Author: Rory Harding

After cancellation last year due to Covid, the Wild Dunedin Festival is trying again and we are looking forward to hosting these tours as part of it. $5 entry, 12-4pm Saturday 24th and 1-4pm Sunday 25th. There will be a few plants for sale on the day. Please expect to park a few blocks away. [...]

I'm looking forward to assisting Jason Ross at this upcoming grafting workshop. Please email registrations to jason@habitate.co.nz. See you there!

Sorry for the late notice folks, the Open Day tomorrow has been cancelled. Hope to see you next year, if not before. Take care Rory

Hello website followers! It's been almost a year since I last contributed to my site, and you can blame Instagram (click the logo at the top and centre of this page). It's very convenient for sharing a few photos with minimal text regularly, plus it reaches a different audience. Any long form content (should it [...]

From Jason Ross... 'This year we stoked to be releasing our 2019 Fruits Nursery Catalogue and holding our Apple Tasting at the Open Day of George Street Orchard, Rory’s abundant & diverse inner city fruit garden. 1-4pm, 24th March, 834 George Street Dunedin Taste a huge selection of delicious apples and chat with us about [...]

Thanks to everyone who visited George Street Orchard on Sunday as part of the Valley Project and Otago Girls' High School fundraising tours. It was great to see familiar faces and I enjoyed meeting lots of new people so keen to grow. Thanks also to those who purchased some of my plants - it really [...]

https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018648735/urban-food-forest-dunedin-s-george-street-orchard

Feijoas (Acca sellowiana) are probably the most discussed crop here at George Street Orchard. People are often surprised that they can grow this far south. They are native to South America and range in the wild from latitude 26° - 35°. In southern Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and northern Argentina they are common to elevations [...]