Permaculture consultation on the Sunshine Coast, in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast

The subtropical heartland grows the fastest food forests on the coast. A suburban block here can carry a surprising amount of canopy and fruit, and two of the route's established gardens are in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

The Glenview food forest in the Sunshine Coast hinterland

A permaculture consultation is where every garden on the route begins: a paid walk over your land in the Sunshine Coast, Noosa, the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Brisbane and the Gold Coast 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.

Subtropical heartland: what this climate asks for

Warm, wet summers and mild winters, with frost only in a few hinterland pockets. Things grow fast here, and so do the problems: heavy summer rain on clay or on sandy coastal soil, humidity, and fruit fly.

A consultation here looks hard at drainage and soil. Sandy ground needs organic matter and biochar to hold nutrients; clay needs water moved off it and structure built into it. Then it chooses the canopy, because in this climate the canopy decides everything underneath it.

Plants that tend to belong here: Avocado, lychee, mango, citrus and bananas; macadamia, Davidson plum and lemon myrtle, which belong to this part of the coast; turmeric, ginger and sweet potato in the understorey; pigeon pea for shade, nitrogen and mulch. 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

Glenview Food Forest: Glenview, since 2023: biochar made on site to hold nutrients in sandy soil, swales and bananas.
Banyula Zen Food Forest: Doonan, near Noosa: from bare ground to an established food forest.

Questions

Do you do permaculture consultations in Sunshine Coast?

Yes. Sunshine Coast, Brisbane & Gold Coast is part of the Food Forest Journey route (Leg 02 · Sunshine Coast → Gold Coast). 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 comes through the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the Gold Coast on every run down the coast. Book ahead and your walk fits into 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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