About Us
All You Can Eat Gardens is a landscape design and gardening service with a difference. We specialise in food! Based in Brisbane, we can take your individual needs and desires to develop an abundant, diverse and easy to maintain food garden right on your doorstep. We can install raised beds full of herbs, fruit and vegetables, establish food forests, house chickens and build productive ponds and aquaponic systems. We'll help you to understand your garden, and if you need help maintaining it we can assist with that too.
The business
All You Can Eat Gardens was conceived in late 2009 by a small group of permaculture students at Northey Street City Farm, keen to design, build and maintain productive urban and suburban gardens in Brisbane. Tim and Andy followed through in early 2010 where the business was formed as a partnership and given its current name.
Our philosophy
Our name says it all. There are three interpretations of ‘All You Can Eat’:
‘All You Can Eat’ Abundance – It’s possible to create highly productive gardens in small spaces! While your personal situation may influence how far you can go, if the majority of people grow their own food and share the surplus we will have healthy, low-cost food available indefinitely, without having to go to the supermarket!
‘All You Can Eat’ Diversity – Variety is the spice of life… and health! Our designs include plants and animals that you may not have considered, some with productivity far higher than those traditionally grown in Australian back yards. Challenge your tastebuds and broaden your culinary creations with some unusual fruit trees, herbs and vegetables. Treat common ailments and improve your memory with easy to grow herbs! Rich gardens with many different interacting species are productive and resilient to weather and pest attack.
‘All You Can Eat’ Equality – Everyone deserves access to delicious and nutritious food and we aim to provide low cost options for families with limited means. With good food children's learning and development is optimised and our bodies develop to their potential. Healthy food is the best insurance policy and promotes productive lives. As everyone shares their surplus and takes care of those in need we create an equitable society.
In the media
Brisbane Times article 24th June 2011
Map magazine interview with Tim August 2011
4ZZZ Eco Radio Interview with Tim 2nd August 2011 (49MB mp3)
West Side News Feature October 2011
Brisbane News Corner Store Cafe Review October 5-11 2011
ABC Radio Interview with Spencer Howser 14th October 2011 (3.6MB mp3)
4BC Radio Interview with Mary and Chris 14th October 2011 (3.3MB mp3)
About Tim
A rural upbringing provided Tim with respect for the environment and interest in agriculture, his father being a wine maker and grandparents in citrus and grape production. The family home often had a vegetable garden, chickens and fruit trees. He has been gardening in confined and challenging places for several years. Tim completed his Permaculture Design Certificate in 2008 and the Accredited Permaculture Training Cert 3 in 2009 under the guidance of Dick Copeman at Northey Street City Farm. Tim volunteers his time at the Graceville Community Garden, close to where he lives.
Tim has an interactive software development background, so is familiar with designing systems with complex and conflicting requirements. He brings his skills to bear on food production by using computer aided design, improving the quality, readability, accuracy and speed of his garden designs.