Grow Wanaka

05/09/2026

05/09/2026

Epic session with an incredible team! 💪

Today we prepped more beds, sowed cover crops, direct sowed our first crops of the season, transplanted crops, watered all the greenhouses, managed the worm farms, buried bokashi, made up a concoction with our garden teas and watered the whole garden, checked and rebaited traps, finished off the irrigation upgrade in the propagation house and fixed a couple of irrigation leaks, made up origami packets for seed to give away, did a harvest for the team and gathered together for morning tea with beautiful home baking thanks to Toni Foxton, Ronja Landeck, Andrea Richey, Grace Stephens, Libby plus Sidekick Soda 🫶

Huge thanks to our team: Murray, Kev, Andrea, Stevie, Ronja, Yohann, Hong, Paz, Nico, Yonathan, Philippa, Clark, Libby, Nat, Ido, Joaguin, Encel, Wellwood, Nali, and Em.

Special thanks to Lois Hong for her artistic eye and capturing our garden sessions so beautifully. To check out more of her work visit https://www.loishongvision.com/grow-wanaka

Next up:
Sept 12th Sat Morning Bee & Tea 10am to 12pm. Morning tea provided. Contributions to morning tea welcome.

Sept 25th Lacto-fermented veggies workshop with Evita Shen. 3-4:30pm More info and tix here:
https://events.humanitix.com/lacto-fermented-vegetables-workshop-with-evita-shen
Sept 25th Kombucha workshop with Evita Shen. 5-6pm More info and tix here: https://events.humanitix.com/kombucha-workshop-with-evita-shen

Sept 26th Spring Equinox Shared Kai Celebration - wrap style. See fb event for more info. 9:30am to 12:30pm Free and All welcome.

Oct 17th Herbal Culture Medicinal Plant Workshop & Fundraiser for Grow. 1-3pm More info and tix here: https://events.humanitix.com/herbal-culture-medicinal-plant-workshop

29/08/2026

The garden through a new lens 📸 💗

Today we harvested crops to clear and prep beds and then sowed cover crops ahead of the planting to come. We managed the worm farms, reset our raised bed with a fresh sowing of mixed greens, created origami pockets for the bean and pumpkin seeds we saved last season, which we'll soon deliver to the library's seed library, we did a harvest for the team with surplus delivered the the Hub Produce Pantry, and enjoyed beautiful morning tea baking thanks to Toni Foxton, Ronja Landeck and Andrea Richey plus Sidekick Soda!

Huge thanks to our incredible team! Murray, Kev, Andrea, Ronja, Yonathan, Zoe, Liam, Hong, Eliot, Ido, Josquin, Fiona, Toni and Em
Special thanks to Lois Hong for capturing the action and vibe of today's session. It's fun to see the garden through a new lens! To check out more of her creative work visit https://www.loishongvision.com/

Next up:
Sept 5th Sat Bee & Tea. 10am to 12pm.

Upcoming Events:
Sept 25 Lacto-Fermented Veggies Workshop with Evita Shen. 3-4:30pm $20 More info and tix here:
https://events.humanitix.com/lacto-fermented-vegetables-workshop-with-evita-shen

Sept 25 Kombucha Workshop with Evita Shen. 5-6pm. $15 More info and tix here: https://events.humanitix.com/kombucha-workshop-with-evita-shen

Sept 26th Spring Equinox Shared Kai Celebration - wrap style! 9:30am to 12:30pm. Short bee followed by create your own wrap meal. Bring a filling for the table for a shared garden feast. Free & All Welcome.

22/08/2026

Spring is in the air with a warm norwester.

Today we managed the worm farms, buried bokashi, consolidated our hot compost piles to free up a bay, continued tidying up the veggie beds, checked and rebaited the traps, installed black bins filled with water in our greenhouses, watered the greenhouses and seedlings, did a harvest for the team with surplus delivered to the Luggate Produce Pantry, and enjoyed morning tea complements on Toni Foxton, Sidekick Soda, and Stevie. 😍

Huge thanks to our amazing team: Murray, Tom, Andrea, Paz, Lesley, Zoe, Shirley, Colin, Fiona, Pip, Mark, Yonathan, Jo, Liam, Stevie, Toni and Em.

Special mention to Sidekick Soda for the incredible support of our bees and team! Everyone raves about it, so a big cheers from our team to yours. If you haven't tried Sidekick Soda, you're in for a treat and will be supporting local too! https://sidekicksoda.co.nz

Next up:
Aug 29th Sat Morning Bee & Tea. 10am to 12pm. Morning tea and shared harvest provided.

Save the Dates:
Fri Sept 25th Evita Shen will be back with 2 fantastic workshops on Lacto fermented Vegetables and Kombucha. More info to come soon!

Sat Sept 26th Spring Equinox Shared Kai Celebration! We're welcoming in spring with a build your own wrap/burrito style feast! Bring a sweet or savoury filling or condiment and we'll provide the wraps. Hope you can join us for this delicious celebration. 🥳

15/08/2026

Epic bee finishing just as the southerly winds rolled in. 🌬️

Today we saved pumpkin seed, watered the greenhouses, updated the irrigation in the propagation house, auger turned the compost, managed the worm farms, tidied up and refreshed the beds, sowed our first crops, did a harvest for the team with surplus delivered to the Hub Produce pantry and enjoyed morning tea complements of Toni Foxton, Stevie and Sidekick Soda. Cheers!

Heartfelt thanks to the team: Tom, Murray, Ronja, Joanna, Liam, Ido, Yonathan, Zoe, Mia, Philipp, Mckenzie, Pip, Mark, James, Fiona, Toni and Em.

Next up:
Saturday Morning Bee & Tea. 10am to 12pm. Morning tea and shared harvest provided.

08/08/2026

Thank You! 💗
Last month we wrapped up our Ma Earth crowdfunding campaign and we feel immense gratitude to Ma Earth for the opportunity, to our Grow community near and far, to our friends and whānau, our networks, and the national and global regenerative projects who inspired us throughout the entire 3 weeks. Every donation and share was meaningful and appreciated.

A heartfelt thanks from our entire team for believing in and supporting our community powered project.

This essential funding provides us with the capacity to continue delivering on our strategic goals of food security, community connection & wellbeing, education and waste minimisation, while stewarding a special piece of land to a biodiverse edible landscape.

Having local, national and global support inspires and motivates us for the growing season ahead. With the garden now springing to life it's time to get sowing and growing! 👩‍🌾🌱

08/08/2026

Perennials are springing back to life 🌱

Today we put in a good effort to tidy and prep beds for upcoming planting, we managed the worm farms, buried bokashi, tidied up the raised beds and sowed more greens, installed a new floor in our greenhouse, got the fruit trees pruned and trained, watered the greenhouses, checked and rebaited traps, did a harvest for the team with surplus delivered to The Hub produce pantry, and enjoyed Toni Foxton's beautiful morning tea cakes. Heaven on a plate. 😍

Such gratitude for our amazing team: Murray, Stevie, Tom, Ronja, Jenna, Perri, Ivan & Felix, Colin, Pip, Mark, Vojtech, Nathan, Marine, Bill, Stroba, Toni and Em.

Special mention to Scott Bickley of Grassroots Greens for the spent microgreens medium. We're already putting it to good use. :) If you're interested in local microgreens delivered to your door check out their website https://grassrootsgreens.co.nz/

Next up:
Aug 15th Sat Morning Bee & Tea 10am to 12pm. Morning tea provided. Time to get sowing!!