about

Rachel Knight operates the kitchen garden from her home in Ohariu Valley, 25 minutes from Wellington.  She runs ‘fresh food garden’, a half-day organic vegetable gardening course for beginners. Rachel grows organic produce, which she sells via a box-scheme during summer. She also keeps Rhode Island red chickens, honey bees, white fan-tailed pigeons and Dexter cows. Rachel has a certificate in certified organic production from Christchurch Polytechnic and completed a permaculture design course in 2004. She also has an honours degree in electrical engineering.   Rachel moved to New Zealand from the UK with her husband in 1996.