Gender

Male

Location

Canterbury

Birthday:

November 14

Suburb

oxford

I am a...

Community Gardener

I can offer

Gardening & yard labour, Gardening advice, Garden watering, Garden sitting, Poultry sitting, Lead a workshop, Grafting service, Food from my garden, Preserving

Food Growing Skill Level

Guru

Experience and Qualifications

Permaculture Experience, Horticulturalist, Viticulturalist, Lots of years in the garden

I am interested in...

Buying Local Food, Selling Local Grown Food, Bartering Local Food, Community Gardens, Preserving, Helping Others, WWOOFA Hosting, Seed Savers, Offering Land for Gardeners

Tell us about your garden and what you're growing

I am part of a community farm called Gricklegrass in Oxford, North Canterbury, New Zealand. For the last 16 years i have been an avid gardener, seed saver and survivalist. We have been approached by many people from New Zealand and internationally who are in awe of our colourful array of heritage vegetables some of which they have never tasted before. People are astounded to learn that when you cultivate the older varieties of vegetable you don’t need to plaster them in expensive petrochemical pesticides and fertilisers to get an abundant crop. It seemed to us, that with a bit of basic instruction and armed with a good quality seed bank anyone can feed their family a healthy self-sufficient diet. I specialise in Seeds, Garlic, vegetable seedlings, Jerusalem artichokes, Orchard consultation/management and have an extensive collection of Maori and heritage potatoes.