OUR SUSTAINABLE BUILDS & FARMS
Connect with folks who build, farm and grow with the environment in mind.
You’ll find a selection of homes, one or two commercial or public spaces, and a mix of dairy and dry stock farms, market gardens and orchards as well as several lifestyle blocks.
What is a sustainable build?
A collection of homes, as well as the occasional public or commercial space, that have prioritised the environment.
This includes technologies for energy generation and efficient use, materials for exteriors and interiors, types of builds such passive or off-grid, and systems for building and end-of-life.
Whether your plans are large-scale or tiny, renovating or building new, you will discover inspiration and friendly advice on a range of aspects from owners and experts.
What is a sustainable farm?
Our farms are commercially viable agricultural operations such as dairy or dry stock farms, market gardens and orchards.
Owners, operators and specialists often talk to the management of their resources including water and land, as well as their crops and animals.
You’ll find a mix of regenerative or integrated farms, organic or spray free operations, and a variety of focuses such as healthy streams, diverse pastures, energy generation.
What is a sustainable lifestyle block?
Our lifestyle blocks or homesteads are larger personal properties, that often include small income streams or substantial home or community production.
You’ll find owners keen to share how they have designed their property to make best use of the resources - water, energy generation and storage, animals and crops.
There are often orchards, small-scale market gardens, large-scale food forests, wood lots, as well as a range interesting projects and community connections.