Winter Food Forest Accelerator
We’ve seen the same mistakes being repeated by eager food foresters time and again. Growers with green thumbs, the right intentions, and shelves of Permaculture books.
Luckily, we’ve also seen what really works!
Work with us to get a focused, practical food forest plan for your garden, before planting season kicks off. It will cost you less than the materials and trees it takes to grow a food forest, and it will save you in the long run.
Clear layout, smart species selection, and a simple 3-year roadmap — delivered within one powerful week.
Services
What We Do
Consults
Educational Permaculture consults to help you gain the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to realise your Permaculture vision.
Online Course
We have an online course that has helped over 400 people to create their own sustainable vegetable gardens from scratch.
Workshops
We currently offer in-person Permaculture and food growing courses in the Marlborough region of New Zealand.
Our Work in Numbers
530+
online course students
36
five star course reviews
200+
in-person students
12
full property consults
Why You’ll Love Us
When it comes to sustainable living and Permaculture – having the systems in place is only half the equation – knowledge and skills are what truly put the power in your hands. That’s why even our consults are centred around providing you with the understanding and training you need to see your own vision through.
- Organic
- Nature-led
- Sustainable
- Reliable
- Educational
“I wish I knew this five years ago!”
I spent so much energy, money and time on my garden until I learnt about sustainable farming from Dan. I am now very peaceful with the land we have got and am able to produce safe and healthy food for my family. It is so fulfilling for my soul to know that what I am doing is good for the earth too.
Midori B
“Thank you for this course!”
The instructor is very personable and thorough, I really enjoyed the instructions, examples, and seeing the demonstrations throughout the course. Great job! I highly recommend this course to others who are looking for a program that offers everything you need to start or improve a healthy and sustainable garden.
Destiny M
“Excellent consulting.”
Dan has a wonderful way of carefully assessing the site and the expectations of a garden and helping to optimise what can be achieved. His body of knowledge is extensive and his manner of presenting it is easy and responsive.
Viv D
Consulting
profound impact
We work with clients we really want to work with — because we believe that Permaculture done right can have far reaching and profound impact in the lives of individuals, communities, and the world.
why we value our clients
Our clients are enthusiastic about nature-led solutions
They are ready to hit the ground running — applying the designs, strategies and lessons that they reap from our consults.
Our clients understand that nature can be messy, and that strong systems can support natural processes leading to stability over time.
Our clients are open to new ways of seeing things.
They understand that Permaculture is a never-ending journey of learning and discovery.
If this sounds like you…
and you’re ready to take the leap — to revisit your plans or inject new energy into your project, and to take your Permaculture site to the next level, get in touch with us today, we’d love to hear from you!
why our clients value us
We’ve spent years visiting successful, and less successful, sites at every stage of development and growth.
Whether you’re starting from scratch, or a few years in, we’d love to work with you: we meet our clients wherever they are on their journey.
Our clients value:
Our structured, strategic, and design-centred approach.
Our attention to detail and ability to identify gaps they miss.
Our holistic approach that is led by nature, backed by science, and customised to personal habits and preferences.
The depth of learning they gain from our consults.
The crystal clear way that we communicate ideas and solutions.
That we are flexible: offering in-person consults in Marlborough, NZ and online consults worldwide.
If you would value this kind of input,
Reach out today, we’ll book you in for a quick, free, 15 minute discovery call to identify your needs and opportunities — and to see how we could help.
The best time to design your site is 20 years ago, the second best time is today.
Limited Time Offer:
Food Forest Accelerator
We’re currently taking on a small number of pre-winter clients who want to start or add to their food forest this planting season. Limited spaces.
Why food forests?
- They can be installed in blocks of time over seasons – with less ongoing work.
- They capture carbon and water, attract wildlife, build soil, provide food, shade, privacy and trees for climbing.
- They produce more than they cost to maintain, in terms of energy and money.
- Forests are often the most resilient ecosystem you can have in your garden.
- At a certain point, they start looking after themselves.
If you’ve read this far, you’re probably already keen to get a food forest going in your garden, lifestyle block or farm. So where do you start?
When it comes to creating food forests, we see people making the same five classic mistakes time and again —
Don’t make these mistakes:
- Buy and plant fruit trees in year one.
- Dump compost into tree holes.
- Underestimate sectors like wind, water and your own time.
- Push forward with no long-term design or strategy.
- Plant too few legumes and support species.
While there are other mistakes you can make, we see these important ones happening all the time!
Even from people who know better.
Even people who have read the books and done their PDCs and know that a food forest starts with 90% legumes + 10% productive trees — we see them planting too few support species.
We see them underestimate sectors, and overestimate how much time they have.
We see them pushing forward without a good strategy because they want to get started already.
If you want to do it the right way from day one,
this consult will put you on the right track.
Reach out today, for your free, no commitment, 10 minute discovery call — where we identify your needs and how we can help you, or not help.
Maybe you’re already on the food foresting journey, and maybe you’ve already made some of these mistakes. Please reach out, so that we can help you get back on track, sooner rather than later.
No judging, just nudging…
Nomadic Permaculture 