Our community teaching garden was lying dormant for three years until 2020 when the trust redeveloped the once thriving garden to boost food security and economic development for our community. We know that by supporting Whangaroa’s local food production we can help develop skills that can boost income and self-sufficiency. Together with our community we have co-created a garden and orchard that is attractive, well maintained garden and orchard. Our aim is to make it easy for people to access healthy, local kai. We utilise the space as a teaching garden, promoting how to save money and become environmentally sustainable. The garden’s benefits are far reaching; our elder care home enjoy the harvest of fresh veggies, whanau learn how to grow, volunteers offer time in return for produce and we even help fill food parcels.