Waipio Private Co-op and Tropical Fruit Orchards

5% of acreage—deep nature

10% of acreage—multi-use agroforestry zones

70% of acreage—mixed specialty orchards and botanical assemblies

5% of acreage—annual/biennial polyculture gardens and flower-mosaics

8% of acreage—(grass) pedestrian corridors/common areas/meadow

<2% of acreage—buildings, habitation areas, outbuildings, pavilion

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

-On average, 4 hours per month per acre to maintain by 1 person.

-4 Tools for maintaining the land: gathering bucket, easeful wagon, trimming hand-saw, mower (preferably silent, electric, and automated).

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

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

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

-No amendments, no till, no trace, no weeding, no dig, no shovels, 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.

-A multitude of plant varieties and blossoming flowers—Abundant like Eden…

-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....

Edible groundcovers, polycultures, and all edges TrimlessByDesign.   

Mixed orchards and open spaces.  No shoes needed!