Why this service?

Ultimately it’s about creating intentional connection to ourselves, each other, to the land and natural environment, to place and to culture.

I decided to establish CoUnity, after extensive research and my own Ah Ha moments when I witnessed people of all ages find something meaningful and soulful when they found connection. When they connected to their creative self, connected with green spaces and gardens, connected deeply with others and connected with the cultural richness of Indigenous Australia.

Connection is at the heart of our wellbeing.  Unity is at the heart of harmonious being….which again creates human wellbeing.

I am part of a long line of horticulturalists, my great grandfather left East Prussia in 1850, and was part of the German speaking immigrants that established vineyards in the Barossa Valley in South Australia.  I grew up on a fruit property near the River Murray, and learned to prune and harvest vines before I attended primary school.     

After formally studying horticulture and working in my own business, I felt a stronger call to leave the orchard to work with people.  Back at university, I spent the next 6 years working full time and studying part time to complete my degree in human services.

I gravitated to roles and to the needs of people that found themselves at the margins and dislocated from the mainstream.  My career meandered like the Murray River and has carried me to this point.

A point where I wish to share my skills, my ways of working to facilitate true connection to ourselves, each other, to the natural environment, to place and to culture.

I look forward to our shared journey of connection and unity, Chris