Campo de Flori is a 52-acre sustainable boutique farm business in the Huon Valley of Tasmania. At the time of purchase the property was a combination of raw bushland with an overgrowth of blackberry and brambles alongside of 42 acres of old growth forest predominately of stringybark gums.
David Peck and Lisa Britzman set to work making this land in the Huon Valley into a small farm business. Our goal is to be a self-sufficient farm with a balanced ecosystem of diverse plant and animal life. Sustainable uses of resources are considered as we implement biological farming techniques on the property. Both Lisa and David have attended the Nutri -tech solutions sustainable agriculture course and hold a certificate in sustainable agriculture. This course covered Mineral, Microbe, Plant and Pest managements. If interested in this philosophy of farming, please visit their web site at http://www.nutri-tech.com.au
First on the agenda was getting a road into the property, once that was completed we set to work restoring the dam, a wetland and the stream that were found on historic aerial photos.
The property has an abundance of wild life ranging from paddymelons, wallabies, kangaroos, blue wrens, red robins, wedge tail eagles, plovers, wood ducks, owls, echidnas, kookaburras, swift parrots, sulphur crested cockatoos, black cockatoos, whip snakes and tiger snakes, along with a wide variety of spiders!
Lisa has worked in the green building industry for 13 years and as such a workshop was designed that was sensitive to its surroundings using passive design and “Green” materials in construction. This will enable us to sustainably run the business. Our goal is that the actions of the farm business will have a positive, restorative and regenerative effect on the natural environment of the property rather than merely limiting the damage we do to it.
The first of the crops to be planted was Lavender with Saffron and Olives not far behind. Bee Hives have now been added to the property, not so much for the honey, but for the important role that bees play in environment to pollinate the diverse range of plants.
Lisa has been a ceramic artist since her teens and has set up a studio in the workshop, where she makes lots of works, that can be found in some Tasmania finest galleries and Tableware for local cafes.