DESIGN ELEMENT
4. A wide range of gardens, both productive and aesthetic, including:
DESCRIPTION
Fruit
Nuts
Vegetable
Rongā (e.g. mānuka, kawakawa)
PURPOSE AND EXPLANATION OF MECHANISM
A focus on native species, but also inclusion of exotics as appropriate
To give tamariki opportunities to experience all the benefits of better understanding where their kai comes from and how to grow things
To foster a connection with the natural world
To ignite and foster an environmental ethic
To encourage activity and reduce obesity
To provide opportunities for our whānau to teach our tamariki traditional skills and tikanga around activities such as kūmara, pikopiko, and mānuka cultivation, harvest and use.
To be beautiful for beauty’s sake