Central Coast Edible Garden Trail
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ALAN Foods

Jilliby

Organic Market Garden using permaculture principles and diverse hedgerows. Michael and Alison sell their organic veggies and microgreens at their farmgate, roadside stall and Farmers Markets. The property includes large onsite compost and seedling production and a young but expansive food forest.

Saturday opening hours

10:00 am

to

4:00 pm

Sunday opening hours

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Story

ALAN Foods is a non-certified organic market garden in Jilliby. Our farm features highly intensive crop rotation practices, in unison with syntropic agriculture practices by the implementation of tree rows in-between the annual crop beds. There is also two poly tunnels where the warmer loving crops are grown, they also help with season extension.

We have gradually been planting out a food forest with over 50 varieties of fruit, nut and support species trees. While they are still small, as you wander between the densely planted rows of trees, bushes, grasses and ground covers it feels like a wild forest of edible and useful plants!

To visit the garden please come on Saturday only. But if you’re coming by on Sunday, our farm gate will be open selling produce on both Saturday and Sunday.

Safety

Parking: Plenty of ONSITE parking, please enter through signed driveway and follow the signs. Park at an angle to the house to allow for traffic flow. Accessibility: Some parts of the garden may be accessible by wheelchair or walking frame, however the ground is unsealed and undulating which may be challenging. Hazards: This is a working farm, the ground is uneven at times, please watch your step. Please do not touch any of the tools unless supervised by an ALAN Foods team member. Keep to the paths at all times.

Tour Times

Tours from Pot Shed at 11am and 2pm. (approx. 1.5hrs duration including questions)