The forest
Calamansi, coconut, banana, papaya, jackfruit, rambutan, mango, guava, coffee. Fruit trees are the slowest and most patient investment on the farm. They take years to produce — so the children who will harvest them may be long after the people who planted them are gone. Let us teach you. You can have both the crops and the trees now, all together in harmony.
The vegetable garden's resilience
Raised beds. Soil built from the farm's own compost — dark, rich, full of earthworm activity. No synthetic fertiliser. No chemical pesticide. What the land needs, the land provides.
What we grow
Everyday Bicolano vegetables: kangkong, sitaw, ampalaya, talong, pechay, kamote, gabi, kalabasa, tomatoes, onions, garlic, sili. All being protected by our giant hoop houses. This is food grown for families. In the forest: calamansi, coconut, banana, papaya, jackfruit, rambutan and mango — seasonal abundance for the market and the café.
Water
The creek that runs through the land is the primary water source. Redundant water system designed from day one — no single point of failure. The garden does not die if one pump fails or one pipe breaks.
Regenerative principles
Companion planting. Crop rotation. No bare soil. Every space producing something. Pest control through biodiversity — encouraging the insects and birds that eat the insects that damage crops. Thick mulch from the compost system around every tree. The soil beneath is alive — earthworms, microbes, fungi. The deeper the soil health, the more the land produces. Working with nature, not against it.
Community participation
The vegetable garden and the food forest are the first classroom. Adults, children, whole families learn here — planting seedlings, composting, watering, harvesting. Not as a school project. As real work that produces real food that feeds real people. That is how knowledge stays alive. Feel free to book a tour — you might get the bug and come to some of our training courses.