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    HARVEST IN THE HILLS

    Apr 01, 2020 4 minutes
    Words & photos Claire Bickle

    Frances and Jeff Michaels are the heartbeat of the organic gardening supplies business Green Harvest. Their passionate common interest in sustainable food systems, organics and permaculture brought them together some 30 years ago at an international permaculture conference in New Zealand.

    With an advanced diploma in horticulture from Ryde TAFE in Sydney, Frances teaches horticulture and is a permaculture designer. Both she and Jeff share a passion for growing food, keeping chooks, buying local and organic, recycling, saving energy and walking as lightly on the earth as they can.

    They’ve recently moved house so for this article we’re showcasing the garden at Green Harvest Organic Gardening Supplies, the couple’s business near Maleny in the rolling green hills behind Queensland’s Sunshine

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