Welcome to Korito Education and Korito Garden

What you can do at Korito and what Korito can do for you:

  • Visit the Garden during the Taranaki Garden Festival or one of the open days, or book a private garden visit for a group of friends/colleagues/work event/garden group Viewing Korito Garden
  • Attend a permaculture day course or weekend permaculture course in New Plymouth or Wellington Permaculture Course Content Wellington Permaculture Course Dates New Plymouth Permaculture Course Dates
  • Attend a day workshop on Biodynamics or Pruning – Workshops
  • Book a ‘Productive Garden Visit’ – a two hour visit to your property to show you how to successfully place fruit trees, garden beds, growing structures etc to maximise production and minimise work – Productive Garden Advice
  • Book an on-line garden visit if you’re outside Taranaki – Productive Garden Advice
  • Plant Nursery – purchase from a huge range of perennial permaculture plants – Productive Garden Plants
  • Buy the ‘seed sowing, planting and harvesting guide’ for the straightforward approach to growing your own seedlings successfully every time and planting at the right time of the year! – Booklets
  • Buy the ‘Chicken/Chook Dome Building Guide’ to start to integrate chickens into your garden, creating a dome with no building skills at all – just a couple of hours of your time – Booklets
  • Stay on the property in a 2 bedroomed garden flat and enjoy the garden and a chat about permaculture – Accommodation
  • Book a presentation for your group on any aspect of gardening/permaculture/biodynamics/organics – Presentations
(Scroll down past New Plymouth workshops for Wellington Workshops)

NEW PLYMOUTH COURSES/OPEN GARDEN DATES 2026

OPEN GARDEN – SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2026 (School Holidays/Festival of lights)

INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE WEEKEND COURSE – 24-25 January 2026

OPEN GARDEN – FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2026 (Waitangi)

OPEN GARDEN – MONDAY 9 MARCH 2026 (Taranaki Anniversary)

SUSTAINABLE BACKYARDS DAY COURSE – 14 March 2026

OPEN GARDEN – SUNDAY 5 APRIL 2026 (Easter Sunday)

FOOD FOREST PLANNING & PLANTING WEEKEND COURSE – 18-19 April 2026

FRUIT TREE PRUNING AND TRAINING DAY COURSE – 8 August 2026

PERMACULTURE YEAR ROUND FRUIT AND VEGES DAY COURSE – 21 November 2026

 

WELLINGTON 2026 COURSES

GROW YOUR OWN GROCERIES DAY COURSE – 22 March 2026

SOILS AND COMPOSTING DAY COURSE – 19 April 2026

FOOD FOREST PLANNING & PLANTING WEEKEND COURSE – 16-17 May 2026

INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE WEEKEND COURSE – 13-14 June 2026

FRUIT TREE PRUNING AND TRAINING DAY COURSE – 19 July 2026

SUSTAINABLE BACKYARDS DAY COURSE – 11 October 2026

Click on the Workshops/Permaculture pages for full details of course content

Phone/Txt: 0211252035

Email: derinatur@hotmail.com

Instagram – derinatur

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All courses need to be paid for in advance.  2 weeks notice of non-attendance for 100% refund, 1 week notice for 50% refund.  Thereafter, no refund.