Orchard &
Food Forest
Planner
Temperate orchard varieties are naturally healthy & disease resistant. Subtropical & tropical species are included for food forest, syntropic, and conservatory/polytunnel growing — suited to warmer NZ microclimates and northern regions. Many species sourced from troppo.nz enthusiast guides and NZ regional horticultural resources.
Plan your edible ecosystem
285 orchard & food forest species — free agroecology tools for Kiwi growers, centred on Kai Resilience and Vector Group Charitable Trust. Learn the theory on Food Resilience School.
Agroecology & Kai Resilience
The overarching lens — charity mission, community kai, and how every tool in this planner connects.
Start herePlant directory
Fruit, herbs, natives — filter by system, climate, and harvest month.
Explore plantsSeasonal care
Orchard maintenance calendar — pruning, planting, thinning, and harvest tasks by month.
View calendarPlanting guide
Spacings by vigour, food forest layers, espalier forms, and training principles.
Planting specsTree shapes
Central leader, espalier, open vase, cordon, and food forest guilds.
See shapesNZ climate zones
USDA-equivalent zones with frost dates — pick varieties for your region.
Find your zoneSyntropic directory
Strata, succession stage, climate, food value, biomass, and fodder potential.
Browse syntropicPermaculture directory
Forest layers, guild functions, companions, and NZ-native integration.
Browse permacultureRongōā Māori
Traditional plant medicines — educational reference with cultural notice.
Learn moreHarvest timeline
Ripening months across the NZ year — filter by system, climate, and plant.
View timelinePart of the Troppo ecosystem — Food Forests NZ (.co.nz), Canopy Visualizer, Continuous Harvests, Companion Planting Matrix, Troppo Quiz, Troppo Games, Food Resilience School, Troppo.nz, Grow Te Puke, RootyToot & Kai Resilience.