Toru Partners

The Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Tree Crops Association has a diverse
interests amongst its members. From backyard enthusiasts, orchardists, lifestyle block farmers, 'real' farmers, plantations and scientists, our members come from all walks of life.
Our common interest is all things trees - fruit, nut, timber, fodder, erosion control, climate modification, medicine, beauty, amenity and more. Come along to our friendly and fun meetings at properties around our region, join our membership, and follow our Facebook page.
Contact us on wellington@treecrops.org.nz and join on https://treecrops.org.nz/joining/

On the hills of Peka Peka, Living Ground offers workshops on permaculture, non-violent communication, and more recently on death and dying.

Tinui Food Forest is one of the largest and most established Food Forests in New Zealand.
Established in 2001 the Food Forest provides an example of a different way of being and growing in the world- living harmoniously as a part of a natural ecosystem. A place where all plants and living beings are cherished. We also have friendly farm animals and a living willow maze to explore. Stay with us or join us for a walk through the 4 acre Tinui Food Forest.
Learn more about what makes food forests magic places to be in.

Toru Education provides experiential learning opportunities that nurture people, planet and spirit.
Currently we host the monthly Toru Trail event, a range of workshops around Permaculture and sustainable living and also promote partner events happening throughout our region.

Raumati Eco-Hub @ Raumati Technology Centre is developing a food forest, māra kai, waterwise swale gardens and a small nursery area. We also host community education in all areas of sustainability from recycling to papermaking.

Raumati Technology Centre educates 1,000 Year 7-8 students (age 10-13) from 11 different Kāpiti schools each week, in technology and design relating to food, science, woodwork, electronics, film, arts, textiles and sustainability.

Here at HUMAN we give you the skills to connect more deeply with your surroundings and to begin seeing with new eyes all that is on offer in our abundant environment. From wild food foraging to bird language, tracking, bushcraft and survival skills to parenting techniques, wandering and nature connection for kids, we have such potential, join us to find out how much we all can remember.
HUMAN is based up the Otaki Gorge on a wonderful piece of land overlooking and wandering down to the Otaki River. It offers an ideal edge between the busy-ness world and the “wild” places.

Nestled alongside the Mangaroa River in Te Awa Kairangi Hutt Valley water catchment, Mangaroa Farms is a resilient community food hub and education centre. A living laboratory for transitioning dairy & pine into regenerative agriculture & native forests.

POG is Paekākāriki’s Community Gardening group. We are working together to make Paekākāriki a place of abundant organic food production – in home gardens, on berms, at the school and in our community orchard and garden, Your are welcome to join us for our monthly gardening bees and workshops.

Or find out more about us and how to join our Pae Cycle food scraps collection service:
https://paekakariki.nz/listings/pog-paekakariki-orchards-gardens/

This space will use our shared experience and wisdom, as well as leaning on the tools of The Work That Reconnects, Indigenous wisdom and much more.

As hosts we are not experts - we just appreciate the value of this sort of space so have taken the initiative to create it.

You do not need to be familiar or have experience with any of these tools, this is a space to learn and grow together, from where ever we are each starting from.

For more info about WTR: https://workthatreconnects.org/

Garden for Life - an inspirational garden, growing quality food to share with family & friends.
Helen Dew is sharing her many years of knowledge and experience from her home garden. It translates into many practical inspirations that lead to amore sustainable lifestyle.

Felicity Joy of Homegrown Botanica offers immersive foraging experiences empowering you to forage for, confidently identify & use, wild edible weeds in your everyday food & medicine. Her workshops are both comprehensive yet relaxed, hosted in her home garden or community gardens around the country. Felicity has written 4 x Foraging Guides specific to foraging in NZ and also offers and Online Video Foraging Course.
Follow @homegrownbotanica.co.nz
Web: www.homegrownbotanica.co.nz

We dream of a world where communities are connected, empowered and activated to exercise sovereignty over their food systems, starting in our own backyard of Te Puni (Epuni Fairfield), Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai (Lower Hutt).

Common Unity Project Aotearoa is a registered charity and well known community hub. We empower our community to grow, connect, regenerate, learn and remember. We celebrate the abundance of gifts in our community and work hard to address challenges that affect us all.

We are a register charity building a Te Tiriti-led, people-powered movement to transform the economic system to a Wellbeing Economy.

We are part of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, the leading global collaboration that brings together organisations, individuals and governments to transform the economic system into one that prioritises people and the planet.

Our vision is an Aotearoa New Zealand with a reshaped economy designed around the wellbeing of its people and nature - an economy in service to life.
We work in a non-partisan way to reshape our economic system through:
- sharing and creating new knowledge and policy,
- spreading and amplifying narratives of hope,
- advocating for Wellbeing Economy strategies, and
- connecting and amplifying existing mahi to build a movement for a Wellbeing Economy.

From an idea mooted in 2009, and several years of planning and red tape later, the Pukerua Bay Community Garden and Food Forest began planting in 2017 with funds from Porirua City Council's Village Planning support. We now hold regular working bees and community events with input from the local school, kindy and social groups. We have become a vibrant part of village life.

Crop Swap is an inclusive grass roots movement, and we welcome everyone.

This is a cashless event, and everything is swapped.

Our focus is to promote mindful sharing within our neighbourhoods and communities.

At Crop Swap we believe fresh produce should be available to everyone and we see this group as a way to facilitate this.

You can bring everything garden and kitchen related like empty containers, tools, labels, planting pots, worm juice, coffee grounds, gardening magazines, cook books, recipes, a skill... possibilities are endless.

ŌTAKI
Ōtaki Memorial Hall
1st Saturday of every month

RAŪMATI
Kāpiti Uniting Parish
2nd Saturday of every month

WAIKANAE
Ōtaki Waikanae Presbyterian Parish
4th Saturday of every month

Activating Aotearoa’s natural gifts to support beauty and wellbeing.

Waiawa derives its name from the beautiful whenua and awa that sustains our whānau. The awa weaves around our whenua with a constant song and nourishes all its inhabitants. The native plants that form the base of our products are sourced from this land, grown organically from seed, and nurtured by hand. We harvest sustainably in season to ensure we are looking after the whenua and awa allowing it to replenish itself. We do so to maintain the harmonious balance and continue the song.

Oxford St Community Garden offers a place in Masterton where people can come together to learn about growing fresh food in a no-dig garden and share what they produce with others. Our diverse group spans generations and aims to strengthen our neighborhood by fostering connections, resilience, and food security. We offer a Garden School for home schoolers, and an affordable vegetable subscription to locals who come along to weekly harvests.

Korito Education has bases in both Taranaki and Upper Hutt. Dee and Mieke are based in Taranaki in Westown, and Carolann teaches at Blueberry Fields Forever in Upper Hutt. All tutors are fully qualified teachers with many years experience in Organic Horticulture, Permaculture and Biodynamic education. Courses in Upper Hutt are held on a 10 acre organic property. Courses are either one-day or weekends where permaculture gardening practice in taught and practiced.