Naturaleza Pública is a nonprofit and collaborative platform based in Aysén, Chilean Patagonia. We work with native flora as a tool for social transformation. We are ½ gardeners, ½ activists, reimagining public space at the intersection of landscape design, community-led regeneration, and environmental activism. We collect seeds, propagate Patagonian plants and create participatory nature-based solutions in strategic places that reconnect people with nature while strengthening the well-being of ecosystems and communities across Patagonia.
Meli Bees Network coordinates Impact Networks, supports Community-Led Projects, and amplifies Contra-Colonial Voices, engaging over 100 indigenous and local communities. The organization supports activities with positive impact on local biodiversity for land and people to flourish, with a focus on regenerative practices aligned with modern science, community engagement through active participation and traditional knowledge, biodiversity integrity, and land rights and sovereignty.
Project story
Triple Impact Nursery in Patagonia: Growing Regeneration from the Ground Up
Patagonia is one of Earth's last wild frontiers—and it's disappearing. Fires, overgrazing, and climate chaos are rapidly transforming this irreplaceable biodiversity hotspot.
Nearly a decade working alongside Doug and Kris Tompkins to create Patagonia National Park taught us something crucial: it is possible to create real change with our own hands. A degraded sheep ranch became a thriving protected area that now inspires the world. That success sparked a crucial question: What should the next generation of conservationists stand for?
Naturaleza Pública was born from that quest. We're ½ gardeners, ½ activists. We use native plants as a catalyst for change—restoring ecosystems, transforming public spaces, and mobilizing communities.
The Triple Impact Nursery: Infrastructure for Change
Our nursery is more than a plant production facility: it is a cultural and ecological hub that empowers Patagonian communities to restore their own territory from within. A place where human scale and territorial scale meet — weaving together geography, people, knowledge and nature.
We're building local capacity by:
Collecting seeds and propagating Patagonian flora with community members, strengthening local ecological sovereignty
Activating participatory gardens in strategic public locations, demonstrating regenerative ways of coexistence (already in +11 towns!)
Training the next generation—children, youth, educators, organizations and municipalities—in restoration and gardening skills
The Next Step: Making It Permanent
For years, we've operated from rented land with basic infrastructure. Our lease expires soon, and we're ready to scale. Over the next 12 months, we'll secure permanent land next to our town and build a resilient nursery featuring 50,000 liters of water-storage capacity, solar energy, 4 greenhouses for propagation and year-round classes/workshops, 2 hectares of native plant production, 200 sqm of demonstration gardens and a learning space for students, apprentices and community members.
In Puerto Guadal, where there is no high school and young people must leave their families to continue their education, this nursery becomes a beacon: we will create the first technical facility where local youth can learn hands-on regenerative skills.
Alongside Huerto Cuatro Estaciones — our partner farm, a biointensive organic garden led by my husband, which feeds more than +400 families every week and trains new farmers through an internationally connected learning model — we will consolidate a local model for another way of inhabiting Patagonia: rooted in community-led activism, regenerative education and collective care.
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Triple Impact Nursery in Patagonia, Chile
Naturaleza Pública is a nonprofit and collaborative platform based in Aysén, Chilean Patagonia. We work with native flora as a tool for social transformation. We are ½ gardeners, ½ activists, reimagining public space at the intersection of landscape design, community-led regeneration, and environmental activism. We collect seeds, propagate Patagonian plants and create participatory nature-based solutions in strategic places that reconnect people with nature while strengthening the well-being of ecosystems and communities across Patagonia.
Meli Bees Network coordinates Impact Networks, supports Community-Led Projects, and amplifies Contra-Colonial Voices, engaging over 100 indigenous and local communities. The organization supports activities with positive impact on local biodiversity for land and people to flourish, with a focus on regenerative practices aligned with modern science, community engagement through active participation and traditional knowledge, biodiversity integrity, and land rights and sovereignty.
Project story
Triple Impact Nursery in Patagonia: Growing Regeneration from the Ground Up
Patagonia is one of Earth's last wild frontiers—and it's disappearing. Fires, overgrazing, and climate chaos are rapidly transforming this irreplaceable biodiversity hotspot.
Nearly a decade working alongside Doug and Kris Tompkins to create Patagonia National Park taught us something crucial: it is possible to create real change with our own hands. A degraded sheep ranch became a thriving protected area that now inspires the world. That success sparked a crucial question: What should the next generation of conservationists stand for?
Naturaleza Pública was born from that quest. We're ½ gardeners, ½ activists. We use native plants as a catalyst for change—restoring ecosystems, transforming public spaces, and mobilizing communities.
The Triple Impact Nursery: Infrastructure for Change
Our nursery is more than a plant production facility: it is a cultural and ecological hub that empowers Patagonian communities to restore their own territory from within. A place where human scale and territorial scale meet — weaving together geography, people, knowledge and nature.
We're building local capacity by:
Collecting seeds and propagating Patagonian flora with community members, strengthening local ecological sovereignty
Activating participatory gardens in strategic public locations, demonstrating regenerative ways of coexistence (already in +11 towns!)
Training the next generation—children, youth, educators, organizations and municipalities—in restoration and gardening skills
The Next Step: Making It Permanent
For years, we've operated from rented land with basic infrastructure. Our lease expires soon, and we're ready to scale. Over the next 12 months, we'll secure permanent land next to our town and build a resilient nursery featuring 50,000 liters of water-storage capacity, solar energy, 4 greenhouses for propagation and year-round classes/workshops, 2 hectares of native plant production, 200 sqm of demonstration gardens and a learning space for students, apprentices and community members.
In Puerto Guadal, where there is no high school and young people must leave their families to continue their education, this nursery becomes a beacon: we will create the first technical facility where local youth can learn hands-on regenerative skills.
Alongside Huerto Cuatro Estaciones — our partner farm, a biointensive organic garden led by my husband, which feeds more than +400 families every week and trains new farmers through an internationally connected learning model — we will consolidate a local model for another way of inhabiting Patagonia: rooted in community-led activism, regenerative education and collective care.
Project updates
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Location
Chile
Round 3
Jul 1-21, 2026
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