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

Planning

Plant species we would like to try growing in South Africa

January 11, 2022Axel Will

We haven’t tried those species yet but would love to do so: Apple Cactus (Queen of the Night) Brazilian Red Pepper Candy Cane Beets Cucamelons Egyptian walking Onions Goji Berries:...

Jobs at la Food Forest in Plettenberg Bay

January 2, 2022Axel Will

We are looking for volunteers who love to assist with the following Jobs in Plettenberg Bay or working from home. Proof reading We have lots of content on this website...

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Food Forest by Numbers

January 1, 2022Axel Will

La Food Forest Key Figures Size: 1100 sqm of 2600 sqm propertyClimate Zone: 10aElevation: 75-90m above Sea-LevelSoil: Clay and HumusAverage Rainfall per year: 663mmLocation: Rosheen Crescent 176600 Plettenberg BayGarden Route, South...

Garden Plan 1.0

December 27, 2021Axel Will

Must Have Gardening Books

January 21, 2021Axel Will

Books every Gardener must have Huw RichardsGrow Food For Free Royal Horticultural SocietyPropagating Plants - how to create new plants for free Royal Horticultural SocietyPruning & Training - what, when...

Seven Layers of our Food Forest in Plettenberg Bay

September 16, 2020Axel Will

A Food Forest will actually replicate itself over time and have perfect balance. The balanced compounds produce food. We mimic natural ecosystems of indigenous forests and produce food sustainably. What...