

Formal Education

Science Meets Pedagogy

I pursued formal education in Environmental Monitoring of Soil and Water, earned a Bachelor of Horticulture, and completed a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment — alongside many additional specialist courses.

2016 – Present · Jimboomba, QLD

Building Nourished Homestead

Since March 2016 I've been transforming five bare acres in Jimboomba into a Land for Wildlife property — implementing permaculture design while running a full business, and sharing every hard-won lesson through workshops and consultations.

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Permaculture Design

Certified Designer

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Bachelor of Horticulture

Formal Qualification

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Env. Monitoring

Soil & Water Science

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Cert IV TAE

Training & Assessment

Where It All Started

A Look At My Own Property

Nourished Homestead is where every design idea I offer clients gets tested first — from bare paddocks to a sustainable, food-producing, disaster-prepared property.

Nourished Homestead is a 5-acre Land for Wildlife property in Jimboomba — an area known as a "rain shadow", receiving far less annual rainfall than greater Brisbane. It's where my own permaculture design journey began, and it's still where I trial and refine every system before recommending it to a client.

Since I moved in March 2016, an abundance of native trees and shrubs has taken root. I've built perennial growing systems, water-harvesting earthworks, a zero-waste nursery and worm farm, a grey-water garden, and wicking beds. I also raise ducks, geese, turkeys, chickens and pigs on-site, use hot and cold smokers, and keep native and European honeybee hives.

Different regenerative planning and management techniques are applied throughout — proof that these designs hold up in the real world, not just on paper.

What I've Built

Elements of the Homestead

Each element adds another layer of resilience. There is always a project in the works.

Cold smokehouse

Cold Smokehouse

Adds delicious cold smoke flavour to cheese, eggs, spices and meat without cooking them.

Nursery

Zero-Waste Nursery

Catches irrigation water and houses 6 bathtub worm farms, closing the loop on nutrients and water.

Food forest

Permaculture Food Forest

A multi-level fruit tree forest designed to produce abundant food with minimal ongoing inputs.

Syntropic system

Syntropic System

Fruit trees, fodder, bananas and edible support plants grown in syntropic agroforestry succession.

No-dig garden

No-Dig Veggie Garden

Low-maintenance vegetable production using a layered soil-building mulch method.

Cabin

Cabin in the Food Forest

A tiny-house inspired timber cabin nestled among the trees — accommodation for interns and visitors.

Off-grid kitchen

Off-Grid Kitchen

Right next to my events area where I hold monthly workshops. Powered by wood, not the grid.

Hot smoker

Hot Smoker

A double barrel smoker for hot smoking meats and produce harvested right on the homestead.

Animals

Ethical Animal Husbandry

Ducks, geese, guinea fowl and sheep — and from time to time pigs and broilers — raised with care.

Rocket mass heater

Rocket Mass Heater

An efficient, low-cost system transferring heat to a thermal mass that radiates warmth slowly with minimal emissions.

Wicking beds

Wicking Bed Kitchen Garden

15 self-watering raised garden beds built from IBCs, keeping roots perfectly moist with minimal water.

Hügelkultur

Hügelkultur Beds

Mounds built over decomposing wood — a self-fertilising, water-retaining system for perennial edibles.

Rotational grazing

Rotational Grazing Paddocks

Half the property managed through rotational grazing — mimicking natural herd movement to restore soil health.

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Kind Words

What People Say

From the gardens and workshops of Nourished Landscapes

★★★★★

Doreen is a ball of inspirational energy and so generous with their knowledge and time. We attended a workshop in 2022 and had Doreen consult on our property — wish we lived closer to absorb every bit of wisdom. Inspiring work.

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Tam Heit

Workshop Attendee

Doreen's workshop

★★★★★

Doreen's workshops are brilliant. I have attended two so far and learned so much — and they were great fun. Highly recommended!

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Genevieve Carlton

Workshop Attendee

Doreen's workshop

★★★★★

Such an amazing time at Nourished Landscapes! Doreen has a wealth of information to share and I very much look forward to returning. It's wonderful to see the practical application of the techniques being taught.

Trusted By

Proud to have worked with

Brisbane City Council

Brisbane City Council

City of Logan

City of Logan

Bulimba Creek Catchment

Bulimba Creek Catchment

Land for Wildlife

Land for Wildlife

Community Gardens Australia

Community Gardens Australia

Albert Valley Wilderness Society

Albert Valley Wilderness Society

It's Time To

Turn your land into a productive, nourished landscape — designed around your site, your goals, your family

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