Resources
My desire here is to share things like: what my favourite gardening tools are, nurseries I advocate purchasing plants from, inspiring websites, educational pdfs I’ve created and whatever else I think may be of use to you…
Educational tools as pdf
- Property site assessment form
- Planting guide
- Syntropic food forest plant list
- Weed soil indicators
Recommended products
- Tools – silky saw & niwashi, Mechanix – leather gloves from Bunnings
- Natural & Biodegradable weedmats – Jute / wool – www.advancelandscapes.co.nz
- Paper-based weed mat – EarthMatNZ for large flat areas
- Microbiology for your garden – of interest Herbi-safe mitigates effects of Glyphosate (which I do not endorse using) www.biologix.co.nz
- Soil test – Hills Labratory then have Daniel Schuurman of ‘Biologix’ provide a report for you
Websites
- Sage Journal – www.sagejournal.co.nz
- Botany Culture – www.botanyculture.com
- The School of Evolutionary Herbalism www.evolutionaryherbalism.com
- Julias edible weeds www.juliasedibleweeds.com
- Soil Food Web – Elaine Ingham www.soilfoodweb.com
Northland Nurseries & beyond
- Russel Fransham for subtropicals
- Kerikeri Plant Production – Natives
- Nestlebrae exotics – subtropicals
- Pururi Lane – perennials
Education / upskilling / who you need to check out
- Permadynamics – Syntropic Agriculture
- Blue Borage – composting solutions www.blueborage.co.nz
- Byron.grows – instagram – food forests
Bookshelf
- The Garden Source, inspirational ideas for gardens and landscapes – Andrea Jones
- Into the World, a Handbook for Mystical and Shamanic Practice – Leila Lees.
- The Meaning of Trees – Robert Vennell
- Gardening for Planet Earth – Dee Pignéguy
- Companion Planting – Gertrud Franck 1983
- People & Permaculture, caring and desinging for ourselves, each other and the planet – Looby Macnamara
Local grass roots inspiration
- Aaron syntropic agriculture, link to Insta
- Ūnuku – on FB
- SerendipiDay Gardens Māra Tui educational gardens in Kerikeri – www.serendipiday.weebly.com
- Bay of Islands Transition Towns
Writing – blog – poetic discourse – ideas
- no spray alternatives to gardening
- Re-Wilding article I wrote in ‘Stone Soup’ magazine
Life is a glorious and devastating cycle of birth and death.
Treasure every moment.
May the seeds of ideas be shaped as your own to be nurtured and grow the magic that resides within you to create, grow and continue to learn.
Self Knowledge is power to choose our reality. Our current paradigm needs a revolutionary shift that guides people back to their authentic selves in connection with nature.
The breath of life is a creative process and we can either contract or expand ourselves to love, to give, to forgive, to receive, to nourish, to be without or to be with.
Our rich tapestry of life upon the emerald earth fills me with awe, delight and love. To share ways of being part of this wild ride within the diversity of nature nourishes the reality I wish to live with love.
