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Thriving 23-Year-Old Permaculture Food Forest

An Invitation for Wildness

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This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust.

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Find out more about Robert and Robyn Guyton:

Watch our follow-up film with Guytons, five years on: Growing Wild Together

Visit the Guyton's Facebook Page, The Forest Gardeners

Read about the Longwood Loop food resilience network started by Robyn

Read more about life at the Guyton’s place on Robert’s blog.


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In the small town of Riverton at the bottom of New Zealand’s South Island is Robert and Robyn Guyton’s amazing 23-year-old food forest. The 2-acre property has been transformed from a neglected piece of land into a thriving ecosystem of native and exotic trees where birds and insects live in abundance.


Robert and Robyn are a huge inspiration to us, not only for their beautiful approach to healing the land and saving heritage trees and seeds, but for the way they’ve impacted on their local community. They’ve operated an environment centre in their town for over 20 years, where the community comes together to learn and discuss, buy produce and sit by the warm fire over a cuppa. We’ve even heard of folk who’ve up and moved to Riverton because they’re so inspired by the Guytons!

Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living

About An Invitation for Wildness

20 mins

Truly inspiring. A lot of people prefer this kind of living now. Thanks for giving people great ideas!

@LandElevated

YouTube

Thank you Happen Films, your videos changed my life and gIve me so much inspiration, I'm so grateful and happy that people who respect nature still exist

@raya7656

YouTube

What a brilliant film - thank you so much for sharing the Guyton's inspiring work. Putting it into practice here in Ghana!

@elliebella2710

YouTube

This is the video I always come back to. It's the video that has started me down the garden and permaculture rabbit hole, and it is still one of my favourites to watch.

@stellamonde

YouTube

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