What are productive landscapes?

At Forgotten Fruits our approach is to develop orchards that employ a mixed planting approach. This system encourages a balance to coexist between aesthetics and productivity. They are designed to deliver high yielding orchards that are low maintenance and hardy; and to encourage a rich bio-diverse environment that is teaming in beneficial insects and bird life.

• Increased pollinator populations
• Higher soil moisture retention
• Lower maintenance
• Reduced disease

From design, planning and supply, through to support, pruning and maintenance our goal is to keep your orchard healthier, more productive and sustainable long into the future.

Orchard + landscape design and planning

Our orchard design and consultancy service is packed full of practical solutions tailor-made to your unique situation. To find out more about our fees and what we offer, make sure you click below

Nursery and heirloom fruit tree supply

We propagate, graft and raise specially selected tree varieties that have proven to be hardier and more resistant to the dry Northland conditions. Check out whats been happening in the nursery below …

Planting, pruning and maintenance

Interested in rejuvenating an existing orchard? Or looking for tips on how to maintain your established one? Looking to re-plant, extend or enhance your properties landscaping?

From the Nursery.

We truly appreciate all the amazing growers & orchardists we have met over the past 15 years. Thank you so much for your support plus the permission of material received & used.

We have completed some fantastic projects last year with a few on-going larger scale installations still on the go. Click on the work/projects link to check out what we have been up to lately which we continually update.

If you want to have a beautiful garden that is also productive and low maintenance you might want to take the best first step and book in a consultation site visit to determine how your land can best be designed. Our services are largely for the Northland region and as low as Warkworth.

For this exciting fruit season, may you all have bountiful harvests.

Many Thanks,
Benji and Laura Woodman

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“We believe that orchards should integrate naturally with our landscapes and are an investment for the future. They need to be established with care and expertise so as to maximise their full potential to produce healthy bountiful harvests.”

To find out how to get the most out of your property
contact us for a site visit

We are passionate about growing strong reliable heritage varieties which do well without sprays.

After many years just focused on growing fruit trees and supplying them to home gardeners we identified a need for proper design of orchard gardens where new property owners had no education around what, where, how to grow a productive beautiful garden. this is why our consultation site visits are so popular. We only take on 2-3 large projects a year so once we are full up clients will wait till the following year.

If you get the foundations right and don’t rush the planting, the trees will bear and flourish very quickly.. have patience and site preparation is 80% of the job.

“We're so impressed with his creativity, reliability, attention to detail, following of the original brief and of course the budget.  The next phase for us is converting one of the main paddocks into a wetland.  We can't wait.”

Jonny Rudduck & Nigel Shanks" Paparoa