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George's Garden
Established · 14 signalsgrower

George's Garden

George Street Orchard is the passion project of Rory Harding, who, since 2008, has meticulously transformed a Dunedin backyard into a thriving urban food forest. George St Orchard is an urban food forest in Dunedin, transformed from a backyard into a thriving edible landscape by Rory Harding since 2008

“Great place for fresh vege, especially the George's garden hidden at the back of the market.”

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Their Story

George Street Orchard is the passion project of Rory Harding, who, since 2008, has meticulously transformed a Dunedin backyard into a thriving urban food forest. This edible landscape is a testament to sustainable practices, employing no-till, compost-based, and food forest principles. Rory's…

What They Make

  • Fruits & Berries: Grapes (Niagara, Schuyler, Iona), Blood peaches, Golden raspberries, Haskap berries (honeyberry), Goumi berries, Figs ('Hereweka'), Yacon, Japanese ginger, European plums, Mid-season apples, Pears, Blackberries, Feijoas (Kaiteri, Kākāriki, Tagan, Anatoki, Unique)
  • Vegetables: Rocoto Manzano chillis, Asparagus
  • Edible Plants for Sale: Blood peach seedlings, Rocoto Manzano chillis (half-hardy perennial), Golden raspberry, Haskap berry, Grapes (Niagara, Iona, Schuyler), Asparagus, Goumi berry, Fig ‘Hereweka’, Yacon, Japanese ginger, Raspberry
  • Ornamental/Perennial Plants for Sale: Sanguisorba menziesii, Salvia nemorosa ‘Violet Queen’, Calamagrostis brachytricha (deciduous clumping grass), Microlaena avenacea (bush rice grass, NZ native bunching grass), Agastache, Eryngium, Echinacea, Helenium ‘Red Shades’, Helictotrichon sempervirens, Digitalis ferruginea, Verbascum blattaria f.albiflorum, Phlomis tuberosa, Phlomis russeliana, Eupatorium cannabinum, Liatris spicata, Echinacea pallida, Calamgrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’, Stipa gigantea, Persicaria amplexicaulis, Cota tinctoria, Eryngium planum, Achillea millefolium, Cytisus proliferus (Tree lucerne), Hellebores, Assorted succulents

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How to Get Their Products

Farmers' Markets

Grey Lynn Farmers Market

Auckland·Sun 8:30-12

Direct Sales

402 Swanson Road, Ranui, Auckland 0612, New Zealand

In-person pickup for plant sales; farm visits and tours by appointment or during scheduled open days.

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