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🥦 "Your workmanship is impressive with the lovely timber and all the corners so beautifully butted in" - Linda Omokoroa 🥕 "We were so happy with our garden box, we bought a second one!" - Rachel Papamoa 🍅 "Kane is knowledgeable, friendly and considerate to the client's requirements. I would definitely recommend Kane- 5 star service" - Bhavna Pyes Pa
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This download was created to help you feel confident and capable of growing a thriving home garden. Inside, you’ll find a simple five-step guide to help you grow your first, or next, garden with intention.
You’ll learn how to choose the right place for your garden and understand your growing style, manage pests and weeds naturally, build healthy soil, and grow food you will actually eat.
This guide is here to support you in growing nourishing food at home, in a way that fits your space and lifestyle.
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Build your own 3 Bay Compost System at home with our easy to follow DIY plans.
These are the same compost station designs we’ve spent years building, testing, and improving to create a system that is strong, practical, and easy to use.
The 3 bay setup allows you to move compost through each stage, from fresh food scraps and green waste through to finished compost ready for the garden.
Designed to be built in under 3 hours, with materials costing less than $300 NZD.
What’s Included
✔️ Step by step build instructions
✔️ Full timber cut list
✔️ Materials and screw list
✔️ Tools needed for the build
✔️ Clear measurements and spacing
✔️ Images to guide you through the process
Why We Built It This Way
Each bay is roughly 1m³ which creates the ideal size for healthy compost activity and gives you the option of creating either a hot or cold compost.
✔️ Easy turning and rotating between bays
✔️ Wall spacing designed for airflow
✔️ Removable front boards for easy access
✔️ Strong design built for outdoor conditions
Whether you’re just getting started or upgrading your current setup, this system is designed to help you create rich living soil from your own backyard.
This is a digital download and you’ll receive the PDF plans instantly after purchase 🌱
This easy to read composting guide has been created through years of studying Organic Horticulture and Sustainable Crop Production, alongside working with market gardens where compost has played a key role in creating healthy living soil.
Through trial, observation, and hands on experience, this PDF guide shares the key foundations of composting at home and how we can incorporate this simple practice into everyday life.
Inside, you’ll learn how to create healthy compost, understand the balance between greens and browns, care for your compost system, and return nutrients back into the soil to support thriving gardens.
Composting is one of the simplest ways we can reduce waste, reconnect with natural cycles, and help heal the environment around us 🌱
From $699
Raised gardens custom designed and built to fit your garden space
Timber options: Japanese Cedar, Redwood or Treated Pine
Installed and filled with soil
Built strong, true and made to withstand kiwi growing conditions
DIY Kitset
From $199
Timber options include Japanese Cedar, Redwood or Treated Pine
Come in Timber or Corrugated Iron options
No soil provided
Kitsets include pre-cut timber and plans for assembly
DIY is just the plans, you provide timber etc.
Compost Bays
Supporting your journey to quality living soil, our compost bays come as DIY plans, kitsets to build yourself or we offer installation options for our standard size, or custom designed compost bays.
Growing Guides
As a part of our mission to support you in your journey to homegrown kai and reduced reliance on food markets we are writing growing guides for each season to take the guesswork out of your efforts. Autumn is up now!
Growing Essentials this Autumn
Our timber raised garden beds are designed to help you grow fresh, nourishing food… see more
📣 SALE ON KITSET COMPOST STATIONS UNTIL MAY 30TH 📣
Created over time by a Kiwi engineer and made to benefit the biodiversity (Life) of New Zealand.
Turn your food excess and green waste into rich, living soil and help move us closer to a more natural, living environment, one banana peel at a time.
2-Bay Compost: 2m x 1m x 1m
3-Bay Compost: 3m x 1m x 1m
✔️ Removable front boards
✔️ Move compost between bays with ease
✔️ Load straight into a wheelbarrow
✔️Constructed with 200 x 50mm timber &
✔️12 gauge bugle screws (Black)
Delivery & Installation
Pickup of the kitsets are from Gaggan Lane Tauriko, forklift available to load your trailer/truck on site.
Delivery within 50km of Tauriko can be organised for $150
Delivery within 100km of Tauriko can be organised for $250
Installation available - Simply reach out to confirm address, accessibility, and any other variables HERE
Current lead time approx. 14 days
Pricing starts from $399.00
Our timber raised garden beds are designed to help you grow fresh, nourishing food at home. The standard size is 1.25 m x 2.5 m and 400 mm high, offering the perfect space to get started or expand your garden. We also build to suit your space, with custom sizes available both larger and smaller than this.
Each garden is constructed using quality materials, with options including redwood, Japanese cedar, or pine, and is securely fastened with 12-gauge bugle batten screws and 100 x 100 mm corner posts for strength and durability.
To set your garden up for success, we lay cardboard at the base to suppress weeds, then fill your bed with your choice of soil. Choose from a standard garden mix, or upgrade to a natural living soil blend made with compost, horse manure, worm castings, and nutrient-rich soil (for installed with soil option only).
Pricing starts from $399.
“Stop shopping for food like we’re shopping for gas.
Add a food source to your backyard.” 🌿
Create the right environment for raising healthy seedlings at home.
This compact timber greenhouse is designed to help you grow from seed with more consistency. It protects young plants from wind, rain, and cold, while still allowing plenty of natural light through the polycarbonate panels.
The lift up lid can be adjusted to manage airflow and temperature throughout the day, and the double doors make it easy to access your plants. Inside, two adjustable shelves let you make the most of the vertical space.
Its slim design makes it a great fit for patios, decks, and smaller garden areas, while the timber frame keeps it looking natural in any space.
Features
• Timber greenhouse ideal for seedlings
• Adjustable lid for airflow and temperature control
• Double opening doors for easy access
• 4mm twin wall polycarbonate panels
• Two adjustable shelves
• Fir timber frame with water based grey stain
• Zinc plated hardware
• Easy to assemble
• 1 year warranty
Specifications
Materials: Fir timber, polycarbonate
Dimensions: 760mm W x 590mm D x 1100mm H
Weight: 10kg
Carton size: 800mm x 170mm x 1150mm
FREE Pickup from Whakamarama, Bay of Plenty
LIMITED STOCK – Pre order for April delivery (high demand)
Create a productive vegetable garden anywhere with this durable, customisable steel raised garden bed kitset.
Made from galvanised steel with a corrosion resistant coating, this raised bed is built to withstand outdoor conditions while offering a clean, modern look.
The modular panel system allows for multiple configurations to suit your space, including approximately 2400 x 600 mm, 2000 x 1100 mm, and 1500 x 1500 mm, all at 450 mm height. See images for full sizing.
Delivered as a flatpack, it’s easy to assemble with included fasteners. Rounded edges and rubber edging provide added safety and a smooth finish.
Features
• Durable galvanised steel construction
• Customisable sizing and layouts
• 450 mm height ideal for vegetables
• Rounded corners with rubber edging
• Flatpack for easy transport and assembly
Product Specifications
Material: Galvanised steel with corrosion resistant coating
Panel thickness: 0.6 mm
Colour: Dark grey / cream
Height: 450 mm
Parts Included
• 4 corner panels
• 8 straight panels
• 304 stainless steel fasteners
• Rubber safety edging
Package size: 540 x 470 x 210 mm
Available in New Zealand
Shipping calculated at checkout
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