For years Amanda was passionate about growing food using natural systems without the use of the huge number of additives used in mainstream farming like synthetic pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and artificial fertilisers. Chemicals not only harm our health but also impact the animals and wildlife by harming the environment they depend on.

The current mainstream practice of liberally throwing all these chemical inputs on the land is not sustainable. It harms living ecosystems and jeopardises our future. 

Amanda's passion grew and she completed a Permaculture Design Course whilst in Melbourne Australia. Whereas Colin set about researching how to manage a forest, his passion was always to live nestled in his own woodland, close to nature, out in the country with plenty of wildlife to enjoy.

We found ourselves at a crossroads in life and decided to leave the office and grab an opportunity that presented itself.

So that's how Food Trees started. A simple concept. Colin's ideal woodland, that we planted from scratch. Designed by Amanda to include 75 varieties of trees and bushes that provide an abundance of fruits, nuts and berries as well as lots of native trees to complement the natural living systems we wanted to create on the land.

An abundance of chemical free FOOD supported by an ecosystem designed using TREES.

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