Magical 28-Year-Old Permaculture Food Forest - Growing Wild Together

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    In "Growing Wild Together" we return to the nearly 30-year-old permaculture food forest growing on the edge of a small town in the very south of 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!
    ** Find out more about Robert and Robyn's work: **
    The Longwood Loop
    Website: www.longwoodloop.co.nz
    The Environment Centre
    Website: www.sces.org.nz/
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    ** Film credits **
    Directed by Jordan Osmond
    Produced by Antoinette Wilson
    Written by Jordan Osmond & Antoinette Wilson
    Cinematography by Jordan Osmond & Jason Hosking
    Editing by Bailey Palmer
    Sound mix by Richard Reade
    Story feedback from Nick Tucker
    ** Thanks! **
    To our wonderful supporters on Open Collective and Patreon, who helped make this film happen: Amanda Card, Brian Newton, Carolyn Gillum, Dave Evans, Dennis Lange, Geoffrey Torkington, Greg & Rachel Hart, Jacqueline Hicks, Jess O’Shea, Jessica, Joan Leitch, Jonathan Wise, Julian Maher, Kelle McNamara, Kelly & Peter Osmond, Kirti Patel, Lauren, Lisa de Narvaez, Mark Denekamp, Mary Conlan, Milkwood, Moana Kiff, Nathan Kitchen, Peter Lord, Pierre Blom, Raphael Hug, Rex & Jo, Ron Hastie, Sankar Madhavan, Sherri Bangs, Teresa R., Tiitus Laine, V.J. Raghavan.
    ** Subtitles and closed captions **
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  • @happenfilms
    @happenfilms  2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    This film was made possible by our generous supporters on Open Collective and Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help fund future films check out the Support page on our website at happenfilms.com/support :)

    • @axiomcurbcommunity
      @axiomcurbcommunity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Would move there today such a paradise

    • @monsurbanpatch
      @monsurbanpatch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      love your videos so much, I'm on the Goldy and am slowly growing more food at my rental property. My neighbours in the complex are always complimenting my garden. i would watch even longer videos I would still love to see more and it helps with view time. I take it in turns who I subscribe to on patreon so I think it will be you guys for the next few months, I don't have much money but I want to show my appreciation for the fantastic videos.

    • @baycamop
      @baycamop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      absolutely love your mahi

    • @happenfilms
      @happenfilms  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@monsurbanpatch Thank you for the enthusiasm!

    • @user-nb6wb1ee3c
      @user-nb6wb1ee3c 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@axiomcurbcommunity i like its

  • @keithward5427
    @keithward5427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    My grandparents were the Guyton's neighbors. I was in an organic growers group with the Guytons.The land you see now was nothing but gorse and broom, which I cleared manually as a school boy for the Guytons when they began their forest. It sure is good to see their amazing results as I swelter in the concrete jungle of Taipei.

    • @RobertGuyton
      @RobertGuyton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Keith! Thanks for all your awesome mahi back in the day! I still remember your grandparents well.

    • @nunyabusiness863
      @nunyabusiness863 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      An outstanding story. It truly shows what less selfish community mindedness can do.

    • @simonli9215
      @simonli9215 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you doing any type of projects like this in Taipei?

    • @keithward5427
      @keithward5427 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@simonli9215 From my very limited understanding I believe the Taiwanese government would declare something like the Guyton's food forest non compliant in terms of agriculture (land use permitted activities) due to the tree cover.

  • @SarcasticQuokka
    @SarcasticQuokka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    So happy to see an update on this place. That video years ago inspired me as a teenager and now I've began studying horticulture. I am wanting to progress to botany at a university level within Australia with a focus on conservation. Learning about our native species and create a food forest with plants endemic to the area, with some possibly from other parts of Australia. Having a property like this is my dream and I would love to inspire others to create their own along the way.
    To the owners of the food forrest and those whom filmed it - thank you. You have given me hope for a better future that is worth fighting for rather than seeing all of the misery this consumeristic society has caused. I wish all of you the best 🖤

    • @RobertGuyton
      @RobertGuyton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Robyn & I wish you all the best; we need more people like you :-)

    • @happenfilms
      @happenfilms  2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      So nice to read this! What a beautiful vision you have. Like Robert says, we need more people like you!

    • @sydneygastman
      @sydneygastman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That video also inspired me to study Landscape Architecture at university, and now I'm graduating this weekend!Amazing to see the changes, and to be reminded of the messages.

    • @RobertGuyton
      @RobertGuyton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@sydneygastman Congratulations!

    • @SarcasticQuokka
      @SarcasticQuokka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sydneygastman Congratulations! I hope you enjoy your graduation ceremony!

  • @turtle2212
    @turtle2212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    Great to see this update! The first film inspired me to start a food forest here in Germany on 500 m altitude and now after five years it is almost bursting into a wonderful green Inferno. And I will do everything to protect it against my neighbours complainig about the 'missing tidyness' and attacking the edges of the forest garden now and then. You are just magnificent Robert, Robyn und Happen Films!

    • @Tigerlilybitches
      @Tigerlilybitches 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oh man viel Glück beim beschützen deines Waldgartens - deutsche Nachbarn sind tough

    • @kingkongprimpinella774
      @kingkongprimpinella774 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ein Video von deinem Projekt würde mich sehr interessieren.

    • @thpritam
      @thpritam ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Give your neighbours garden fruits and call them for party in garden

    • @kevinbleakley5069
      @kevinbleakley5069 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Post us some photos!

    • @tdorrian1
      @tdorrian1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Video Turtle!

  • @imaginemyname5957
    @imaginemyname5957 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I was fifteen when I discovered, this and the whole concept of permaculture. And now I'm studying biology so I can become a wildlife conservationist and have my own garden based on the same concept. I appreciate all of this and thank you for shaping my future and life.

    • @Bagel_weblenton
      @Bagel_weblenton 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’ve graduated with a biology degree also in the interest of become a wildlife conservationist, good luck you got it 💪

    • @purelyiconic
      @purelyiconic 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Graduated in applied sciences with a 4.0 and major in sustainable agriculture 🥰 my people!

  • @ninana143
    @ninana143 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Last year I got an extreme IBS flare because of work related stress. My mum and I started a herb garden. It helped so much. After work I would rub my hands in the herbs to calm down after a hard day. Now we also have a few fruit tree seedlings 😍

    • @greasybumpkin1661
      @greasybumpkin1661 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      did your symptoms improve?

    • @brylie8851
      @brylie8851 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      amazing

  • @sarebear5207
    @sarebear5207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Imagine if all farms and gardens were like this no one in the world would be hungry again

    • @gunnerbakke5020
      @gunnerbakke5020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      We would be more hungry due to lower productivity per acre. I hope our garden looks like this one day.

    • @srantoniomatos
      @srantoniomatos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      This is beautiful for homesteading. For the world...we would have a very pour diet. The system takes decades to be produtive like this, making it uncomercial from start. Overall produtivity seems good, and quality excelent, but produtivity is very low. If they tried to market it would be a nightmare. If they try to go big the system would have to change dramaticly, to go more simple and much less diverse. They would need machinery, acess, easy pick, etc. Like this thee price s would be trough the roof. And...no grains, no bread, pasta, rice, etc., the main foods that feed the world.
      Homesteading is completly different from comercial growing.
      Im also a permaculture homesteader.

    • @caspar1982
      @caspar1982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Considering the impending global food crisis, I think more and more people will start living this way. Our current food system is so fragile and terrible for the planet

    • @BlockBlender
      @BlockBlender 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      ​@@gunnerbakke5020 On what do you base this? Most peeps dont grow nothing now. And most land is owned by wealthy peeps( Most of this land is just not being managed). And allot of foods are stored in warehouses until prices are better. Having your own food forest with some animals will set u up golden. Allot of peeps already living like this and they are thriving my bro.

    • @srantoniomatos
      @srantoniomatos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@caspar1982 unlikely... for every "urban new rural" (like me) that goes to the countryside to build a permaculture/regenerative/sustainable homestead farm (whatever this means...), 100 old farmers/ homesteaders that were way more sustainable (they consumed much less in quantity and diversitity) and productive die or go to cities.
      This new rural thing seems major on the net, but its actualy minimal.
      Permaculture farms, for ex, dont feed even 0,001% of world population. Most permaculture farms dont even feed 50% of the needs of the people living there.
      And the trend (more urban, less conection to the land and the natural elements) is growing, fast. And grows even more in crisis times.
      This (internet) trend of new rurals is just creating nice places for a minimal of midle class privileged people like me, people that have the oportunity and make the sacrifices needed for that, wich are like small zoo s to some people display on internet (some of the people making money with filming dont even have a garden, they live in cities too) so 99,99 of urban people watching dream on a wonderful world. Like new tv niche soap operas.
      Reality!

  • @SagaJohanna
    @SagaJohanna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I watched the first tour when I did not live in New Zealand. Now I live here. Never could I have imagined this. ❤️ so inspiring!

    • @pulangkampung5421
      @pulangkampung5421 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sehat selalu warga New Zealand, Salam dari Kampung Naga, Indonesia

  • @wazowski6709
    @wazowski6709 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Oh wow!!! As the camera pans out and shows the property, I can't help but imagine how amazing our planet would be if every property was like this. I'm working to convert our acre property into a permaculture food forest, not quite there yet, but these sorts of videos inspire me to do more and lead a more simple life. 💙

    • @RobertGuyton
      @RobertGuyton ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I imagine that all the time :-) I'm really happy to read that you are working toward making that a reality, Wazowski!

    • @assenavogneram6213
      @assenavogneram6213 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me also....ill be starting this year hopefully 😍

    • @abundantharmony
      @abundantharmony ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was like this before the fall of man, and will be rebuilt perfect again in the future.

    • @edeancozzens3833
      @edeancozzens3833 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abundantharmony Actually I believe the original garden was in a higher quantum state. We still live in a world fallen from that. Everything is now exists at a lowered quantum state. I don't think we will ever be able to fully recover that without the full return of the Messiah. We, the whole creation, needs supernatural help from above, from the Creator, to fully restore the fallen condition, as the New Testament says, "mortality must put on immortality."

    • @edeancozzens3833
      @edeancozzens3833 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the passage from I Corinthians 15: which is the famous passage that most fully describes the Gospel of the Restoration of the Fallen Creation with Fallen mankind within it: 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed- 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
      55
      “O Death, where is your sting?
      O Hades, where is your victory?”
      56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
      58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

  • @FalloutConspiracy
    @FalloutConspiracy ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Wow. Their permaculture food forest is even more lush now than it was back in 2016! Glad to see they're still thriving and living my dream. Oftentimes I think we as a society are givien the false impression that in order to be in sync with our natural ecosystems we will have to sacrafice our prosperity and quality of life, but what this New Zealand couple has shown us is that living in harmony with nature doesn't mean a life of artificial scarcity and decay. Instead, they've shown that it can mean living in abundance with good health in a way that is both sustainable and economically beneficial if done right. Love it!

  • @everydayanimalswithrainfor1315
    @everydayanimalswithrainfor1315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    May one day soon everyone strive to be Stewards of the land as these incredible people are.

  • @smilewithnature820
    @smilewithnature820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    A huge round of applause for responsible people.....

  • @katyseclecticinterests
    @katyseclecticinterests ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The optimism and enthusiasm of this couple is just so beautifully inspiring 💕 I really hope this is a transformative moment, for my children's sake. Just started on my small food forest today after many years of planning and hoping

    • @RobertGuyton
      @RobertGuyton ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your beginning your food forest shows the transformation is already underway - if you are doing it, so are countless others! Well done you!

  • @jungoogie
    @jungoogie ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Robyn and Robert are both treasures. I hope their health remains strong and these two can continue their passions for many many years to come in happiness and fulfillment. The world need's compassionate people like this. People that can still see the bigger picture and understand and work with the laws of nature.

  • @MediaFilter
    @MediaFilter ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This brought a tear. They seem so happy. This is the way people should grow old.

  • @wehrwulf4299
    @wehrwulf4299 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Can you believe they bought this place and the locals had been using the property as a garbage/dump? I loved these two so much I'm so glad to see them again. You are very inspiring and I quote Robert a lot when I break a plant and it's 'very pleasurable' and I say it in a NZ accent XDD

  • @mattchew5965
    @mattchew5965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you for following up. This homestead is one of my go-to videos when I need a belief-connection to all things beautiful. So proud of you all. Thank you for sharing.

  • @anyalpine
    @anyalpine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Would love to watch a video of Robyn & Robert visiting Hugh Wilson at the Hinewai Nature Reserve from your “Fools & Dreamers” video and Hugh visiting Robyn & Robert’s place. Seems like their conversations and reactions to each other’s work would be entertaining and informative.

    • @RobertGuyton
      @RobertGuyton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ha! Good call, Tyson! We'd have to go to Hinewai, I think. Hugh's not keen on travel (but then, neither am I :-)

    • @natatherden1769
      @natatherden1769 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RobertGuyton have you ever met? So love your and Robyn's garden!

  • @CJ-du3wm
    @CJ-du3wm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    5 years on and their thriving. Love to see it. This couple was the reason why i found this awesome channel

  • @kirti9751
    @kirti9751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    What a lovely update. Practical and inspiring particularly how they have revived the community trade route which connects, strengthens and possibly helps in less loneliness.

  • @CanadianPermacultureLegacy
    @CanadianPermacultureLegacy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    No way! That was one of my favorite films I've ever seen. So glad you guys returned to them!

  • @endofdaysgardening6763
    @endofdaysgardening6763 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wish everyone thought the way you two do. I really hope the garden continues and will be treasured by generations to come.

  • @naylin6451
    @naylin6451 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of my dream lifestyles and I want to live like this in one day. Grow old together with my plants and die peacefully. Even after my death, my plants can still provide foods and shade to next generations as well as green our environment and planet earth. Thanks for this beautiful video, guys!

  • @CanadianPermacultureLegacy
    @CanadianPermacultureLegacy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    2:14 that clip showing the growth over the last 4 years... it's remarkable how even such a well established food forest can grow SO MUCH in just 4 years. Their house is being swallowed by nature (in such a good way!). And not only up near the house (which is the easiest place to see), I kept rewinding that clip, and look at the entire understory, especially in the bottom left. The understory has pushed all the way up and is now the overstory. You can see what was an emergent forest is now a full blown forest. What a paradise.

  • @marvinbecker388
    @marvinbecker388 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is what the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible looks like.

  • @marikaheitmann5206
    @marikaheitmann5206 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for visiting these great people again! 🙏🏻🌳❤🤗

  • @angelofloveandlight2709
    @angelofloveandlight2709 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am speechless. It is one of what I have in my mind and I am writing about it in my book, though I haven't grown a forest garden before. Thank you so much for sharing this model of forest garden in reality. It is very helpful for many people around the world and for me, it is the real evidence of my idea and thought of forest garden, forest agriculture are possible, practical and real. Beautiful! Thanks for the film team and the forest garden couple 😇💖🌎. We love you and Thank you 💕

  • @helenmcgill5563
    @helenmcgill5563 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Another great film, thanks guys. If every couple thought and acted like this maybe the world would be in a much healthier condition? It’s an inspiration to us all to start now, not tomorrow!

  • @ingela1767
    @ingela1767 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    How is that massive stalk a rhubarb! 😂 I am in awe of your work, that is truly a magnificent project. Would love to see another update in 5 years. :)

    • @RobertGuyton
      @RobertGuyton ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, Ingela.

    • @acaciagrove4204
      @acaciagrove4204 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's Chilean rhubarb. Gunnera

    • @daninthelionsden
      @daninthelionsden ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's not true rhubarb, its a species of gunnera which are often referred to as giant or chilean rhubarb as the stems can be prepared and cooked in a similar way :)

  • @daiblaze1396
    @daiblaze1396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "When I expire..."
    As a french that sentence resonnated in me. What a nice way to say it.
    And yes it is a nice model through my eyes. I also do the same here : letting as much as possible everything grow.

  • @darinbennett3638
    @darinbennett3638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    His comment at 6:50 about the forest garden model being able to bring back the proper balance in the world, to me, seems to be the thesis of Happen Films. Government 'projects' and plans are not going to restore the balance that is so needed. It is truly a grass-roots movement by people who care about the earth that will make it happen. Great update!

    • @RobertGuyton
      @RobertGuyton 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Darin - you are right in what you say.

    • @happenfilms
      @happenfilms  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love this comment Darin. Yes, we believe grass-roots movements will be the catalysts of the kind of systemic and cultural changes we need to make for a viable future. Thanks for following us!

  • @survivaldihutan
    @survivaldihutan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm a fringe person, this forest atmosphere is the same as my village . Good luck always 😇👍

  • @18Bees
    @18Bees 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    An inspiring and beautiful story. Thank you for making my morning coffee even more enjoyable.

    • @happenfilms
      @happenfilms  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

    • @18Bees
      @18Bees ปีที่แล้ว

      @@happenfilms i'm looking forward to your next film. cheers.

  • @jackjames9005
    @jackjames9005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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!

  • @deepgreendesign-exploringn6569
    @deepgreendesign-exploringn6569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Robert Robyn! How wonderful to see how you and the forest have progressed! You haven't aged a day! Love from Eveline (WWOOFing with you in 2014)

    • @RobertGuyton
      @RobertGuyton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey, Eveline, lovely to hear from you! You are right; Robyn hasn't aged. I however, am fading :-)

  • @18Bees
    @18Bees ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just watched this for the second time to cheer me up. 🙏

  • @mapuanakupuna3471
    @mapuanakupuna3471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There are many HERO's like you all that inspire! TY for sharing the knowledge!! Wishing u all the best! Aloha!

  • @CanadianPermacultureLegacy
    @CanadianPermacultureLegacy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    12:10 to 12:45 LOL this guy... I see so much of myself in him. I'm going to be him in another 20 years. Heck I'm him now. He just is everything I want to be as I gracefully age. I hope I meet him one day, here or in the afterlife, and we can swap stories about how we were both doing this on the other side of the world together. I just love that guy. I hope he reads these comments, and knows that he has other people like him out there (SO MUCH like him), doing his work along side him.

    • @RobertGuyton
      @RobertGuyton 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for that: I'm greatly encouraged to know that we are many! I took a look at your own work - excellent!

  • @CanadianPermacultureLegacy
    @CanadianPermacultureLegacy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    8:15 That was such an unexpected and amazing segment. It's so wonderful to see small community building eco-friendly projects like this get launched. That's a lot of money worth of trade they are doing also! And just think about the displacement of the more industrial aspects that would otherwise be taking up that spot. Wonderful!

  • @izzzzzz6
    @izzzzzz6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've planted 7 fruit trees here in the last few years, also 9 birch in 3 clusters of 3. We also changed some of the trees down one side, from a giant pine hedge to a mixed deciduous hedge. I've also let wild trees and bushes grow through, such as holly and wild plumb. The berry bushes are also getting quite huge now and there are some smaller bushes we planted.. 5 veggie patches also fit in, i don't have enough time and energy to fully manage the veggie patches but they bring a decent amount of food even with minimal management. Weeding is the hardest task when it comes to vegetables here! As far as local community growing and social behavior goes, it's not incredible but quite a few people try to grow their own food, at least to supplement their shopping list a bit.

  • @noodleman4625
    @noodleman4625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So glad to see Dumbledore and Mcgonagall are doing well ❤️

  • @StayPrimal
    @StayPrimal ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man ... so inspiring. I started my organic compost station and organic garden last year, this year I'm starting my food forest. Your channel is incredibly inspiring, hope you doing well brotha. Please keep posting, your work is important.

  • @solarpunkalana
    @solarpunkalana ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I agree with everything this man says. Word for word. Beautiful film, thank you.

  • @sabrinawanderer7560
    @sabrinawanderer7560 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow!!! Excellent documentary...
    Let's turn this earth into a food forest..

  • @rowanwhite3520
    @rowanwhite3520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a lovely update on this couples food forest! Very inspiring! Thank you!

  • @campfire-stories
    @campfire-stories 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A wonderful film. I love the optimism and the flash forward to the grave and the big trees. Lots of love to everyone involved in this production!

  • @SunilChauhan-fy8di
    @SunilChauhan-fy8di 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As always such a joy to re-visit the Guytons food forest, courtesy this film. I was also one of those visitors to their farm from the Indian Himalayas some 6 years ago and am so glad to see the growth and the transformation. My best to them and well done to the film makers for following up.

  • @persistentviolinnoob126
    @persistentviolinnoob126 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this. Thank you for creating this film.

  • @alsdjfknbo
    @alsdjfknbo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw the first video a few years ago. Originally I had read a book called, "The ringing cedars of russia" about 10 plus years ago and ever since then I've wanted to grow my own food forest. Well this last december 12/21 I bought a few acres and I now have maybe 30 fruit trees in the ground. I went to the nursery early this morning and picked up seven more. Its hot right now in southern California, so I'll leave in maybe another 30min to plant them. They sitting in my truck. Everything is still little because i just started but eventually I hope it looks like property in the video. And just like this property it was completely trashed. Abandoned cars, hundreds of tires, trash, debris. People have been using it as a dump site for years. I'm still cleaning it up. Wish me LUCK!!!

    • @RobertGuyton
      @RobertGuyton ปีที่แล้ว

      We do wish you the best, Bryan. I'm imagining your place, looking like our place 🙂

  • @envoiret
    @envoiret 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cant thank you guys enough for this follow up! I had been coming back to the first part every once in a while

  • @PermacultureHomestead
    @PermacultureHomestead 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So glad you brought them back, i have so much hope for the projects im working on seeing these gems. I know ive planted trees that will outlive my children sobering to think about.

  • @loisjuliecollins
    @loisjuliecollins 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wow, your films just get more and more spectacular! So beautifully filmed. And yes the original tour was definitely my favourite of your films, so it's lovely to see how the forest has progressed and get a true sense of the dynamic unfolding of nature.

  • @greenhillsparadise
    @greenhillsparadise 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What another fabulous film!!! Just loved it all. Thank you for sharing it. 😍

  • @mishalebottcher6284
    @mishalebottcher6284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am forever grateful for you two!

  • @growingrobin
    @growingrobin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just planted the first 70 new species in a 1500sqm field, just saw the first noticable changes in the animal surroundings, and this prequel just made my heart dance. You are doing such valuable work. ✨🍀✨

  • @Healing_Rays
    @Healing_Rays 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for sharing your wonderful garden.
    Brings me joy to see such beauty

  • @ri6366
    @ri6366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Big love to Robyn & Robert and Happen films - inspiring and so nice to see an update - please do it again! ♥

  • @joshlovegood9392
    @joshlovegood9392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Far out i love your videos. Thank you. This was incredible and I love that we learnt more about Robert's philosophies. Totally agree!

  • @kingkongprimpinella774
    @kingkongprimpinella774 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful! Thank you so much Robyn and Robert and Thank you @Happen Films.

  • @ave6197
    @ave6197 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So inspiring guys. Thank you so much for making these films! What a beautiful couple of humans being part of the land.

  • @Ben_Schumacher
    @Ben_Schumacher 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love Robyn’s and Roberts outlook and approach to life. Thanks for the re visit. I’d happily watch a weekly episode from the forest garden. 🤣

  • @goodlifehomestead6876
    @goodlifehomestead6876 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am so inspired by this couple. I love the update.

  • @williamkiarie8945
    @williamkiarie8945 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just brilliant - both the forest and the couple! That is true living. It is true wealth! Poor Kardashians!

  • @lisathiedeman4487
    @lisathiedeman4487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How beautiful is this place! So magical and abundant 😍

  • @moldyketchuphead
    @moldyketchuphead ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a treasure to be able to experience these enlightened beings!

  • @peterhalstead7682
    @peterhalstead7682 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very inspiring. I started something similar about 2 years ago in the UK. Like he said, if you don't have a perfect plan, ideas, etc.., it doesn't matter! Just make a start! The ideas, creativity, feeling adventurous come once you feel you've made some progress and an everlasting positive impact. Follow your heart, not your head! JUST DO IT!🧡🌲🦋🕊️

  • @ainabearfarm8075
    @ainabearfarm8075 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for sharing such an inspirational story. There’s so much noise in the world; we need more of this. 🤙❤️

  • @vipulyaduvanshi166
    @vipulyaduvanshi166 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the best video on youtube to watch, I am so much graceful and full of love with these lovely people to see thanku sooo much for this video

  • @eurekaelephant2714
    @eurekaelephant2714 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely splendiferous! Thankyou!

  • @windy554
    @windy554 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really wish I could live this way. Beautiful and heart warming. Thank You for the video

  • @Jumpingjoep
    @Jumpingjoep ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great to see you going back to this great place!
    That was my first reaction, before even watching it.
    Let me make a few observations:
    - Robyn and Robert look and "feel" so happy! Just that will inspire many people to try and live in a similar way.
    - Great that Robyn is now active in increasing local food for local communities. I've been to Southland (10 year ago) and see great value in that for the communities so I am very happy to see this. There are many examples like that all over the world luckily and they are becoming increasingly important.
    - I love how Robert is changing the garden in such a way that the developers wont be able to "undo" his work. I also love his positive outlook on the future. I really hope the world will change the way he describes.
    - I love how they are spreading their plants/trees by sharing them with others. We can all contribute to that in a way. I've started growing trees in my garden from seeds (nuts) and will be planting the first ones out in to nature around my hometown (where I came back to live, leaving the city behind) this fall (a couple months from now). We have some areas where they've created young forest and had the local stream meander through it. The diversity is low however. I will try to greatly increase biodiversity by adding many different kinds of trees, providing food, shade and so forth. I am trying to get the local community involved and it is already working. This could be done all over the world if you talk to the local people and the landowners. In case the land is owned by "the people" in a way, just go ahead and do it. The worst thing that could happen is they remove the trees. I will also try to established green corridors around town so you can basically walk in the shade and pick fruit and nuts from your surroundings but more importantly, it will be great for wildlife and it will further strengthen the local community if it is being done together and enjoyed together. These changes don't cost a thing, just some time and determination.
    Also, great to see that Robert seems to be aware of the current crisis the world is in but doesn't seem to bothered by it. That's why you'd want to be self-sufficient. We need less government intervention and more freedom. This is the exact opposite of the direction we are going in at the moment. And that direction doesn't seem to be by accident but controlled from behind the curtains while those curtains are being pulled back more and more. Many people remains oblivious. I hope they wake up and don't panic but act in ways Robyn and Robert have done. Great example those two. I hope to visit one day, if New Zealand will be letting me visit as long as I don't take those shots that is. Otherwise I'll buy a boat and go anyway ;-).
    Good luck to all and thanks again Happen Films!
    One a side note: this video had a positive influence on me as had the first part I saw years ago and some of the other videos I watched. I wanted to contribute but in a really easy way, just sending some money via PayPal, just a one-off thing. I couldn't find that option unfortunately. Let me know if you can create it and I'll be really happy to make a small donation.

  • @lesjardinsdepreures2055
    @lesjardinsdepreures2055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing forest garden, inspiring people and beautiful film. Thanks for sharing

  • @dtff1killer
    @dtff1killer ปีที่แล้ว

    truly beautiful ... got tears in my eyes.. what a dream..

  • @saviourbonnici
    @saviourbonnici 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    After watching the first, I decided to travel (from Malta) to their place and experience the garden first-hand. Truly inspiring and can't wait to start my own in my country. Thanks for the first video (my most played youtube video) and this sequel. Hoping for a update in 5years time :)

  • @adriannv2562
    @adriannv2562 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Imagine having a little food forest in your back yard, so nice

  • @marikaheitmann5206
    @marikaheitmann5206 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So, so beautiful. ❤ Such radiant, joyful, optimistic, active, creative people! 😍💚🙏🏼

  • @rudekperezacupuncturist
    @rudekperezacupuncturist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for making this information available so that others can get inspired and some can replicate this ideas.

  • @user-eo6ml3co1s
    @user-eo6ml3co1s 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a lovely couple. So much purpose and passion, beautifully balanced with a lightness of spirit and inner peace that is so attractive and inspiring.
    Thank you for this wonderful film.

  • @TutuSainz
    @TutuSainz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Aloha food foresters and Happen Film videographers 🌈💖🕊🌏👏🏼🙏🏽💐 thank you! The first film inspired and encouraged us to grow our food forest in Southern California and we thank you for creating the second film update! Gratitude to this wise and successful couple! We recently learned that the Amazon Rainforest was planted by humans! Archaeologists found the remains of their buildings under the rainforest! Humans are now growing permanent food Forests on Earth as so many of us practice growing them! Help is all around us!

    • @robynguyton3729
      @robynguyton3729 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is wonderful to hear, Aloha Food Forest! We are proud to have been part of your project.

  • @JenniferOrum
    @JenniferOrum หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for revisiting and making this update, what a treat for the soul 💛🌱

    • @permabroeelco8155
      @permabroeelco8155 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, and thank you, Jen, to introduce the people of our garden to your dream garden.

  • @rebeccamorris2062
    @rebeccamorris2062 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh Wow! How inspiring is this short film. You're all doing such great work. Sending you all good vibes and love 🌿

  • @thewitchykitchen
    @thewitchykitchen 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This has been part of our inspiration for our food forest. We started it 7 years ago and are enjoying watching it grow and blend, while providing us with lots of food too.

  • @northernembersoutdoors1045
    @northernembersoutdoors1045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much, was missing these kind of videos, awesome, cheers.

  • @juliavanrun-kilic1744
    @juliavanrun-kilic1744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful and inspiring! Thank you!🙏🏻🌱💫

  • @wes4192
    @wes4192 ปีที่แล้ว

    So nice to see a mother son filmmaking duo

  • @jacquiemcintyre
    @jacquiemcintyre ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I couldn't love this film more. These humans echo my sentiments and wishes to a tee. I'm so happy to see what they have bought about and will happily follow their journey.

  • @Etakit
    @Etakit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for this inspiring update!

  • @amerruru2443
    @amerruru2443 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much 🌻

  • @appleturnover
    @appleturnover 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how lovely to revisit and see them all thriving.

  • @huertosagroecologicos
    @huertosagroecologicos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    El trabajo de los Guyton es increíble y muy inspirador, he aprendido muchas cosas tanto de Robyn como de Robert, muchas gracias por dar a conocer al mundo su trabajo, su dedicación y su amor por la madre tierra. Saludos desde Oaxaca, México.

  • @shaundugan9974
    @shaundugan9974 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How beautifully inspirational.

  • @lorihill9025
    @lorihill9025 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so beautiful y-all. Thank you

  • @lyssasletters3232
    @lyssasletters3232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing this update!!!

  • @jackiek4159
    @jackiek4159 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was soo beautiful and inspiring! We need to get back to the basics and start to grow our own food again!

  • @tinygrovehomestead8232
    @tinygrovehomestead8232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How wonderful!
    🌱

  • @leannewilliams1944
    @leannewilliams1944 ปีที่แล้ว

    i think this is the fifth time i have watched this. What an amazing inspiration

  • @reidbrown8392
    @reidbrown8392 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the update!

  • @charliejackson6192
    @charliejackson6192 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What an awesome and inspiring story. You guys rock

  • @rutujayadav3674
    @rutujayadav3674 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a wise man and woman they are! Love their vibe and love they have for our planet!

  • @jeff6899
    @jeff6899 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great to see you back at it ! Love the re-visit :)