The Author
Natalie
your natural neighbour
Natalie Sannemalm is a multidisciplinary artist, a permaculture farmer and a wellness advocate. She works in rhythm with her moon cycle, balancing various projects along with connecting in nature. With nutrition being her grounding staple, Natalie's ethos is rooted in following her intuition and womb wisdom.
‘’I believe that honouring the simple things in life provides
peace of mind. In nurturing the relationship with my natural surroundings, I feel a deep tranquillity. Hands in the soil, cleansed in healing waters and gratitude for the sun.”
Farmer Nelly
Natalie, affectionately known as Nelly, is your natural neighbour. She believes in the healing beauty of gardening. Self-taught in permaculture, she transformed her childhood home into a vegetable garden during the pandemic. Here, in the Swedish arctic region she learnt about foraging and sustainable practices for living closer to the land. This is where her love of herbalism awakened. Now based in Bermuda, Farmer Nelly is excited to learn about new soil properties, organic market farming and wild foliage.
The Artist NKS
Natalie K. Sannemalm was a professional graphic designer working 15+ years in a spectrum of medias internationally. This experience was invaluable, but the high demand of her corporate position eventually led to burn out. After inviting time to reflect on her life’s projection and purpose, she re-aligned her energy reviving a passion for the fine arts.
Now, Natalie works as an illustrator and a painter. In 2025, Ms. Sannemalm has authored, illustrated and published her first adult colouring book, Nurture Your Garden: A Gardener’s Guide to Growth. She creates modern impressionist landscapes, preparing for a Solo Exhibit in Bermuda, October 2025.
Her creativity is derived from her transpersonal journey of navigating a bicultural heritage and a vast collection of life experiences. In creating, she has found true joy.
View her full Art Gallery on www.nksart.com
Way of Life
In cultivating her life force, Natalie is a movement enthusiast enjoying pilates, yoga, weightlifting, swimming and currently training for a regatta. She was a CrossFit coach and has competed internationally in rowing. In her arctic days, Natalie began ice bathing as a cultural activity to thermo-regulate during the winters, which has now led to facilitating workshops & retreats along with her partner.
As a devotee of the Tao scriptures, Natalie was raised in a Baha’i family and exposed to several religions while growing up, enabling her youth to be rich in cultural diversity. Her lifestyle is integrous with the guide of virtues and enjoys a minimalist, analogue approach in living.
Natalie thrives best in spaces of solitude, either tucked away on an organic farm in her home island Bermuda or deep in the forests of her ancestry land in Norrbotten. Her days are spent practising sustainability & permaculture methods, studying herbalism, submerged in bodies of water and crafting in the creative kitchen of her studio space… always with a cup of fresh herbal tea and her cat, Solen nearby.
