Hello! I’m Sarita, an environmental consultant specialising in restoring urban biodiversity, botanical garden planning, aligning with EU NRR, and advising cities in integrating nature policies.

I am also an islander (born in the Canary Islands), with British-Indian roots, and have carried out much of my work on islands.

Over the last 10 years my work and research has taken me to places across the Earth — such as Mallorca, the Galápagos Islands, the Netherlands, Greece, and Iceland — where I have worked to understand, protect, and restore natural and cultural landscapes.

Below, I use a Venn diagram to capture my disciplines of expertise and how they intersect. Feel free to click on the different sections to learn more about my work in those areas!

Examples of my past work:

• Working with architects & landscapers towards ecological and sustainable garden design for urban climate adaptation, through water-wise planting, planning for future climate(s), creating urban biodiversity havens, and bringing back local cultivars in Palma de Mallorca.

• Designing urban nature restoration measures to improve ecological connectivity and community wellbeing in urban open spaces, working with Spanish municipalities to align city plans with EU Nature Restoration Regulation policies.

• Designing and leading a qualitative research project to understand cultural practices of urban garden owners, identifying the personal value of home gardening to help inform green space management (I presented these findings at two conferences and also wrote a book chapter about my work)

• Mapping and assessing 300 street trees for Reykjavik’s Municipal Environmental Planning department to create a tree management plan to increase tree diversity, ensure pedestrian safety and improve climate resilience in line with the City’s and Sustainability Goals for 2030.

• Managing a 47,000-specimen collection and database of dried plants in the Galápagos Islands, as well as growing this plant collection by leading botanical surveys in 14 sites in 7 islands across the archipelago.

• Working with the ecological restoration, reforestation, and sustainable agriculture project Galapagos Verde 2050 to replant native and endemic species using water-saving technologies across the Galápagos Islands.

I am always happy to chat, and talk about shared interests and/or potential collaborations!