The Property

The property is 4000 square metres altogether  (1 acre) situated in central New Plymouth.  It was purchased in January 2016 and was a former rose garden, with a small orchard and vege garden.  It has a 1000 square metre bush block.

After cutting down 16 huge weedy trees, and removing 600 rose bushes, the property has undergone its transformation into a productive foodscape with food forest, annual and perennial beds and a garden design that is  waterwise, low maintenance and abundant.

It is now a suburban permaculture garden educating visitors on self-sufficiency and growing food. Planted with annual, biennial, and perennial productive plants that produce food all year. The garden has mandalas, mosaics, stepover and espaliered fruit trees, a herb spiral, food forest, productive sub-tropicals, and an ancient bush block.