Meet Jenny, our #1 fan! She has been exploring the Taranaki Sustainable Backyards Trail for 9 years in a row, all the way from Wellington!

“You could see it like Tinder for gardeners - pick and choose properties depending on size and style - see what suits you, explore things you want to try out, get a little dirty at a small group workshop.”

Learn about how the Sustainable Backyards Trails have been inspiring change over the past 10 years and how it has now evolved to be Taranaki Sustainable Trails

Read about 3 community gardens in Taranaki that are quietly transforming local neighbourhoods, fostering sustainability, resilience, and a deep sense of community.

Find out about Crop Swap in Taranaki, and learn more about this grass roots initiative changing our behaviour around food

Find out about the growing popularity and importance of repurposing materials in the garden.

5 common mistakes you might be making with your compost!

You can easily grow your own veggies in Taranaki! Here are 10 tips from our expert!

Crooked Vege Ōtaki is launching a market garden with a simple but radical kaupapa. Their mission is to improve access to locally grown, sustainable kai using regenerative growing techniques.

Stuff met with Alice, our South Taranaki Community Garden Coordinator! Learn more about her great mahi in Hāwera!

One year old! Earlier this month the St Mary’s Community Garden celebrated its 1st year… Read about this success story!

Marfell Community School students show leadership in closing the loop, making their in-school lunches zero waste.

The Marfell Community Garden is taking shape with the support of people who believe in food sovereignty and growing genuine human relationships.

Change starts in your own backyard! From 28 Oct to 6 Nov come and learn about sustainable backyards!

Bena Denton-Woolley shares with us some areas to focus on to ensure you have a pumping and healthy veggie garden…

A series of events saw Tawhiti School and Hāwera High School students prepare the land for raised planter gardens. Pupils also had the opportunity to contribute their ideas for the garden plan…

Lillian Hall is as resourceful as it gets – even her chicken feed sacks don’t go to waste…

Waitara High School has been leading the way with sustainable practices and initiatives and the students are benefiting from the collective energies of a number of school staff…

Bayly Terraces is a work in progress! Situated alongside a community orchard, this garden is a haven for bees, birds, and people…

Since its first hui in November, the Marfell Community Garden has made considerable progress and has brought together neighbors near and far to help develop the space. With 24 fully planted rows of vegetables, a kumara patch, corn clusters, teepees of runner beans and sunflowers as well as a perimeter of native trees…