Dr Paddy Madden was a primary teacher and a lecturer in a College of Education for over four decades. He is an advocate of wildlife and organic gardening. In 1984 he established the first school wildlife garden in Ireland and later wrote a book entitled, ‘Go Wild at School’.  This book, now in its 3^rd edition, demonstrates how to garden in tune with the earth. Paddy became a ‘Heritage in School Specialist’in 1999 and since then he has visited nearly 600 schools around the country teaching pupils and teachers about the natural world and gardening. In 2010 he co-founded an organisation called ‘SEED’ which aims to establish organic school gardens in every school. He has designed five school gardens for Bloom and has just completed a doctorate on the question: Exploring the state and status of nature awareness, appreciation and education in the Irish primary system. (See www.rian.ie write Patrick Madden into the search box).  Examples of work can be found in www.schoolearthed.ie and www.heritageinschools.ie. Paddy has been a teacher, a College of Education lecturer, is an author and teacher trainer par excellence for many years. He is known and respected all over Ireland. Paddy Madden holds a Doctorate in Education.