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A Magical 28-year Journey to Food Resilience Growing Forested Foods

Growing Wild Together

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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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Links to resources about the Guyton’s work, forested foods and food forest design:

Watch our original 2016 film about the Guyton’s permaculture food forest, An Invitation for Wildness

Information about the Longwood Loop food resilience ‘trade route’ the Guyton’s use to supply their forested foods direct to the local community

Learn about the Guyton’s local South Coast Environment Society


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Watch our original film from 2016, An Invitation for Wildness.


In Growing Wild Together we return to the nearly 30-year-old food forest growing on 2 acres of urban land in southernmost Aotearoa New Zealand. The forest, previously an abandoned section filled with rubbish and burnt house remains, was the subject of our 2016 film An Invitation for Wildness. Now we’ve returned to find out what has changed in the forest and for the people who live there.


Robyn and Robert’s forest garden is home to countless forms of life, from trees and plants to birds, fish, and insects, and of course the humans who live amongst it all, in harmony. With time it grows wilder and wilder – “Like me,” says Robert. Since we first visited, the couple have also developed new projects, one of them reviving an old trade route, to help create food resilience for the nearby rural communities.


In the film, Robert says he’s convinced that the food forest model will be one of the most important models for creating a resilient future on Earth. He maintains we must learn to be loved by the forest. Here is a film to inspire love for our forests and everything they generously gift us!

Permaculture, Food & Gardening, Urban Living, Regenerating Nature

About Growing Wild Together

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This was truly inspirational. We need to localize agriculture and live with the land. His speech about optimism was just what I needed. Thanks so much, Happen Films!

@jackjames9005

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It was wonderful to revisit these beautiful people and their thriving, abundant food forest.

@karenmoran68

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Thank you for following up.  The original is my go-to video when I need a connection to all things beautiful.  Thank you for sharing.

@mattchew5965

YouTube

Wonderful film. We need more like it.

@Titania

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