<\/a>06102015 News Photo Andy Jackson\/Fairfax NZ. Keen Oakura gardeners Will & Emma Thorp with their boys Eddie, 4 and Angus, 3. Playing in the sandpit L to R Angus & Eddie.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Not only is Emma\u2019s garden productive, its beautiful.\u00a0 I fully embrace that our permaculture, sustainable gardens can be both productive (notorious for being \u2018messy\u2019) and aesthetically pleasing.\u00a0 In defence of \u2018mess\u2019 however, what we are actually often seeing is natures diversity (if you know what to look for).\u00a0 There are no rows or mono native plantings in a sustainable garden.\u00a0 Like Emma\u2019s garden there is often a profusion of colour, bees buzzing and that elusive thing called \u2018life\u2019, as its ultimately life in all its diversity that a sustainable garden supports.<\/p>\n
Happy gardening Emma and thank you for sharing your journey with the GreenBridge team and the wider Taranaki community.\u00a0 You can visit Emma and William\u2019s garden at 9 Surry Hill Road, Oakura.<\/p>\n
Bena Denton is an Ecological Garden Designer and is part of the GreenBridge team.\u00a0 She lives with her family in Omata and is enjoying regenerating their 10acre property.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sustainable gardens also require no to low inputs, so recycling nutrients is big on Emma\u2019s agenda and you can see this happening all over the three acres; ducks are fed comfrey (high in protein and potassium) and as the ducks forage the orchard they poop out the potassium, feeding the trees \u2013 the ducks have done the work for you!\u00a0 Chooks also are vital …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,126],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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