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To provide urban dwellers and food businesses with their own food gardens bursting with juicy and tasty foods whilst at the same time reducing our carbon footprint; |
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To raise consciousness around health and nutrition and the urgent need for eating whole, organic, fresh and raw foods; |
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To reconnect people with the experience of growing their own food thereby providing food security; |
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To re-awaken the original and essential connection between people and nature - a connection which is fundamental to our well being and to that of the Earth; |
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To create employment and provide training thus working towards poverty alleviation; |
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To provide children with the opportunity to understand and directly experience where their food comes from |
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To make a social impact by changing mainstream values and mindset thus promoting urban greening and eating food that is locally grown and seasonally available and revitalizing the concept of what is meant by “convenience food”. |
If you are keen to get started with your food garden, please let us know and we will arrange for one of our garden consultants to contact you to arrange a time for an on-site meeting. This will include a site assessment and advice on what is possible given your location, soil quality, size of garden and sun/shade ratio amongst other factors. This will be followed up with a formal quote for installation of a vegetable garden which will reach you within 10 days of your site visit. Please include your physical address and all contact telephone numbers when requesting a site visit. – we charge R300 for this initial site-visit consultation which is payable in cash or by cash cheque at the end of the consultation.
Alternatively, if you want to make a garden right now and you have some garden space available in a sunny spot – take advantage of our INSTANT STARTER GARDEN offering. This comprises:
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A telephonic consultation with one of our qualified permaculture consultants |
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Compost up to 10 x 50kg bags |
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Bed mulch as required (usually straw) |
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Path mulch several bags as required |
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Under path geofabric up to 5 square metres |
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Plants, up to 120 seedling plants in punnets and some potted plants as required. |
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Watering with liquid feed to help establish seedlings |
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One–day onsite consultant and labour |
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All the above at an inclusive price of R3,500. (Depending on your area)
For you to obtain the best return on your investment, we also offer ongoing maintenance as food gardens are typically more labour-intensive and require greater ongoing care than landscaped aesthetic gardens. This would include planting seedlings appropriate to the season, advice on what fruit and vegetables thrive best at which time of year, renewal of mulching and composting where required, pruning, ongoing companion planting, assistance with seed collection, pest and disease management and so on. Please enquire for costs.
If you would prefer just a consultation, the fee for this service is R300 per hour.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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