21st Feb 2026 10:00am - 1.00pm

Are you interested to see a lovely mature Food Forest that has been created in a backyard setting in suburban St Johns? Come and be inspired by how much food production there is in this 10 year old forest garden. Anyone can turn their ordinary backyard into an oasis of fruit trees, herbs, vegetables, berries and edible perennials. Spend a relaxing Saturday morning strolling through the woodland paths, foraging for herbs, and looking at the chickens and perusing the garden art for sale. For more information, or to register click here:
Selwyn Community Education

$65 per person approx (check Selwyn Community Edn website)

14th March 2026 10.00 am - 1.00 pm

Are you interested in growing more of your own food for your family in your suburban section?

Come and be inspired by this beautiful, mature food forest in St Johns!

Learn about fertile soil building, fruit trees, keeping chickens, growing herbs for teas, year-round vegetable growing, selecting plants, maintenance and introduction to permaculture. For more information, or to register click here:
Selwyn Community Education

$65 per person approx (check Selwyn Community Education website or brochure)

This is a weekly event during EcoFest. Choose from the following dates:

Sat 4th April 2026 10 am - 12.00 pm

Sat 11th April 2026 10 am - 12.00 pm

Sun 12th April 2025 10 am - 12.00 pm

Sat 19th Apr 2026 10 am - 12.00 pm

Are you interested to see a lovely mature Food Forest that has been created in a backyard setting in suburban St Johns? Come and be inspired by how much food production there is in this 10 year old forest garden.

This garden tour and demo is part of Tamaki Makaurau EcoFest 2026 and we are proud to host this event in conjunction with the EcoFest.

Spend a relaxing Saturday morning strolling through the woodland paths, foraging for herbs, and looking at the chickens and perusing the garden art for sale.

$10 pp, children free entry

Email to register and to get address

You will learn about the healing and wellbeing properties of a selection of herbs that can be easily grown in your own garden. You will learn how to identify , grow and harvest the herbs. We will cover preservation and storage techniques.

Note: This workshop is not held at St Johns Food Forest, but at a nearby, lovely permaculture garden (“Wadhamville” in St Heliers) details upon registration.

Fri 4th April 2025
10 am to 12 noon

For more information, or to register, click here:

Selwyn Community Education
$60 pp

24 May 2025 10 am - 1.00 pm

Learn how to include more edible plants such as fruit trees, berries, herbs and perennial vegetables into your backyard garden. We will cover soil building, creating gardens from lawn, water wise systems, introduction to permaculture methods and keeping chickens. This workshop takes place in a lovely, mature food forest in the suburbs (St Johns, Auckland) and will inspire you to create your own productive edible garden.

For more information, and to register, see link to:

Selwyn Community Education

$65 per person approx. (check Selwyn Community Education website )