Our food forest is loving the extra hours of sunlight we have been getting as we approach into Summer ☀️
Plants and trees are blooming, providing rich nectar and pollen sources to our friendly bees which roam around the property. 🐝
We’re excited for the berries to start ripening so we can have some mid morning snacks for the team – that’s if Sophie hasn’t gotten to them first ! 🌸
Margo’s 🌵🏜️
It’s Restauarnt Highlight time and who better to showcase than Margos?! 🌵
The team at Margos have supported us since they opened back in 2020, being one of our biggest customer orders week on week.
We love to see their take on tex-mex and how colourful does their food look, aided of course with our Microgreens 😉🌱
We know for sure one of our favourites is to start with their Queso Fundido, delve into their coconut tempura prawns, add some tacos into the mix and finish with their dulce de leche crème brulee. You certainly won’t leave Margos hungry. 🌮
Thanks to the Margos team for the support and we’ll see you soon for some Frozen Margs. 💚🍹
As part of our mitigation for waste and recycling, we recycle all our used growing medium back into our food forest. ♻️
The jute, coco coir and a paper medium is placed onto the ground in the food forest post harvest. 🌳
This gives us the ability to supress the grass that we are trying to minimise (as it tends to compete for nutrients in the soil with other productive varieties). 🌲
Any extra seed not germinated in our system can be embraced by nature – whether that’s decomposing back into the ground, feed for the birds (we luckily have a few tui that call this place home) or for microgreens to pop up and outcompete the grass whilst providing an edible crop. 🌱💚
At our HQ site in Queenstown, we are fortunate enough to have the space to be able to establish a food forest as apart of our own model towards food resilience, education and experimentation. 🌳
A food forest is a collection of plant specials (mostly perennials) that all act in unison to support each other, yet with their own specific function. These include fruit and nut producing canopy species, mineral accumulators, nitrogen fixers, ground covers, medicinal varieties and pollination attracting flowers. 🌿🌷
The idea was to establish climate appropriate species so we could experiment over the coming years and learn more within our team about this unique horticultural dynamic. We enjoy showing our efforts to the wider community so if you’re interested please get in touch! 🌱💚
Can you hear all the little birds around us? Plus spot @beethechangenz bee friendly zone sign 🐝
Direct seeding Daikon Radish onto jute fibre. A renewable resource than can be responsibly disposed of by shredding/composting.
KIDS LOVE MICROGREENS!! A great way to incorporate flavour and nutrition into the family diet. An INTERACTIVE way of eating live greens straight from the punnet.
A quick word from us.....catch you all soon!
We conserve our water usage at Gibbston Microgreens by using recirculating flood and drain irrigation systems and therefore use up to about 80% less than traditional agriculture. It’s Conservation Week - let’s consider our environment when operating as an economy :)
One of our favourite customers smashing back her daily dose of locally grown microgreens.
Next rotation of micros under LEDs
We produce a variety of Microgreens to both hospitality and residential customers in Queenstown. All deliveries are electric in our LDV E-Deliver3 Van.
