A quiet revolution is taking root in streets, schools, and parks around Aotearoa, New Zealand; seeding long-term, multi-generational solutions for our food.
Edible Paradise travels to the four corners of Aotearoa to meet with local food campaigners instrumental in creating community orchard and multilayered perennial 'Food Forest' projects in their patch.
Central to the story is how a Canterbury couple saved thousands of heritage fruit trees from the bulldozers and the dream to green the 'redzone' in the aftermath of the 2011/12 Canterbury Earthquakes.
These practical and inspiring examples define community in action, and have seen the establishment of food forest projects that will be a legacy for future generations.

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Category: Food Forests

Ensuring that everyone has enough to eat is an important motivation of the Localising Food Project. In this story, we see a great example of making fresh fruit and nuts available to people of all ages, stages and walks of life in Nelson’s Stoke Open Orchard. We also meet the lively and vivacious Edith Shaw who’s passion for the orchard and for sharing her knowledge is evident.

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In this story, we meet Robert and Robyn Guyton and visit their abundant property in Riverton. They have spent many years developing a sparse piece of farmland into a lush, fruit-laden forest providing them and their family with a year-round supply of food. Robyn tells us about the history of their place, and Robert takes us on a tour of the forest, highlighting the types of fruits growing there. You might be surprised at the varieties they’ve been able to grow in chilly Southland! You can find more stories from Guyton’s forest garden on their Blog:

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These inspiring West Auckland residents are working down at the Lucinda Place community orchard to put the "Eden back in Glen Eden." And they are not just interested in growing food, they're interested in growing community -- and it shows. Join Project Twin Streams' Genevieve Toop, Tony Phillips, Pam Gill and others as we taste the bounty at the Lucinda Place Community Orchard. The Lucinda Place Community Orchard came about after "Project Twin Streams" brought the land and demolished the two flood-prone houses that occupied the site. Read more about the project at this website: Connect up with the team at transition towns Glen Eden.

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Waiheke resident and food forest proponent James Samuel takes us on a tour of two food forests on the island. One an established home food forest with a rich variety of food sources; the other a community orchard, just beginning its transition to a food forest. James shares his vision for an abundant future of food and inspires resilient communities to invest in trees to allow for a bounty of delicious, healthy food for the generations to come. He also runs a fantastic website with information and education for keen food foresters - you can view it at this link.

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Category: Food Forests