Grow the food you love to eat

Turn your garden into a healing sanctuary packed full of food and flowers, all grown in healthy soil.

How would you like to be growing the food you most love to eat, saving yourself unnecessary trips out to the shops. Instead, just wander out into your garden and harvest organic produce that is literally still alive. Garden to table means just that - perhaps rinsing off a little of the soil before you head to the kitchen to cook.

The question for so many people is this: "Where do I start?"

I recommend a quick call to discuss your situation, and I can quite quickly recommend some options, no matter what size your garden. Beginners and advanced gardeners are all welcome. Send an email to katrina@blueborage.co.nz or phone/text on 022-410-4988.

Alternatively, you can get my weekly tips for gardening by the moon - it's free.

EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS

ONLINE COURSES & GROUP COACHING

SEEDLINGS FOR SALE (IN TITIRANGI)

CONSULTATIONS (REMOTE OR ONSITE)

Customised Compost Coaching

Online learning

Wherever you live, you can participate in online study. Start with the most interesting topic, and complete the modules in any order you like. Take a look at my online programmes :

Grow your own microgreens (a free guide for beginners)
Seed Sowing for beginners
Grow your own edible flowers
How to make hot compost
In ground worm farm - the DIY version, upcycle a bucket into a mini soil factory
This selection grows each month as new courses are customised to suit particular groups or workplaces

Workshops

Blue Borage workshops cover a range of topics in edible gardening, all grounded in biodynamic approaches, with no artificial chemicals:

Make your own seed raising mix and potting mix
Discover the lost art of growing food from seeds
Growing your own microgreens and salad greens — even if you haven’t got a garden
Eat beautiful meals garnished with edible flowers
Start transforming your green waste into biodynamic compost

When workplaces build edible gardens, these can become classrooms for a large group to learn in: your staff, your clients, or guests you invite to come and learn. Composting and growing food at work is a fabulous way to demonstrate your dedication to a circular economy.

I also love working with small gardens, and can show you just how much it's possible to grow on an apartment balcony or small courtyard. If you want to share the love of gardening with your children, I’m happy to come to your garden for personal lessons and coaching.

Any questions? Get in touch...

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Katrina making compost with a compost aerator in Titirangi, Auckland

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Ready, Set, Spring: Five Day Online Course

Dates: Friday 9th to Tuesday 13th October 2020. Location: 10am each day on zoom, with a private Facebook group for additional Q&A October topics (spring gardening): Seed sowing forRead more

Would you like some help planning your edible garden?

Sometimes there is just too much information to sift through and it really helps to make swift progress by getting expert advice on what you could do with your space. This is when the Blue BorageRead more

Seed sowing for spring

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Mrs D's Bird Sanctuary

When I was little we used to spend Christmas with my grandparents in Timaru, and I have vague memories of their garden being full of delights - raspberries, redcurrents and roses. It probably wasn'tRead more

Gardening Inspiration

Surround yourself with beauty and wonder - easier said than done. Every now and then I come across an amazing article, video, book or movie, and this blog post is an attempt to collect some ofRead more

Where should my food scraps go?

Did you know what you do with your food scraps has the potential to help or hinder our food system? I've been an avid home composter for so many years, that every now and then I forget some peopleRead more

Online Courses

If you've been to one of my workshops or you're following Blue Borage on social media, then you have had a taster of the Blue Borage approach of edible gardening: simple, creative, innovative andRead more

Workshops & Events

Blue Borage edible gardening workshops are a good way to learn about organic gardening while socialising with like-minded gardeners. Popular topics include composting, worm farming, seed sowing,Read more

Back in lockdown in Auckland... where to start with your gardening?

After a three day pause to normality we are now in two weeks of Level 3 restrictions. And it may be even longer, right? Whatever happens at the end of August, right now there are kids at home, peopleRead more

Why Blue Borage? Some of Katrina's Background

I was mesmerised by biodynamics, and found myself creating edible gardens for friends - over and over again. Someone said to me I should start a business doing what I love, and after a good deal ofRead more

A little less plastic: a few practical tips

Each year we get the message to reduce our plastic use - how does it make you feel? I talk to a lot of home gardeners, and there's an overwhelming sense of "Yes, but HOW?" Here are a few tipsRead more

Foodies who love gardening: Gina Thomas

Here's a second wintery soup recipe from Gina Thomas, the boss at Rampant Coffee, which is that cute little cafe in New Lynn, in the distinctive brick building by the Community Centre. Is Gina reaRead more

Podcast Interview with The Rubbish Trip

Listen to an Blue Borage Podcast Interview from October 2019 about the Blue Borage perspective on waste, composting, food resilience and our food system in general. (42 minutes)

Podcast Interview on Mystic Discoveries

Here's an interview with Amanda Bradley from the Mystic Discoveries podcast, diving into biodynamics for the home gardener. It's long! (just over 2 hours)