garden/land

I help people to make their property low maintenance using permaculture principles - orchards that don't need mowing, carefully zoned layouts for the various elements such as vege gardens, chickens, greenhouse, orchard, firewood lot, forest gardens, stock etc. I see my role as listening to what my clients' needs and requirements are on the land, and then working along side them to come up with carefully thought out permaculture designs. It's an educational process where I don't just "do permaculture" for my clients, but help them understand the permaculture mindset so they will be able to take the established system and continue to evolve it. A number of clients have come from Auckland, bought land and are at the beginning of a steep learning curve of how to look after their land and implement the things they want. I help accelerate the learning curve for clients and steer them around potential mistakes, rapidly adjusting them to feeling comfortable with rural living, self sufficiency, resourcefulness and a DIY attitude.