Our Story

A journey from rocks to crops

In 2013, I stood upon a tall rock and looked around and as far as I could see, all that I saw was 7 acres of rocks, stone, and a landscape devoid of any vegetation or life form. The rocky land was severely degraded due to overgrazing, erosion, and soil leaching.

My task – to transform this piece of rocky land into a flourishing lush green farm.

Impossible? Well, at least that’s what I thought to myself. But when we trust Nature to do its job, the fruits are always bountiful.

For months, me and my team of three people spent a lot of time understanding the inter dependencies of nature’s five elements; air, fire, water, earth, and space and how our environment responds to these naturally. We observed, experimented, failed many times, observed again and slowly designed systems that went with the flow of nature rather than going against it.

We were determined to develop a landscape that was soil rich, fertile, pest free, with healthy groundwater reserves, and most importantly gave us nutritious and chemical-free produce. Our determination and focus led us to adopt and adapt to a new culture – Permaculture!

Through consistent application of permaculture design principles and mimicking natural systems, this 7 acre land is today home to a variety of flora and fauna and has transformed itself into a copious and bio diverse food forest.

But why am I sharing this story with you? And more importantly why are you reading this story? Well, you and I are here because we care for mother earth, or we want to make our own kitchen garden, or we want our kids to learn about gardening, or simply because we want to pursue a hobby.

Whatever the reason maybe let me tell you it is time we humans started to pay attention to our food and how we treat mother earth.

My vision is to develop an army, yes an army of Permaculturists who can revolutionize the way we grow food. And I welcome you to join this army! What does not matter here is gender, religion, caste, age, occupation, region, or country… all that matters is that you care for what you eat.

So come, one and all, let’s learn to grow food for health and tend to mother earth sustainably.