Join Richard Lee, EcoMatters Food Team leader in this practical, hands-on workshop at EcoMatters organic teaching garden. 

Learn how to read the contour of the whenua, then design and create a productive sponge garden based on swale composting. 
Plan, design and prepare now, ready for planting in the warmer months.

Benefits of Productive Sponge Gardens:

• Build the depth, health and sponginess of your soil

• Close the loop - make use of food scrap nutrients for food production 

• Plant a range of species in a polyculture system including bananas, pawpaw, sugarcane, taro, and yacon.

• Slow the flow - actively reduce rainwater runoff, while ensuring your site is resilient in times of high rainfall and drought.

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