Wadhamville Garden for Wellbeing has been an organic ‘city lifestyle block’ for some 20 years since the owners, Tim and Amanda Warren moved in and began to transform the weedy, overgrown hilly quarter acre into a haven for living begins of all types.

Featuring Permaculture principles, and Regenerative design, this garden delivers on kai for people and all the local birds and minibeasts. With lots of habitat for the wildlife in this integrative eco system, the design makes use of recycled material.

Meet the integrated team of garden workers including bees, chickens, guinea pig lawn mowers, goldfish mossy killers, tortoise mental health workers, compost worms and an elephant sized mass of soil organisms.

The latest feature in the garden is a new Recycled Garden set in the Chicken Orchard. Based on this Chelsea Gold Medal garden the garden at the top of 53 steps, means no more wasteful lawn mowing and has proved popular wit the birds who all enjoy a sand bath!

Don’t forget to see the Sustainable alternative to a chemical Spa Bath, this fully plumbed outdoor bath provides a luxurious soak with ecostore bubble bath - when finished, the water feeds the plants! No bees were harmed in the process!

Amanda, who is a garden designer, has also spread her garden onto the berm with a giant ‘experiment’ in “Bermaculture” to see how much life can be created using only freely donated material and the minimum amount of labour. The BuzzStop now provides seating & herbs for humans, habitat for minibeasts along with lots of pollinator plants and sponge soil.

Come and Share in Amanda’s vision to see the whole of Vale Road regenerated into a living system.

Photos thanks to Chocolat and Co - Carol Jardine