Gardening with Chickens!
Cost: $18
Location
About this Event
Join Oliver Liddell and his chooks in the EcoMatters garden as he shares his favourite tips and techniques for growing food in your garden alongside chickens.
Learn how garden ecosystems can meet the lifestyle needs of poultry, reducing care requirements and resulting in healthier, more productive birds.
Drawing from permaculture principles, discover the best ways to harness the natural behaviours of chickens to complete garden tasks such as weeding, composting, fertilisation and pest control.
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ABOUT
Oliver Liddell is a freelance gardener, creative, and permaculturist. Through his business, Altar of Earth, he helps people connect to and steward their land through regenerative practices and integrated food systems.
Working with chickens is a passion of Olivers, and his writing on various poultry related topics can be found in recent and upcoming editions of On The Land magazine.
This event is part of EcoFest, an annual month-long festival taking place Saturday 22 March – Tuesday 22 April 2025. EcoMatters, Kaipātiki Project, Beautification Trust and Waiheke Resources Trust are teaming up to collectively showcase all that Tāmaki Makaurau has to offer in the sustainability space. Visit ecofest.org.nz and join us!
