Pips is a wonderful local organization that teaches organic gardening to kids in schools. This year, they have a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the Garden and Arts Festival and showcase the awesome and important work that they do.

Leela who runs the program at  Te Manawa o Papamoa needs 10 volunteers to help her put in some stakes and mulch around the new fruit trees.

Can you help? It would be Saturday November 9th, 10am-12pm.

Register below if you’re keen and I will send you a confirmation email and more info.

Ngā mihi, Amy Board.

Thank you to everyone who has registered for the Permablitz at Ngapeke Permaculture this Sunday, September 15, 2024.

Registrations have now closed.

Please remember to bring:

Kai to share for lunch, gumboots, gardening gloves, gardening tools (labelled with your name/ we have labels), water bottle, hat and sun protection, wet weather gear.

Please arrive by 9.50am to allow time for parking (see site map below) and head to straight to the registration table.

Its going to be awesome! And make sure to watch Ngapeke on Country Calendar this Sunday evening.

Look forward to seeing you Sunday,

Nga mihi nui, Amy, Sarah, Tess, Rina and Paige.

Location: Ngapeke Permaculture Trust

Date: 15 September 2024, 10am

Hey everyone, Amy here.

I’m excited to announce the upcoming Permablitz hosted by Ngapeke Permaculture at 5 Kaiwha Rd, Welcome Bay.

Mark your calendars for September 15th at 10am. Our lead Permaculture Designer will be Sarah Board from Folklore Gardens and the Tauranga Seed Library.

We can accommodate a maximum of 50 participants for this event. If you’re keen to join us, please register by filling out the form provided below.

If you hold your PDC and are interested in leading a group of 5-8 people, please indicate so in the message section when you register.

We will have a shared lunch, if you can please bring something along.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Warm regards, Amy

Permablitz Reunion Garden Tour

After a long hiatus, Permablitz BOP is coming back! Permablitz is such a special gift to this community, and it is exciting that some renewed energy will help the magic continue.

Introducing Amy Board, who is very keen to get these special reciprocal community events happening again. Amy is the co-ordinator for the Western Bay of Plenty Kai Resilience Network, implementing Mana Kai Mana Ora, a kai sovereignty plan, which was written by Poutiri Trust in Te Puke. Amy also helps run the Tauranga Seed Library with her sister Sarah. 

Also introducing Paige Galbraith, member of Tauranga Herb Society, keen gardener and keen to get involved in community projects. 

Tess Partridge who has been involved for many years will still be in the background helping these two new fabulous women along with this journey.

First Call: if you have been to 1, 2, 3 or more Permablitz events as a volunteer and are keen to have something happen at your place, please get in touch! You can email us on permablitzbop@gmail.com or send us a message on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/permablitzbop or our NEW Instagram page (thanks Paige!) https://www.instagram.com/permablitzbop/ and follow us along on those pages too.

Secondly: we will be having a celebration in July to relaunch Permablitz at one of our past permablitz hosts, so please keep your eyes peeled for that as we would love to see new and old faces!

If you know of anyone else who would be interested; friends or family, then please forward this on and get them to subscribe to our email list on the website or add us on Facebook (Permablitz Bay Of Plenty) as we will be popping info up on there too.

Permablitz Garden Reunion Tour

Permablitz # 31

UPDATE: we have had a few people who can not make this blitz happening tomorrow Saturday 7th November 2020, 9am – 3pm, so if you would like to now come – please register below – we would love to see you!
Location: Otumoetai, register to find out where

At this exciting upcoming blitz, the couple have spent the last two years slowly implementing a food producing oasis in suburban Tauranga. They are finally ready to redesign their backyard and provide useful workshops on what they have achieved.

This will be a good opportunity to see how permaculture can be done in a suburban area, learn how to install a small rain water tank, lasagna gardening, basic fencing and the practicality of converting a hillside into terraced garden beds.

During the course of the day we will be focusing on:
o Converting lawn to garden beds
o Building a fence to keep pets out
o Lasagna gardening and growing soil
o Rainwater tank install
o Pallet Compost setup
o Learn about rainwater harvesting
o Learn about terraced gardening
o Learn about grape and berry trellising

This is a small backyard which can accommodate 15 – 20 people. Plenty of parking on the street.

A main lunch meal will be provided by the host, and if participants are able to contribute a small snack/baking for morning tea that would be much appreciated. Please let us know if you have any allergies or
dietary requirements.

What to bring:
-Gumboots
-Gardening gloves
-Wheel barrow (if you have would be great!)
-Gardening tools (labelled with your name) – spade or shovel
-Water bottles
-Hat and sun protection and wet weather gear
-Any spare plants you may have from your own garden i.e blueberries, lavender, garlic bulbs, calendula, , borage, lemon balm, bergamot, tansy etc This can also be in the form of cuttings which we will put into cutting mix straight away.

To  register, fill out the form below. Your details will be emailed to the hosts who will contact you with further details on how to get there. Thank you!

Permablitz # 31

UPDATE: we have had a few people who can not make this blitz happening tomorrow Saturday 7th November 2020, 9am – 3pm, so if you would like to now come – please register below – we would love to see you!
Location: Otumoetai, register to find out where

At this exciting upcoming blitz, the couple have spent the last two years slowly implementing a food producing oasis in suburban Tauranga. They are finally ready to redesign their backyard and provide useful workshops on what they have achieved.

This will be a good opportunity to see how permaculture can be done in a suburban area, learn how to install a small rain water tank, lasagna gardening, basic fencing and the practicality of converting a hillside into terraced garden beds.

During the course of the day we will be focusing on:
o Converting lawn to garden beds
o Building a fence to keep pets out
o Lasagna gardening and growing soil
o Rainwater tank install
o Pallet Compost setup
o Learn about rainwater harvesting
o Learn about terraced gardening
o Learn about grape and berry trellising

This is a small backyard which can accommodate 15 – 20 people. Plenty of parking on the street.

A main lunch meal will be provided by the host, and if participants are able to contribute a small snack/baking for morning tea that would be much appreciated. Please let us know if you have any allergies or
dietary requirements.

What to bring:
-Gumboots
-Gardening gloves
-Wheel barrow (if you have would be great!)
-Gardening tools (labelled with your name) – spade or shovel
-Water bottles
-Hat and sun protection and wet weather gear
-Any spare plants you may have from your own garden i.e blueberries, lavender, garlic bulbs, calendula, , borage, lemon balm, bergamot, tansy etc This can also be in the form of cuttings which we will put into cutting mix straight away.

To  register, fill out the form below. Your details will be emailed to the hosts who will contact you with further details on how to get there. Thank you!

Permablitz # 30

Rural Bonanza, Whakamarama

Saturday 3 October 2020, 9am-4pm
Location: Whakamarama, register to find out where

We are working on a few projects at this stunning rural property, including work on the Food Forest, rock walls and  learning about using a “Living Design Process” to site and plant a couple of new gardens at the property.

This is an opportunity to see how bananas can grow in the Bay of Plenty, see how swales and a duck pond can be integrated, and feel creativity alive and humming in a garden. This family home has turned into a communal living space – with many different artists with different forms living together – creativity oozes in every inch of this beautiful property.

During the course of the day we will be focusing on;

• Planting fruit trees
• Planting fruit tree guilds
• Sheet mulching
• Planting banana pups
• Creating a swale from run off water into the duck pond
• Learning to make rock walls
• Learning about using a “Living Design Process” to site and plant a couple of new gardens at the property.

We have a couple of great workshops lined up including; the role of fungi in a Food Forest, an edible weeds walk and a living design process.

This is a large area, and we can accommodate 40-50 people, so if you have missed out on a previous blitz, because they fill so fast – here is your opportunity to be involved and have a great day of learning. We are encouraging car pooling as there is not abundance of car-parking space. If you can please pop your area of where you live into the comments section of the registration box so we can try and connect people for carpooling.

Because this is such a large blitz, we are asking everyone to contribute to a shared lunch.

What to bring:
-Gumboots
-Gardening gloves
-Wheel barrow (if you have would be great!)
-Gardening tools (labelled with your name) – spade or shovel
-Water bottles
-Hat and sun protection and wet weather gear
-Something for a shared lunch
-Any spare plants you may have from your own garden that may work for fruit tree guilds i.e COMFREY – please dig up lots of comfrey root, lavender, garlic bulbs, calendula, jerusalem artichokes, thyme, rosemary, borage, lemon balm, bergamot, tansy, rosemary etc.

To  register, fill out the form below. Your details will be emailed to the hosts who will contact you with further details on how to get there. Thank you!

Urban overhaul, Otumoetai

Saturday 25 July 2020, 9:30am-3pm
Location: Otumoetai, register to find out where

THIS BLITZ IS NOW FULL!

We are doing an overhaul of a small backyard urban section in Tauranga town…there will be no lawn left!

This is an opportunity to see how much food you can grow in a small area. During the course of the day we will be focusing on;

• Making wicking beds
• Planting fruit trees and their guilds
• Laying pathways
• Constructing a berry and medicinal area

We have a couple of great workshops lined up as well.

This is a small area, we only have room for up to 12 people.

Our hosts will provide hot and cold drinks, and a lovely lunch.

What to bring:
-Gumboots
-Gardening gloves
-Gardening tools (labelled with your name) – spade or shovel
-Water bottles
-Hat and sun protection and wet weather gear
– Any spare plants you may have from your own garden that may work for fruit tree guilds i.e lavender, garlic bulbs, calendula, jerusalem artichokes, thyme, rosemary, borage, lemon balm, bergamot etc.

To  register, fill out the form below. Your details will be emailed to the hosts who will contact you with further details on how to get there. Thank you!