Renee Wilkinson is a sixth generation Oregon homesteader with a fascination for watching things grow and getting her hands dirty. Her homestead is a tenth of an acre plot in Portland, Oregon, where she lives in blissful chaos with her husband, children (Juniper, River, and Fox), honeybee hives, and a flock of backyard chickens.
Renee launched Hip Chick Digs in 2007 to share information about homesteading, edible landscape design, and sustainable living. She is an award-winning author of the book Modern Homestead: Grow, Raise, Create covering everything you ever wanted to know about growing your own produce, keeping urban livestock and preserving the harvest. Her book readings, workshops and lectures have taken her across the country.
She received her Master of Landscape Architecture degree around the time her book published, and has worked as a landscape designer ever since. Her work portfolio includes state, regional and city parks, multi-use trails, nature playgrounds and residential gardens. Visit Renee Wilkinson Landscapes to learn more about her design practice and see work samples.
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Renee doesn’t have much time currently for regular blog posts, but she is very active on Instagram – the shorter format is just more conducive to life these days. DIY’ers can find tons of design ideas, projects and more on her Pinterest pages. She has a Facebook page that occasionally includes pictures of the homestead, interesting articles and other tidbits. You can email her at Renee(at)HipChickDigs(dot)com with questions, comments or to just say hello. Happy growing!
