Where the kitchen begins. Established 15 years ago — pea straw as the growing medium, worms doing the cultivation, a year of composted horse manure feeding it all back. No sprays.
The chef picks for the kitchen here. Honey, olive oil, fruit and vegetables — the produce goes into healthy food boxes for ten families every week, and is available for our guests. What's in surplus becomes pickles and preserves. The hives feed bloom and table both.
Raised beds on pea straw — the worms cultivate, composted horse manure feeds, and the winter cloth throws summer shade when the heat asks for it.
Resident bees work the garden and the natives — pollination one way, honey for the estate the other.
The estate's own olives, pressed each season for the kitchen and the pantry.
The hens range free in their own corner of the garden — their eggs gathered each morning for the estate kitchen, and the breakfast provisions for guests.
Learn more about the no-dig raised beds on selected Takapoto Tours, where the garden is a scheduled stop and the gardeners are generous with their answers. Continue the conversation at the Gardener's Hub.
