Growers are the backbone..
In this country, I am astounded by how many people complain about the price of produce.
Do we realize how much effort and dedication it takes to grow, say, an orange or a tomato, let alone get it to the place where you want to purchase it in a condition you will be happy with?
This is where my journey began: with the huge, heartfelt realization that I wanted to help growers. To do that, I needed to find growers like you and the ones below who are intent on building an experience with food and an environment that actually resembles goodness.
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I want to congratulate people who consider every bite they take to be a nourishing experience, with culture at its core, and not just a needed bit of the day's routine.
Those in the know,
When your a dedicated grower or keen gardener it all comes down to how much effort your willing to put in, to achieve the end result your happy to have. One huge key here is the balance of time/money/effort and the cleverer you are the more tools/wisdom you have to make that work in your favour.
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- Below are fellow growers who have been using our products not just once or twice but incorporated them into the system to combat unwanted pests with the needed results achieved.
Tancred Tomatoes - 2010-2017
Ron from Christchurch some of you may remember. As the name pertains to "Well thought advice, we were so honoured to be a part of his growing great tasty tomatoes. And as a fellow tomato grower it was easy to discuss options and result in a community of like minded growers began here in Aotearoa.
As the news spread...2010 and 2011
South Top Gardens, Jillian and Gary Wagner from Richmond Nelson growing 4HA parsley
​Tasman Bay Herbs, Don Grant growing herbs and salad greens in Motueka. Now in the hands of Gavin and Emma Visser and still going strong!
Stephen Corkran in Palmerston North, growing salad greens indoors 2010 to 2017
Richard & Rosemary Goodman in Kaikoura, produce leafy greens.
Ken Gill also from Kaikoura, growing peppers.
Foy Boys, Ernie and Maggie who grow like us tomatoes and other indoor crops. What a treasure to know who is holding the fort producing real true good quality food for us all to eat!
We started to get a little following,
2012 - 2013
Apotu Orchards, Katherine Maera in Kauri, Whangarei uses it for her Orange production. Also, a fellow Growers Market permanent.
Edible Backyards, Kath Ervine with her abundant knowledge within the home gardener circle, started to promote the use of just our products for pest control, when really necessary.
Rarotonga via Crosby Exports brings us a new concept, which has now thoroughly taken hold in 2024! Vonnia's and CITC coming on board with the assurance of a major grower in the area now using the product for over ten years.
Matakana Palms's Bruce Whistler, tough environments are always interesting to manage.
Substantial shift into Garden Center's
2014 - 2016
Experienced horticulturist Bill Brett & his 'Garden Retail Success business was instrumental in taking us to the whole of New Zealand via all the independent garden centres. I am honoured to have been the instigator in making available a commercially viable natural insecticide now available to all the public! With over 70 stores and counting.
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Published in the first Book 'Garden Pest & Disease Control Essential NZ Guide' - A fully comprehensive guide for growing and managing all manner of garden plants and vegetables in NZ. With the foreword written by Phillip Yates himself! funny...
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Te Oranga's Janet Hyde from Maungatapere growing flowers
Hobbiton, for a while there, worth a mention :)
Adrian Perich-Smith in Kaiwaka growing Strawberries
Orcona Chillis N Peppers in Napier
Profile Farms Robyn Mason in Cambridge
2017 - 2020
encouraging uptake in commercial
Southern Paprika's Angela Eng, in Warkworth started the natural journey and it was a great to have a larger more streamline business on board for a while though 2017 to 2023 they tried, but intensive growing is tough! Strains and IPM are the real key here.
Kings Seed takes me on as a Favourite - very happy to be in partnership with this company started the same year I was born in 1978!
Timatanga Hou Farm in Whangarei Heads, Marnie Muirhead growing all organic produce!
Gourmet Waiuku's Sashi on the capsicum crop
Matakana Chillies in Warkworth
Morohemo Produce in Maungaturoto growing hydroponic chillies
Kaeo Fresh's Patricia growing orchids
Gourmet Paprika's Angie in Helensville
Gourmet Mokai's Kasey in Ataimuri
Windermere Berry Farm's Tony in Whanganui growing strawberries, also pick your own
Pauline Graham and Ellen Grey in Tauranga growing Passionfruit
Palmerston North City Council's Rebecca Fitzpatrick in the nursery
BreamBay Landscaping's John Thode in Ruakaka in Nursery
Alter-Natives Nursery in Whangarei
Thymebank's Rose in Blenheim in her gardens
Lewis Farms in Levin on strawberries
D & J Farms Daniel Geuze on potatoes
Humphreys Landscaping's Richard Waterson in Auckland clients gardens!
Wild About Weeds Terry Shaw in Wellington gardens
CannaKiwi's Mike Chapman in Picton on medical marijuana
Starlight Organics Nye Tatton at Whangarei growers market
Godfrey Medical in Tauranga on Boysenberries and Cherries
Gandham Property Ltd Gurbagh Singh in Hamilton​​
Taylor Strawberries in Aongetete
Edible Backyard book publishes our products 2021
Now for the real success story, in natural gardening circles. Kath Irvine who is a self taught genius at growing succession crops and providing a self sufficient garden advice, still chooses to mention our products and only ours in her brilliant book on "A practical guide to growing organic fruit and vegetables all year round" The Edible Backyard. And has been ever since her success with the products in 2016!
2022 to 2024
things level out again, looking to sell the business
Because it is time for this little passion project to bloom to it's rightful potential!
I am not capable of this given my lack of business acumen.
So the story gets better, in the middle of the 'Pandemic while we were all finding our new style of controlled living, well home gardening and cooking became a 'big thing'. So the business skipped along despite a couple of new contenders in the home garden market.
Kaye Glamuzina from Propagate Ltd in her stunning Orchard Nursery in Auckland gave us a glowing review in STUFF - I continue to gain popularity for all the right reasons, that the products work as claimed and I offer natural commercially viable solutions to all growers, a fresh breath in this overly polluted world of consumerism!
Growers continued;
Plant Life Propagators in Ashhurst - Dave in the nursery business
Kingfisher Orchard in Kerikeri - Warren grows peppers indoors
Young Wah Chong in Pukekohe - William is a market gardener
Perfect Produce Company in Pukekohe - Alan Fong is a market gardener ( Fresh Grower Brand)
Waikawa Fresh in Otaki - Tony grows greens
Farmers Daughter Gardener in Auckland - clients gardens
Cannasouth Cultivation in Morrinsville - medical cannabis
Valentin Jeandot in New Caledonia - market gardens
Gourmet Blueberries in Waiuku - Reolf Schreuder manages most of the Gourmet Group North
Kaipaki Berries in Ohaupo - Summy grows strawberries
Elanza Works in Waihi - Peter Molloy grows stawberries
Corbell Farms in Whangarei (our original property where the story all began) - growing Avo's the ones we planted :)
Ardmore Vege in Papakura - Pawan Buttar grows vege seedlings
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