About.
Gardenfarm started as founding farmer/poet Bob Tatnell's dream, and just kept getting more beautiful. Its now an Eden-like paradise, in a flowery garden setting, with chickens, sheep, cows geese and more, wandering happily, picturesque food forests, and best of all, culture-creating, wonderful people. Every day is a party of creativity.
We are a team of experienced international Permaculture designers, and fans of each others work. Gardenfarm is an Eden-like paradise, in a flowery garden setting, with chickens, sheep, cows geese and more, wandering happily, picturesque food forests, and smart, thoughtful visitors, including you : )
We are mostly creative sociable introverts, busying ourselves wiht making a beautiful world. Current projects include:
Re-making the rocket stove and creating a shower-bath in the WWOOFER cabin greenhouse
Helping farmer Bob turn his produce into value-added items: Pies, dried fruit, Kombucha, and more
Event management, for the Permaculture Design workshops we hold here.
Carpentry, to remodel the AirBnB kitchens
Videography, to share the good things with the world.
Earth Building skills: we want more cabins!
Graphic design for updating the food packaging, to make it captivating.
Costume design and sewing, because life can be amazing
Caring for animals, packing eggs, general maintanance.
There is a strong Japanese influence here. . I work as a Permaculture Designer, mostly in Japan. Google me before you make contact so we can get aligned, chase the dream. Work includes designing & creating water systems, food forest design, chicken and honeybee maintenance. Ive just moved in this Autum, so work includes renovating the cabins, installing a Japanese garden, and helping farmer bob turn is produce into wonderful pies, quince paste, and more, for sale. We hold events for neighbours & friends, such as macrobiotic cooking classes, yoga, tea ceremony & permaculture design coachingNon-garden tasks include teaching yoga, film making and editing, writing magazine articles & helping me to get organized & on time. WWOOFers must be over 25, amazing, thoughtful, self directing & generative. Accomodation is either in my cabin, for ladies, or in the WWOOFer house. Shared meals, mixed diet, vegetarians and vegans catered for. No children. NSI. Length of stay at least 1 week, extendable for months. We are able to accept wonderful people for the 2nd year visa project, but this is invitation only, after you have been WWOOFing here a while, and we think you are amazing.
Bookings.
Zen Fairyland Writers Cabin: nightly or monthly
The Cabin:
Its self-contained, exclusively yours. There are views from every window, lovely furniture, and its a 'shoes off' home. Do your own cooking. As a treat, we can arrange for you to get an invitation to dinner at the farmhouse main table.
Every day is a party of creativity.
We are a team of experienced international Permaculture designers, and fans of each other’s work, busying ourselves with making a beautiful world.
The Main room has a Queen bed, overlooking the pond
The Second bedroom is nicknamed The Sunroom. It looks out North to the willow-stream, sheep paddock and up to rolling green hills. It has a single bed, wonderful sofa, storage drawers and writing desk, and fire-style heater to sit around, all happy and sleepy on a crisp, cold day. Its a room that gets you focused on inspired writing, restorative yoga, and quiet, meaningful communication.
The third room is the kitchen/dining room, with a table for two, or four. It also looks out to the lake.
The kitchen is well-equipped and has basics supplied, including Japanese Macrobiotic condiments.
Farmer Bob has a lovely larder from which you can purchase amazing organic produce: Eggs, excellent beef, sausages, fruit and veggies and preserves.
There are hectares and hectares for you to wander, stretch and dream.
The bathroom has a bath, shower, vanity unit and seperate toilet.
Activities
- Hiking the hills, forests and stream
- Horse-riding
- Yoga with Cecilia
- Morning mediation
- Participate in veggie growing, if you like
There is also a month-long Intern program with Cecilia, for people who are looking for a permaculture learning experience. See our 'Experience' listing.
Key Stats.
Year founded
2006
Size of project site
50 hectares
Languages spoken
- English
- Japanese
People on site
3 - 30
Dry season
November to April
Wet season
July to August
Living Conditions.
Sleeping
- private room
- entire house
- tent camping
- shared rooms
Omnivore Food
- communally cooked meals
- communal kitchen access
Internet
- medium: voice calls (no video)
Opportunities
Gardenfarm, South Gippsland is currently offering the following opportunities:
- Carpentry
- Yoga teacher
- Videographers & filmmakers
- Marketing
- Lean Decluttering Assistant
- Japanese Translation
- graphic Design
- Cow milking
- Builder
- Home Maintenance and Beautifying
- Edible Garden Creation and Maintenance
- Wholefood Cooking
- Japanese Bath Carpenter
- Event Manager
- HOrseriding and communication classes
- Animation
- Japanese Tea Ceremony
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