Permaculture consultation on the Mid North Coast and in the Hunter

The crossover. This is where subtropical species meet stone fruit and temperate orchards, and where species selection matters more than anywhere else on the route.

The Rainbow Flat garden on the Mid North Coast

A permaculture consultation is where every garden on the route begins: a paid walk over your land in Port Macquarie, Taree, Forster, Rainbow Flat, Newcastle and the Hunter Valley to read it, understand what you want from it, and agree on the first move. Nothing is designed, quoted or planted before it.

Permaculture consultation$250$50 deposit holds your date; $200 on the day.More on the main page →First plantingFrom $1,000Earthworks, soil, planting, mulching and the knowledge to tend it.More on the main page →Annual stewardshipFrom $500/yrA return visit and an in-depth site report each year.More on the main page →

I travel the east coast two to three times a year, so there are plenty of chances to book a consultation and begin a long-term relationship with Food Forest Journey.

The crossover: what this climate asks for

Warm enough near the coast for avocados and bananas in a sheltered corner; cool enough inland for figs, persimmons and low-chill stone fruit. Most gardens here can grow both, if each plant is put in the right spot.

So a consultation here is a microclimate hunt: the warm wall, the frost hollow, the windbreak, the morning sun. Getting those right is what lets one garden carry two climates' worth of food.

Plants that tend to belong here: Citrus, figs, persimmon, pomegranate and feijoa; low-chill stone fruit; avocado and bananas where it's warm and sheltered; perennial herbs and support species to hold it together. The final list always comes from your site, not from a template.

How a consultation works

Book the dateA $50 non-refundable card deposit holds your date and puts you on the regional route, so I know to be in your area.
Walk the landSoil, sun, slope, water, access and what is already growing, and what you actually want to eat, and how much tending is realistic.
Choose the first moveWe agree on the highest-leverage first phase and what your budget could realistically create. The remaining $200 is paid on the day, with no obligation to book a project.

More on what we look at and what you leave with: permaculture consultation on the east coast.

Gardens on the route nearby

Where Two Climates Meet: Rainbow Flat, near Taree: a new garden built around exactly this crossover.

Questions

Do you do permaculture consultations in Port Macquarie?

Yes. Mid North Coast & Hunter is part of the Food Forest Journey route (Leg 04 · Port Macquarie → Hunter). I come to your land for a site discovery: $250, a callout fee for travel, time on the ground and the reading of the site. A $50 card deposit holds your date; the remaining $200 is paid on the day.

What happens after the consultation?

If you want to go ahead, the first planting starts from $1,000 and the budget is split between materials and labour at $50 an hour. Annual stewardship, from $500 a year, brings me back each year with an in-depth site report. There is no obligation after the walk.

When will you be in my area?

I travel the east coast two to three times a year, so there are plenty of chances to book a consultation and begin a long-term relationship with Food Forest Journey. The route passes through the Mid North Coast and the Hunter on every run between Queensland and Sydney. Book ahead to be on the next one.

Elsewhere on the route

Book a permaculture consultation

Send your location, a few photos, your goals and a rough budget. I'll tell you where your land sits on the route and when I can walk it.

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