Permaculture Gardening

With our food forest garden we are creating a show case to prove that it is possible to grow healthy food in South Africa at an Accommodation and to take foodsecurity into one's own hands.

Browse our plant list of edible species below and try growing them too or come and experience their fresh taste on your next Plett holiday.

Complete Plant List

How to grow your own food

Avocado

January 6, 2022Axel Will

Our avocado trees are still small. We planted them in 2020. Some of them are from regrown pits during LockdownSA. We prune avocado trees to keep them small so...

Nectarines

January 5, 2022Axel Will

Nectarines are produced throughout South Africa, but the bulk of production comes from the Western Cape. The trees are small with 4-8m in height and therefore ideal for a Mediterranean...

Lavender

January 5, 2022Axel Will

Lavender belongs to herbs and is edible Lavender Lavender growing in our permaculture food forest 8.10.2020

How to grow Mangoes

January 5, 2022Axel Will

Mango trees can tolerate a wide range of climates where optimal temperatures should be between 27°C to 36°C. Our nursery saplings should produce fruits within it´s first 4 years. A mango...

Beetroot

January 5, 2022Axel Will

Another crop that is doing exceptionally well in Plettenberg Bay is beetroot. The Beet is one of the healthiest vegetables you can grow. It's easy to care for and has...

Corn

January 5, 2022Axel Will

Growing corn in Plettenberg Bay In 2020 through early 2021 it didn’t work very well for us to grow corn. We planted not enough so pollination was low and planted...