A Kerikeri tradie turned a car park into an abundant veggie plot

It started as a tiny seed of an idea, but has grown into a flourishing vegetable garden in an unlikely spot – a concrete company car park in Kerikeri.

Now that car park is feeding a bunch of families in need, thanks to the work a local tradie who had to figure out how to turn his company’s sealed parking lot into fertile ground, without sacrificing the parks.

Roof Bay of Islands director and new veggie gardener Rick Harper told Checkpoint they found the space in their tar-sealed car park, and now had 40m of garden, with raised garden beds.