Otakaro Orchard

Otakaro Orchard Otakaro Orchard, a project by Edible Canterbury, intends to serve as a destination gateway to the local food movement growing in Canterbury.

๐ŸŒฟ Last week we enjoyed our last market of the Season at Peterborough st ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅฆ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸฝSlowly harvesting the last fruits of the l...
16/06/2026

๐ŸŒฟ Last week we enjoyed our last market of the Season at Peterborough st ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅฆ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸฝSlowly harvesting the last fruits of the land before covering it; awaiting being moved to Trent st. ๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿš›
๐Ÿฅฌ ลŒtฤkaro Orchard Urban Farm Wednesday Morning Working Bees ๐Ÿ @ 156 Peterborough st will continue until June 24 ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ 9.30-11.30 with kai and refreshments shared afterwards ๐Ÿฅ•โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿง
๐Ÿ™๐ŸฝNgฤ mihi to all our wonderful volunteers; Hamish, Kryska, Fawzi, Christine, Alan, Colin, Elijah, and many more travellers from ๐ŸŒ Along with Lani and Fi with the Cultivate Christchurch crew; helping with clearing and dismantling. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ

๐ŸŒฟBig shout out to the crew from  ; doing a fantastic job helping us unload the huge trailer of green waste from our ๐Ÿฅฌ Ur...
14/06/2026

๐ŸŒฟBig shout out to the crew from ; doing a fantastic job helping us unload the huge trailer of green waste from our ๐Ÿฅฌ Urban Farm on Peterborough st to our new site on Trent St ๐Ÿฅฆ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ‘‰ Hot composting, and filling all the compost bins built by the Cultivate Christchurch crew. ๐Ÿ™Thanks to our board members Murray, and Stu, for lending the trailer, and for facilitating the group๐Ÿ›

๐ŸŒฟFollowing on from ๐ŸŒฟPart 1 in Plant Propagation ๐ŸŒฑ with  ; where we looked at how seeds are formed and various ways of pr...
12/06/2026

๐ŸŒฟFollowing on from ๐ŸŒฟPart 1 in Plant Propagation ๐ŸŒฑ with ; where we looked at how seeds are formed and various ways of propagating plants ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒบ We next explored different plant families and how to save seed from the different Vegetable plants ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿซ›๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ‘‰Choosing our best and tastiest fruit, greens, or beans to save seed from; ๐Ÿ‘‰ Making sure they mature on the plant; scooping and fermenting seeds from the flesh; or drying, threshing and winnowing; removing seeds from their stalks and chaff.
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ Labelling and bagging them up ready to sow again in the new season ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒ
๐ŸŒฟ Completing the cycle of life and creating food resilience and food sovereignty ๐Ÿ‘‰ Seeds grown and learning your environment year after year๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ›

๐ŸŒฟ Ngฤ mihi nui to all the Volunteers who joined us for May's ๐ŸWeekend Working Bee ๐Ÿ‘‰ Held at the ลŒtฤkaro Orchard Urban Fa...
10/06/2026

๐ŸŒฟ Ngฤ mihi nui to all the Volunteers who joined us for May's ๐ŸWeekend Working Bee ๐Ÿ‘‰ Held at the ลŒtฤkaro Orchard Urban Farm ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ• ๐Ÿ‘‰ Clearing and dismantling the big polytunnel, dismantling planters, and stacking pavers; all in prep for moving off site. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜A huge thank you to .cafe Vic's Cafe for the delicious bread to go with our very own pumpkin and celery soup for lunch ๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฒ
๐Ÿ‘‰ Our next ๐ŸWeekend Working Bee ๐Ÿฅฌ will be held at the Urban Farm, 156 Peterborough St, ๐Ÿ‘‰Saturday 27 June, 10.30-12.30, with lunch provided afterwards!
๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿžโ˜•๏ธ All Welcome ๐Ÿ˜Š

๐ŸŒฟTomorrow we run our last Wednesday Lunchtime Vege Market ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅฆ12.30-14.30 at 156 Peterborough st ๐Ÿ‘‰ Baby leeks and carrots,...
09/06/2026

๐ŸŒฟTomorrow we run our last Wednesday Lunchtime Vege Market ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅฆ12.30-14.30 at 156 Peterborough st ๐Ÿ‘‰ Baby leeks and carrots, greens; kale, chard, silverbeet, potatoes, pumpkin, rhubarb, broccolini, artichokes, and herbs are still available ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿ‘‰ As we continue to clear the beds during our Weekly Urban Farm Working Bee ๐Ÿ 9.30-11.30 every Wednesday Morning, with kai and refreshments shared afterwards ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿชโ˜•๏ธ All are welcome ๐Ÿ˜Š
๐Ÿ‘‰ Working Bees will continue at Peterborough st till the end of June, before the big move to Trent St in July ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿ…
๐Ÿ™ Ngฤ mihi nui to all our wonderful volunteers, customers ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ™ and Edible Canterbury for the support as we move ๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿš›

๐ŸŒฟ For our fourth educational session with the Cultivate Christchurch crew we met at the ลŒtฤkaro Orchard Urban Farm ๐Ÿฅฌ to ...
07/06/2026

๐ŸŒฟ For our fourth educational session with the Cultivate Christchurch crew we met at the ลŒtฤkaro Orchard Urban Farm ๐Ÿฅฌ to look into plant propagation ๐ŸŒฑ
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ Starting with flower ๐ŸŒบ and seed anatomy and physiology; dissecting flowers and germinating seeds; looking at how different plants are pollinated and fertilised; how seeds form and germinate, carrying an incredible amount of information to grow and produce fruit ๐ŸŽ and seed of their own. ๐ŸŒฑ
๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸฝThen looking into other ways of propagation such as from cuttings, layering, and division ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ followed by hands on practical as we begin to dig up perennial plants to move, propagating as we go.

๐ŸŒฟ We are so grateful for all the help we received from   foundation students, who came and spent an afternoon at ลŒtฤkaro...
05/06/2026

๐ŸŒฟ We are so grateful for all the help we received from foundation students, who came and spent an afternoon at ลŒtฤkaro Orchard ๐ŸŒณ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ Helping us to clear away the last of the bricks which couldn't be moved by forklift; shovel the last of the wood chip; ๐Ÿ› and move other heavy items needing several hands to make light work! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ Ngฤ mihi nui ki a koutou, with a special thank you to Watson for helping to stack the bricks neatly and securely ๐Ÿ›

๐ŸŒฟAs we wind down production at the ลŒtฤkaro Orchard Urban Farm  ๐Ÿฅฌ and begin to dismantle and clear the site we are super ...
02/06/2026

๐ŸŒฟAs we wind down production at the ลŒtฤkaro Orchard Urban Farm ๐Ÿฅฌ and begin to dismantle and clear the site we are super grateful to all our incredible volunteers who are supporting us so gracefully during this shift. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ Ngฤ mihi nui Hamish, Fawzi, Kryska, Alan, Colin, Christine, Sarah, Charlie, Cameron and the many other volunteers from who come along to our Wednesday Morning Working Bees ๐Ÿ to help; 9.30-11.30am with kai and refreshments shared afterwards. โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿง
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ We still have produce to sell today at our Wednesday Market ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ•12.30-14.30 ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ Pumpkins, greens, leeks, baby carrots, herbs, broccolini, potatoes, artichokes, eggs ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ” ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ with our last market at Peterborough st next Wednesday June 10.
๐Ÿฅฌ Wednesday Morning Working Bees ๐Ÿ will continue till the end of June, when we will hopefully be ready for the big move! ๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿš›

๐ŸŒฟ Students from  joined us at ลŒtฤkaro Orchard Urban Farm  for a morning of volunteering and did a fantastic job helping ...
01/06/2026

๐ŸŒฟ Students from joined us at ลŒtฤkaro Orchard Urban Farm for a morning of volunteering and did a fantastic job helping us to empty compost bins and fill our planters, ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ ready for our move off site. ๐ŸŒฑ Along with pricking out seedlings into modules; to grow on until they are ready to be planted at our new farm on Trent St ๐Ÿฅฌ Ngฤ mihi nui ki a koutou for all the awesome mahi ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ It is hugely appreciated ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ›

๐ŸŒฟFollowing on from our previous weeks observation of our new farm on Trent St ๐Ÿฅฌwith Cultivate Christchurch ; (where we o...
30/05/2026

๐ŸŒฟFollowing on from our previous weeks observation of our new farm on Trent St ๐Ÿฅฌwith Cultivate Christchurch ; (where we observed our natural environment ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ winds, sun, shade, water ๐ŸŒง๏ธ๐ŸŒฑ Along with the greater environment ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ Our neighbours and river, proximity to the city and local resources. )๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ We focused on observing and learning all about our soil ๐Ÿ›
๐ŸŒฟ Investigating soil type, texture and pH; learning why these things are important. ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ Carrying out various experiments and soil tests from different parts of the farm.
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ Digging holes to smell, look and feel the soils profile, checking out the water percolation rate, soil life ๐Ÿชฑ, root depth, and texture.
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ Determining soil type by manipulating hand fulls of soil to see if they will form a ball, sausage, or ring; adding soil into a jar of water and allowing it to settle; showing us the composition of sand, silt, and clay; and testing the soils pH.
๐Ÿ› With all the results being recorded onto another layer of our base map.

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227 Cambridge Terrace
Christchurch
8013

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