Tradie creates flourishing garden in company carpark

It started as a tiny seed of an idea, but it has grown into a flourishing vege garden, in an unlikely spot; a concrete company carpark in Kerikeri. Now that carpark is feeding a bunch of families in need. It is the work of a local tradie who got the idea from another business owner and then had to figure out how to turn his company's sealed parking lot into fertile ground without sacrificing the parks. Roof Bay of Islands director turned vege gardener Rick Harper spoke to Lisa Owen.