Dovehouse Organic Farm is located in the beautiful Karkloof, near Howick, in Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa.
Dovehouse Organics was established in 2000 by Paul and Shereen Duncan. “Our dream was to develop
a small scale organic farm using permaculture design principles that would not only provide a healthy lifestyle
and income for our family, but also become an inspirational education center where people could come and
learn about permaculture and organic gardening / farming techniques. We also dreamed that our community
would have easy access to organic health foods and products ” Paul DuncannnPermaculture – (permanent culture)
is an energy efficient and ecologically sound land use design framework that uses conscious design to develop
agriculturally productive ecosystems that link natural ecosystems to the built environment around us. In other words
permaculture is a natural way of living and farming in harmony with nature, in essence, working with nature instead
of against her to create a healthy sustainable ecology for future generations. Today Dovehouse Farm is a productive
working/living example of what can be done using permaculture ethics and design principles.nnMary Mlambo
(who by the way produces some of THE most delicious salad veggies) partnered with Paul. Together with a local
group of small scale organic farmers they sell their vegetables to a number of markets such as the Dovehouse
Organic Health Shop (located in Howick), local restaurants and farmers markets. The co-operative is growing
rapidly, as is the demand for healthy, fresh, raw, organic food.nnThe farm is a venue for facilitating permaculture
and organic gardening training workshops, health related workshops as well as empowering small market
gardeners to grow and sell their excess organic produce (alongside the larger organic producers) through the
Dovehouse Organic Shop. The Howick shop provides a wide variety of healthy food, fresh produce and Eco-friendly
products . “We are living our dream and expanding it … Please explore our website to find out more about our Organic
health shop, health related workshops, permaculture and organic garden/farming training workshops, consultations &
implementation or the organic market garden co-operative.nnOur shop at 78 Main Street Howick is open to the public
on Mondays to Fridays 8am to 5pm and Saturdays at 8am to 12.30pm.