Harvest Homegrown

07/06/2026

Want to be more self sufficient and build food resilience through growing your own food, hunting, fishing etc? This event will help build great connections with other like minded peps in the area and let you know what's happening in the area that you can be a part of.

How resilient is our local food system?

Join us at Green Drinks: Growing Local Food Networks to explore practical ways we can strengthen food resilience across the Upper Clutha while building stronger community connections.

Hear from locals involved in growing, foraging, hunting and sharing food, and learn about emerging initiatives including Kai Connect, Carb Club and the Seedling Cooperative.

Whether you grow vegetables, keep chickens, hunt, fish, forage, preserve food, or are simply curious about becoming more food resilient, everyone is welcome.

📍 Armstrong Room, Lake Wānaka Centre
📅 Wednesday 17 June
⏰ 6pm–8pm
🙌$5 entry (registration essential)

17/05/2026

I still have some spaces available this Sunday 24th May for the full day veggie growing workshop - We will plan & maximise your growing spaces, learn to prepare your soil for spring with no-till gardening, talk bed rotation & interplanting, how much to plant & when to start everything in our area. Learn to plant garlic & strawberries. How to pick seeds for our climate & to match your growing requirements. Lazy gardening techniques to make the most of your time, as well some quick win winter greens, sprouts, micros you can start now. It will be a super full & fun day, with everything you learn specific to our local climate.

Book online at

Full day workshop - Planning & preparation for a bountiful season + Garlic, Strawberries & more

07/05/2026

Check out this great blog from a group of local southern lakes growers, all teaming our knowledge to help gardeners grow more food, and be more resilient. It will be coming out monthly for the forseeable. We hope you enjoy it - https://www.wao.co.nz/resources/blog/grow-food-in-southern-lakes-may-edition?mc_cid=d9072dbe66&mc_eid=11e0c30b4d

If you prefer more hands on learning - check out all the available workshops and sessions listed, there is always loads happening and there will only be more as we move through winter and into spring.

Happy growing!

Growing food in the Southern Lakes just got easier. Fifteen local growers are teaming up with Wao each month to share what actually works in our climate, helping beginners get started with confidence. Up first: Build Soil, Save Seeds, Prepare for Spring.

29/04/2026

With food costs sky rocketing, it’s an awesome time to learn to grow your own produce. Whether you need to grow in pots or have a large veggie patch, I will help you make the most of your garden, maximising space, money and time, for an abundant harvest year round.

Check out the range of available workshops for the coming months. Fill knowledge gaps with our short workshops, or learn to do it all with our series of full day workshops. Please note: subjects change and repeat in line with the season.

Bookings are essential as numbers are limited. DM or email with any questions. Please book online at https://stan.store/harvesthomegrown.

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20/04/2026

Some direct enquires and a group meeting has kicked my butt into gear, to map out a new season of workshop offerings!

They include the usual Veggie Growing Workshop Series (running since 2021) - a group of 5 workshops, that walks you through a full season of growing here in Central Otago. Teaching you everything you need to know for the following 2-3months until the next workshop is held. They are full day workshops, for gardeners that want to do it all, suitable for beginner and advanced gardeners.

New this season is an updated series of really affordable short workshops. Content has been updated in response to the current fuel crisis and higher food/living costs. Some of them will help you grow food almost immediately, others will fill knowledge gaps to help you become more self-sufficient and really maximise your production. They are only 1.5 hours each, but I have scheduled 3 on a day, so you can attend just one, or all 3 if you want. Note subjects change and repeat in line with the season.

Bookings are essential as numbers are limited. DM or email with any questions. Please book online at https://stan.store/harvesthomegrown.

10/01/2026

The Wild Farm Store - 481 Camphill Rd. The door might be shut to keep the dust out, but its always open.

Fridge restocked just now with all the usuals
+ New Potatoes
+ New Season Garlic - go lightly it's super strong when green, bulbs are a really great size
+ Broccoli!

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28/12/2025

The Wild Farm Store - 481 Camphill Rd

Fridge restocked just now.

What happens when a gardener goes away for a week? Marrows!! In the fridge also :)

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17/12/2025

The Wild Farm Store - 481 Camphill Rd

Loaded up - Organic Strawberries, Snow Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, Beans, Lettuce, Rocket, Spinach, Mesclun, Micros, Rhubarb, Zucchini, Radishes

Eggs and Layer Mix too.

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11/12/2025

The Wild Farm Store - 481 Camphill Rd

Snow Peas and Sugar Snap Peas are going off, and Beans are just starting. Loads of fresh greens restocked today also.

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09/12/2025

The Wild Farm Store - the fridge is loaded with loads of greens and produce.

Organic Strawberries, Snow Peas and Zucchini restocked just now.

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