Katharina Scharnweber (she/her)

Katharina grew up in a small town in East Germany, where the forest was her sanctuary and storyteller. As a child, she named trees and secret hiding spots, imagining a world filled with gnomes, fairies, and kings. “It was a world of scents and sounds found only in nature,” she recalls—a place that continues to shape her path today.

She went on to study Economics and Graphic Design, earning university degrees in both fields. After working in Berlin, her curiosity and sense of adventure led her to travel the world. Along the way, she worked with nonprofit children’s organizations and learned from cultures preserving traditional, nearly-lost ways of living.

Katharina is passionate about handcrafting with natural materials and believes deeply in the creative, grounding power of nature. She is a certified Early Childhood Educator and a Forest and Nature School Practitioner through the Child & Nature Alliance of Canada. In 2025, she completed a two-year training as a Certified Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher (ages 0–7).

Her teaching is guided by the words of William Wordsworth: “Let nature be your teacher.” Katharina brings a calm, playful spirit into her work—like a gentle breeze that invites wonder and presence.

You’ll often find her in the garden or at Iona Beach with her family: her son digging happily in the mud, her husband gazing at the sky, their curious cat sniffing logs nearby, and Katharina carving quietly beside them, deeply connected to the earth and its stories.