Amanda Collins, Founder of Nurtured in Nature is a Certified Forest Therapy Guide with the International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance (INFTA), Therapeutic Horticulturist, Nature Stewart, local Beekeeper and local Health Promotion Officer.
Professionally, Amanda holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Nursing), BA (Rural Social Welfare), Grad Cert in Criminology and Grad Cert in Agribusiness and is passionate about her part-time job as a Health Promoter at Ballarat Community Health.
Together with her partner Scott, she manages Backyard Beekeeping Ballarat and Peerick Farm Botanicals in the Pyrenees where they have established an Australian Native Flower and Juniper Berry Farm. Amanda is currently completing Certificate 3 in Horticulture at Federation Uni TAFE.