Hi there, we are Chantal & Martin two city slickers turned students of nature. With our knowledgeable employee Giles we are tending to a very young permaculture on 60 acres here in Monticello. We grow mostly fruit trees, but cultivate a small market garden on about 1 acre.
Practices
At Monticello Gardens we choose to adopt permaculture principles because we believe it is possible to grow food while improving our environment instead of destroying it. Our concern to produce nutritious and tasty food is equally important to us as our concern to protect the ecosystems. We keep all wild flowers around our edibles to encourage pollinators to be with us during all four seasons. We grow nitrogen fixing plants we feed our soil without having to add external material such as fertilizers. As far as pest control is concerned we believe in growing the widest possible diversity of plant species in order to attract an abundance of insects and birds, reptiles and mammals that co-habit and create a healthy balance. We also believe it is important to grow more than we really need in order to be able to share some of our harvests with nature and our community
