Pinao Olinda Nature Sanctuary & Exotic Fruit Orchards

75% of acreage—deep nature (with unmaintained and undisturbed hiking paths—for harvesting, sojourn, wildcrafting, etc.)

8% of acreage—multi-use agroforestry zones

7% of acreage—mixed boutique orchards, vineyards, and botanical collections

2% of acreage—annual/biennial polyculture gardens and flower-mosaics

7% of acreage—(bermuda grass) pedestrian corridors/common areas/meadows/expansive playing fields

<1% of acreage—buildings, habitation areas, domestic herb gardens, outbuildings, hot spring, other facilities, etc.

-Hundreds of pounds of harvestable/marketable produce per week per acre. 

-On average, 1 hour per month per acre to maintain by 1 person.

-Pedestrian-only grounds—No vehicles or machines (other than lawn mowing).

-No weedwhackers, no trimmers, no blowers, no shop, no sheds.

-No roads, no driveways, no traffic, making the space family friendly for all ages.

-5 Tools for maintaining the land: gathering bucket, easeful wagon, trimming hand-saw, mower (preferably silent, automated e-mower), optional drip irrigation tubing for raised beds.

-No till, no trace, no weeding, no dig, no dust, no trash, no spray, no funk, no fuss.

-Less disturbance=more microbial/vegetative bliss.  

-Using specific plant types to fulfill self-sustaining maintenance functions rather than employing repetitive labor.

-Hundreds upon hundreds of varieties, plants, and blossoming flowers—Nature's delicate living rooms and enduring furniture of the saints...

-Here, terms such as 'farming' and 'agriculture' become almost obsolete, replaced by the joys of being amidst food-that-is-growing by design rather than (effortfully or vocationally) growing-food.  Furthermore, the boundaries quickly begin to blur between the garden, orchard, park, sanctuary, shelter, play, work, worship, wonder, wander, world, and home....

Perennial and edible groundcovers, polyculture, and all edges TrimlessByDesign.   

Orchards and forest preserve surrounding bermuda grass carpet and playing grounds.  Please remove your shoes!

Lignothermal Hot Water - "Maui's First Hot Spring"
On-demand hot water to supplement or replace solar hot water systems.
Storage tubing reservoir.

Plumes of condensed water nuclei rising from decomposing wood/leaves.

Accommodations & Nature Observation — 

Structural themes: 

cedar, eucalyptus, black wattle, glass. 

Living roofs:

substrate: membrane + 1" poly mesh grid 

medium: chipped wood, leaves (5-6 in. depth)

plants: succulent (creeping honohono)