Inspire Permaculture

04/05/2026

CHOCOLATE TASTING EVENTS

If you live on the Big Island aka Island of Hawaii, come join us for these chocolate gatherings in April:
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In partnership with One Cacao Tree, Raven Hanna, Big Island Vanilla and Inspire Permaculture.

Have you attended our monthly rocking, inclusion-inspired Chocolate Tasting Club? If not, now is the time! This gathering has received rave reviews! Each month we try a new curated assortment of award-winning and buzz-generating chocolates from around the world. Come taste the creativity on the ...

12/31/2025

The Chocolate Club

Join us this month in sampling an array of craft chcocolate bars from around the world. Curated by chocolatier and author, Raven Hanna.

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05/29/2025

UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

In a new short film, restoration activist Jorge shares what it means to protect Brazil’s Atlantic Forest – a UN World Restoration Flagship – and why the people closest to nature are vital to restoration. Watch the film and learn about Jorge’s story.

In the latest short film by Restor, we follow Jorge, who has spent his whole life in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. He knows the plants by name, the paths by memo...

05/21/2025

4-Part Dessert Series

Come join me in my kitchen for a 4 part dessert series whereby we will make and taste 4 incredible desserts. We'll be taking our taste buds on a tour around the world, sampling a traditional dessert from Italy, South Africa, the Middle East and Australia.
Sign up for all 4 or just ones you are interested in……your choice.

Every Wednesday, June 2025.

Start time: 6:30PM

End Time: 8PM

Demonstration Dates:

4 June: Tiramisu

11 June: Pavlova

18 June: Baklava

25 June: Malva Pudding

Cost: $59 per person

Cost includes cooking demonstration, printed recipe, one glass of wine and a tasting.

Class limited to 10 people per

Register Here:
https://inspirepermaculture.com/2025/05/20/4-part-dessert-series/

04/11/2025

The sauna is in. It took a ton of creative thinking as there were no instructions. It overlooks the 20 acres of rainforest bordering the Kolekole River.

03/29/2025

Workshop: Explore Herbal Teas

Come join us for a morning of hands-on learning. We’ll be exploring the beauty of tea and their endless health benefits.

Date: 31 March 2025, Monday

Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm

Cost: $25

Location: 29-2147 Kaiwiki Homestead Rd, Hakalau, Hawaii

Tea tasting and notes included.

Register Here:
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03/04/2024

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Inspiring Care For All That Is Living

07/19/2023

Paraquat is a highly toxic herbicide that wreaks desolation on the environment and can be fatal for humans, even in small doses. Despite the dangers, it is still widely used on farms around the world. Paraquat has been banned on Rainforest Alliance Certified farms since the very start of our certifi...

07/17/2023

As a woman landowner Lucy is rare. She says she was lucky, but it took hard work too – saving for many years until she had enough to buy a plot of her own.

At the same time, she also managed to raise and educate all her children as a single mother, thanks to cocoa. 💪

She says, ‘Fairtrade has catapulted us to a better position, and even [my children’s] wellbeing has been taken care of. I can use Premium for school fees if needed.’

Choosing Fairtrade is about more than fair incomes, it’s about supporting farmers to secure sustainable livelihoods for themselves and their families. 💚

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Credit: Chris Terry
Lucy and her daughter in Ghana.

04/07/2023

AVOCADO TREE GUILD

Fruit tree guilds are are planned systems of companion planting specific fruit trees with additional plants that provide beneficial functions to the tree and soil. Not only does this improve the overall health of your tree, meaning better fruit production, but also provides an attractive habitat for specialized pollinators, beneficial insects and active soil remediation.

Tree Guilds include diverse plant species that:
- attracts beneficial insects and deters pests
- provides active and dynamic soil remediation
- increases biomass and organic matter in the soil
- provides ‘cut & drop’ mulch
- provides a living mulch that grows and blankets the soil, helping with water retention and preventing soil erosion
- produces nectar and pollen to attract pollinators
suppresses weeds

Avocado Tree Guild for Central Florida:
1 Avocado Tree
5 Perennial Blue Basil plants
6 Lemongrass plugs
30 Comfrey starts
50 Wild Garlic plugs
10 Sweet Potato plugs
30 Watermelon starts