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Seed Catalogue 2020

In the rush to return to normal, use this
 time to consider which parts of normal
       are worth rushing back to.
               Dave Hollis
Seed Catalogue 2020 In the rush to return to normal, use this time to consider which parts of normal are worth rushing back to. Dave Hollis ...
Take a moment to remember                                                                        Our Mission
                                              Rongoa Marae Roa                                                       The vision of the Koanga Institute was born out of 30 years of collecting heritage
                                                 The gardeners
                                                                                                                     fruit trees, vegetables and flowers by Kay Baxter and others, in association with
                                                                                                                     the Koanga Institute. This nationally important collection is in turn built on the
                                                   The cooks                                                         foundation of hundreds of generations of gardeners and farmers who have nurtured
                                    The families we share our meals with                                             the biodiversity and cultural heritage upon which civilisation has developed (we
                  The seeds that bring us the spirit of the earth and the sky to give us life;                       have co-evolved with our food plants).
                 And to especially thank all those thousands of generations of gardeners
               who grew the seeds, loved the seeds, listened to the seeds, talked to the seeds,
                    and selected and saved the seeds for the survival of their families,
                                                                                                                     M     uch of Koanga Institute’s work was in response to the fact that in the last 100 years much of
                                                                                                                           the genetic biodiversity in food plants, all over the world, has disappeared as a result of the
                                                                                                                     industrialisation of our food production.
                                       communities and ancestors.
                                                                                                                     In the process of “saving the seeds”, all those involved have come to the wider realisation that not
                            We are all living on the love our ancestors gifted us.                                   just the ecology of our “food evolution” has been compromised by industrialisation, but many
                                      It is our turn to be the ancestors.                                            other aspects of our “human ecology” have likewise been compromised, and we can’t address the
                                                                                                                     one issue (e.g. seed saving) in isolation. Seed saving is one aspect of the broader need to address
                                            It is our responsibility.                                                our “human ecology”. Thus, while an immediate priority for the Institute is seed protection and
                                             It is our opportunity.                                                  conservation, it is also committed to contributing practical holistic solutions in the wider field of
                                                                                                                     sustainable living:

Contents
                                                                                                                     • Protection, conservation
                                                                                                                       and development of NZ’s
                                                                                                                       genetic and cultural heritage
Our Mission                                           3    Chenpodiaceae                                        21     food plants.
Heritage Seeds Speak                                  4    Cucurbitaceae                                        22   • Understanding the
Membership Information                                5    Fabeaceae                                            24     connections between soil
Editorial by Gail Aiken                               6    Grammineae/Grains                                    27     health, plant and animal
                                                                                                                       health and human health.
Beginner Gardener by Kay Baxter                       8    Labitaceae                                           29
Education                                            10    Portulaca                                            29   • Research into the practical
Business Sponsorship                                 12    Solanaceae                                           29
                                                                                                                       strategies and techniques
                                                                                                                       required for communities and
Bequests                                             12    Valerianaceae                                        33
                                                                                                                       individuals to be self reliant,
Life Members                                         13    Flowers                                              34     with a focus on regenerative
How to order from Koanga                             14    Herbs                                                40     land use, nutrient dense food
Seed Catalogue 2020                                  15    Preservation Packs                                   43     production and processing,
Alliacea                                             16    Koanga Bookshop for Regenerative Living              50
                                                                                                                       appropriate technology and
                                                                                                                       community development.
Amaranthaceae                                        16    Perennials                                           52
Apiaceae                                             16    Seed Collections                                     60
Asteracaeae                                          17    Online Workshops - Regeneration Productions          63
Brassicaceae                                         18
       Photo credits: Kay Baxter and Gail Aiken, Koanga Institute and Vitor Crispim, Regeneration Productions

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Membership
                                                                                                    Join us and help save New Zealand's Heritage Food Plants!
                                                                                                    Over the past 30 years Koanga Institute has been instrumental in collecting and
                                                                                                    saving over 700 heritage vegetable seed lines and over 300 Northern heritage fruit
                                                                                                    tree lines and we could not have done it without our members!
                                                                                                    Our nationally important collections are built on the       selected for the qualities home gardeners are looking
                                                                                                    foundation of hundreds of generations of growers who        for, like a long cropping season, great taste, nutrient
                                                                                                    have nurtured biodiversity and cultural heritage. We        density and many other qualities that commercial seeds
                                                                                                    not only collected the plant material and the seeds, but    are not selected for.
                                                                                                    also the stories and whakapapa of our food plants and       Regenerative land use
                                                                                                    the old people who carried them to today. Growing
                                                                                                                                                                Along with protecting our collection of New Zealand
                                                                                                    out these food plants makes them available to both our
                                                                                                                                                                heirloom plants we are a Centre for Regenerative
                                                                                                    members and the general public. The beautiful diversity

Heritage Seeds Speak…
                                                                                                                                                                Living, aiming to inspire, educate and support
                                                                                                    that we see in our heritage collection – in the flavours,
                                                                                                                                                                people to develop the skills to manage their land in
                                                                                                    shapes and colours, is a glimpse of the past varieties of
                                                                                                                                                                a regenerative way. We have a wealth of experience,
                                                                                                    all the vegetables.

W
                                                                                                                                                                knowledge and resources to share with the world and
       e are the seeds of your ancestors, the seeds that have nourished you forever,                Heirloom collections                                        this work is more important now than ever before
       the seeds that give you life, the seeds that you pass on down as your                        Keeping the whole collection of these incredibly            as urgent action is required to deal with the Climate
                                                                                                    important New Zealand heirlooms alive and available         Emergency. Help us to safeguard the future for coming
responsibility to the next generation, the seeds that speak to your DNA , the seeds                 for the people of New Zealand is a complicated and          generations by supporting our work.
that are able to nourish you more fully than any body elses seeds… and more fully                   expensive process and we receive no government              NEW Members Benefits
than hybrid seeds, and especially genetically engineered seeds, and critically seeds                funding. We are a Charitable Trust and one of the only
                                                                                                                                                                Being a member of Koanga is an excellent way to
                                                                                                    organisations in New Zealand who grow out our seeds
containing glyphosate.                                                                              locally (mostly in the sunny Hawke’s Bay), so they are
                                                                                                                                                                support our important work but also brings a range of
                                                                                                                                                                membership benefits
We are the seeds capable of living with you through climate change.                                 adapted to NZ soils and climates. These seeds are then

We are part of your inheritance, part of your body, your link to
the stars and the earth, your link to life itself.
We require alive, highly mineralized and microbially active soil
in order to grow to our potential, to enable us to build soils while
we grow and in order to be nutrient dense enough to nourish you.
We need humans to listen again, and learn to regenerate the ecology
in order to support our survival… we don’t survive on dead soil.
We are on the knife edge of extinction and have already lost over
90% of our brothers and sisters.
It is time for you to reconnect with us in order to reclaim your
health and it is time to hold us close and ensure we are kept safe     Now is the time
for the coming generations.
 Please consider giving us a donation or become a member of Koanga to support our work saving our
  own heritage seeds, or supporting somebody else to become a member and join us on the journey.

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lunch afterwards. It brings people together to          There’s a very good documentary from Happen
Editorial July 2020 − Gail Aiken                                                                           support each other in growing food and even
                                                                                                           a few people working together for a couple of
                                                                                                                                                                   Films called “Living the Change” where a guy
                                                                                                                                                                   called Shane Ward (Action Ecology) makes a
                                                                                                           hours can transform large jobs from being               very insightful comment. “Being sustainable is
Welcome to our 2020 Seed Catalogue. Well, it’s been quite a year and we find ourselves                     incredibly daunting to great fun as many hands          not just a nice thing to do. Being unsustainable
in a somewhat changed landscape with a huge increase in seed sales and upsurge in                          really do make light work. We’re planning to            isn’t just a bit unfortunate but is an existential
interest in home gardening triggered by the Covid crisis. This is fantastic but also                       relaunch the group in August and see if there is        threat to our species.” That’s what the ‘new
challenging as we work to meet the increase in demand. We are of course working hard                       demand from new gardeners in our area. This             normal’ at societal level needs to be based on, an
to increase production in all areas but growing seeds and plants inherently involves a                     model could easily be applied in other areas            understanding that sustainability is fundamental
                                                                                                           and is a fantastic and easy to organise way for         and that it’s opposite is ‘unsustainable’ which
time lag so please be patient if particular varieties sell out quickly.                                    established gardeners to share their skills, to         means that it can’t continue. Of course now we

T   he current situation has brought many new
    people into gardening and growing who don’t
have knowledge and experience and we are acutely
                                                      The dominant paradigm has ignored these limits
                                                      and a pandemic was not unexpected. If it hadn’t
                                                      been Covid 19 it would have been something
                                                                                                           support new gardeners to be regenerative and to
                                                                                                           build community in the process.
                                                                                                                                                                   need to go beyond what at one time would have
                                                                                                                                                                   been sustainable and be regenerative to repair the
                                                                                                                                                                   damage already done.
                                                                                                           On a political and societal level there are also some
aware that success is important so that people        else, maybe a different pandemic or maybe one        positives. The notion that the economy has to           So moving forwards lets create a new normal not
don’t become disheartened or turn to harmful,         of the other issues looming such as biodiversity     come first and that governments can’t intervene         based on short term economic gain. One which
chemically based practices. In Kay’s Beginner         collapse or the climate crisis. So if ‘normal’ has   has been seriously challenged to differing degrees      is based on an understanding that we are part of
Gardener article she shares her thoughts on how       created these problems then rushing to get ‘back     around the world and the neo liberal free market        the earth and her systems; where food is produced
best to get started with your garden.                 to normal’ is unwise. This is our opportunity to     model of capitalism which puts profit before both       regeneratively and as locally as possible; where
                                                      create a ‘new normal’.                               people and the environment has been significantly       we once again have healthy, swimmable rivers
Each year we run a 5 day Gardening
Masterclass which might sound as though it            At an individual or family level this seems to       undermined. It feels important that politicians         and oceans; and where wise use of the earth’s
is only for experienced gardeners but that isn’t      be happening with more people starting to            and corporations aren’t allowed to push things          abundance ensures that future generations can
the case. Gardeners of all levels of experience       grow their own food and being awakened to            back to normal when normal isn’t sustainable. We        thrive on this beautiful, vibrant and complex
can benefit from this workshop and it’s a great       the inherent fragility of our current system.        can’t continue to operate outside ecological limits.    planet that we are fortunate to inhabit.
opportunity to take 5 days out of everyday life       Increasing resilience in this way is hugely
and be immersed in gardening and really up            important but growing plants and food also
skill. An investment for the future and we offer      brings many additional benefits. It is about
the option of paying in installments for all of       reconnecting with the earth and it’s systems
our workshops. This year we are planning a 1          in a way that all earlier cultures did but has
day Introduction to Seed Saving workshop to           largely been lost in mainstream culture today.
support people taking that additional step of         Getting your hands in the earth, planting seeds,
growing their own seeds.                              becoming immersed in the cycles of life is very
                                                      powerful and lets hope that becomes the new
Reflecting on the Covid crisis, and in no way
                                                      normal for many, many more people.
minimising the negative impact it has had on
individuals, families, and communities, it does       It’s also important to start creating a new
feel that it provides an opportunity. Maybe this      normal at community level. Here in New
is this our chance to change and to reconnect         Zealand we are in the fortunate position of
with the earth and what is really important,          being able to reconnect with our communities
rather than continuing on the path of separation,     and there are loads of amazing projects
endless growth and unfettered consumerism.            around the country. Simple things can be
                                                      very powerful. We live in Hokianga and years
Permaculture is pretty central to our lives and
                                                      ago started a very basic garden group where
inherent to permaculture is the understanding
                                                      we meet once a month at a different persons
that humanity needs to work with the ecologies
                                                      property to have a working bee and shared
that we are a part of and within ecological limits.

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All new Koanga members get a free online             The Beginner Gardener booklet takes you
Beginner Gardener by Kay Baxter                                                                         Growing Great Seedlings workshop. That
                                                                                                        workshop is mind-blowing because it shows you
                                                                                                                                                             through making a whole heap of sensible
                                                                                                                                                             decisions before taking any action at all, e.g.:
                                                                                                        how easy it is to get this right, to go from doing
          Empower yourself towards personal and                                                         things in a way that often doesn’t work and ends
                                                                                                                                                             1. How big a garden can you really take care of?
                                                                                                        up creating degeneration into a space where you      2. Where is the best place to put it?
            family wellbeing and food security!                                                         can see it is easy, step by step, to move in the
                                                                                                                                                             3. How much shelter do I need?
                                                                                                        other direction and successfully grow nutrient
Kia Ora, judging by the amount of seed we                                                               dense veg whilst creating/building life all          4. How do I aerate the beds?
sold in the few weeks during and since lock                                                             around you.                                          5. How much water do I need per sq m?
down, there are many, many new gardeners
out there. I keep having visions of what will                                                           If you can’t afford to become a member               6. How can I feed the soil and plants?
happen to the seed if all of you new gardeners                                                          please apply for a sponsored membership,
                                                                                                        we constantly have others paying forward to          7. Which seeds should I use?
don’t understand ways to grow strong seedlings,
when to plant the seeds, and how to feed them                                                           support those who need it. If you would like to      8. How much will this cost?
so you get a good result. I hate to think of all                                                        support somebody else to become a member
                                                                                                        please also go to our website and gift forward.      9. How much time will you really have to
the hard lessons that could be involved. I have                                                                                                                 do this?
already heard many stories of long, lanky                                                               Our e-booklets are very cheap as well, another
seedlings and seedlings planted in the cold that                                                        way to get engaged.                                  Once all these decisions are made it gives
need the heat etc.                                                                                                                                           you a simple calendar and takes you through
                                                                                                        All of our booklets, books and charts are            everything you need to do to put in a specific
On the other hand this is an amazing                                                                    designed to fit together to make an integrated       40sq m garden plan, capable of providing
opportunity for all of us. In a way the thing                                                           whole picture covering all the bases and areas of    salads, stir fries, soups and stews year round.
that has created such a hard situation in the                                                           food production that we need to be learning if
world right now is our disconnection from the                                                           we are committed to growing our own nutrient         You will get far more veg out of a new garden if
natural world. Gardening is one of the best                                                             dense food and being part of the solution.           you spend time learning first.
ways to reconnect. Even if we are just setting
out to grow some food, save some money, or
                                                                                                        The online workshops cover all of the same           Now is the time to do that!
                                                                                                        ground, and include the material in the
reclaim our fitness, resolve our lack of action
                                                                                                        booklets but you get to see things visually          This is the only time in a gardener's year you
or shift our depression, it is inevitable that
a reconnection process will begin as soon as         Koanga exists to support you on                    as well as monthly management details. The           have the luxury of being able to read and learn
                                                                                                        Koanga Garden Guide covers that well in book
we put our hands in the soil and watch our             this journey we are all on!                      form too.
                                                                                                                                                             and absorb new ideas. Even the oldest of us and
seedlings begin to germinate. I can’t begin                                                                                                                  the most experienced use this time to remember
to tell you how incredible the journey of           Please take the time to check in with our           My best suggestion for beginner gardeners            our lessons from the previous years and decide
reconnection is…it reminds me of the words          free knowledge base on the Koanga website,          though is to get a copy of the Beginner Gardener     on the changes we wish to make in the new
from Beautiful Boy by John Lennon, 'Life is         as well as the things in our shop, our books,       booklet, and to follow that step by step. That       season about to begin.
what happens to you while you’re busy making        brochures and booklets, our workshops and           booklet covers all the bases, in a simplified        Enjoy your garden! Kay
other plans.' We’re growing food, but really, we    our online workshops.                               form, and move on from there as you feel
are unfolding inside, building bridges with the                                                         confident and achieve success.
                                                    All of these things are there for you to use as a
natural world and growing in ways we may have
                                                    resource to take you into a regenerative future,
no words for, finding out who we are or maybe
                                                    to support you step by step to grow your own
for the first time feeling as though we have a
                                                    nutrient dense food in ways that build soil,
place to stand strong in this world and to go
                                                    sequester carbon etc.
out from. Whatever it is, for us gardening is the
beginning of a wonderful journey. Keep taking
the small steps.

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Permaculture Design Course                Fruit Tree Propagation

Education                                                                                                                  12 Days
                                                                                                                           7th to 19th February 2021
                                                                                                                                                                     1 Day
                                                                                                                                                                     3rd July 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Guided Tours
                                                                                                                                                                                                            An excellent way to find out more
                                                                                                                                                                                                            about our work, see our amazing
                                                                                                                           Tutors: Kay Baxter, Bob Corker, Stephen   Tutors: Kay Baxter, Ben Callander
                                                                                                                                                                                                            gardens and meet the team!
Here at Koanga we are learning to live simply and in a regenerative way. Our                                               Anderson Clay & Ben Callander.            $290 (Early Bird $261)
                                                                                                                           $2400 (Early Bird $1900)                                                         Find more information and book
workshops and internships have regenerative practices at their core and are for anyone                                                                               Introduction to Pruning                online via www.koanga.org.nz.
interested in gaining the skills and knowledge to redesign their lives to live in a                                        Introduction to Seed Saving               1 Day
regenerative way and to empower change in their community.                                                                 1 Day                                     4th July 2021

O
                                                                                                                           6th March 2021                            Tutors: Kay Baxter, Murray Neverman
      ur education program of cutting edge                   We’re Committed To:                                           Tutor: Michele Griffiths                  $130 (Early Bird $117)
      workshops along with internships and guided            • Inspiring and supporting regenerative living                $130 (Early Bird $117)
tours, is one of the ways that we share the essential           in New Zealand through education
skills and knowledge that we have accumulated
                                                             • Empowering home gardeners to develop
over decades in order to support people on their
                                                                efficient gardening skills, build top-soil and
path to regenerative living. This year we are excited
                                                                improve their health through enjoying their
to be able to announce several new workshops that
                                                                own quality, nutrient dense produce.
have been added to our range.
                                                             All food served on our courses is:
Empower yourself with the practical skills to
turn your dreams of self-resilience into your                • Locally sourced
reality. We use the Permaculture design process              • Organic
to design and teach solutions for all aspects of             • Unrefined
our lives and environment. Our guided tours,                 • Nutrient dense
workshops, permaculture design courses,
internships and apprenticeships are all great                • Traditional
ways to create your lifestyle or career path in a            • Prepared following
regenerative way.                                               Weston A. Price principles

 See our website for more detailed information on our workshops, www.koanga.org.nz
Butchery and Meat Processing             Biointensive Gardening                   The Forest Garden Intensive includes
5 Days                                   3 Days                                   the following two workshops which
                                                                                  can be done as stand alones:
17th to 21st August 2020                 20th to 23rd September 2020
Tutor: Taiamai Corker                    Tutors: Kay Baxter & Michele Griffiths   Forest Garden Design
$920 (Early Bird $828)                   Can be done as a stand alone workshop.
                                                                                  2 Days
                                         $580 (Early Bird $522)
Gardening Master Class                                                            27th to 29th September 2020
                                         Growing Nutrient Dense Food              Tutor: Kay Baxter
5 Days
                                                                                  Can be done as a stand alone workshop.
20th to 25th September 2020              2 Days
                                                                                  $380 (Early Bird $342)
Tutors: Kay Baxter & Michele Griffiths   24th to 25th September 2020
$920 (Early Bird $828)                   Tutor: Kay Baxter                        Forest Garden Management
Gardening Master Class includes the      Can be done as a stand alone workshop.                                                                                                                            Internships
                                                                                  3 Days
following two workshops which can        $380 (Early Bird $342)                                                                                                                                            Internships are opportunities
be done as stand alones:                                                          30th September to 2nd October 2020
                                                                                                                                                                                                           for students who have done
                                         Forest Garden Intensive                  Tutors: Kay Baxter & Murray Neverman                                                                                     permaculture learning, workshops
                                                                                  Can be done as a stand alone workshop.                                                                                   or courses here at Koanga or
                                         5 Days
                                                                                  $580 (Early Bird $522)                                                                                                   elsewhere, to further their learning
                                         27h September to 2nd October 2020
                                                                                                                                                                                                           by gaining practical experience
                                         Tutors: Kay Baxter & Murray Neverman
                                                                                                                                                                                                           in their field of interest. E-mail
                                         $920 (Early Bird $828)                                                                                                                                            contact@koanga.org.nz

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Business Sponsorship                                                                                         Life Members
                                                                                                            Purchasing a Lifetime Membership demonstrates a significant commitment
                                                                                                            to Koanga Institute and our kaupapa and the financial contribution is greatly
                                                                                                            appreciated. All of the people below have supported us in this way and we are
                                                                                                            eternally grateful to them. You can find out more about becoming a Life Member
                                                                                                            on our website.
                                                                                                             Guillermo Aldao-Humble              Dene Fowler                 Jo and Bob Munro                Morley West
                                                                                                                   Lorna Alden                Noeline Gannaway                 Annette Nixon           Yvonne and Jim Wheeler
                                                                                                                  Peter Alexander             Kirsten Garrabrant               Richard Noke                Tania Williams
                                                                                                              Randell, Tutton and Bell          Monika Geister                  Pip Norvell                 Alison Wilson
                                                                                                             Diana & Justin Anderson       Simon and Stacy Griffiths           Alison Nuttall                 Ritz Wood
                                                                                                               Barbara Baragwanath                John Griggs                Lesley O’Callahan          Richard Worthington
As a Charitable Trust Koanga relies on its members and supporters to continue its
                                                                                                                   John Billings                Jo Hainsworth                Phoenix Organics                Rachel Yeats
important work. The reality is that resources and funding are always a limitation on
                                                                                                                Nick Blennerhassett             Joanne Hamlyn                  Viola Palmer             Doug and Jane Russell
what Koanga Institute can achieve and to help secure our future we are looking to                              Helen Boyd-Alspach             Rob Hammington                   Craig Palmer            Kahukuri Bloodstock Ltd
develop relationships with ethical businesses that can provide financial support to                                 R. Burgess                  Jaquie Harding           Marco and Teresa Partridge            Banyan
enable us to reach our goals and that also provide benefits for the supporting company.                          Donna Campbell                    Sonja Hay                   Jane Penberthy             Natalie Dromgool

T    hese will be special relationships with             Our previous sponsors are:                               Brian Cartmell                 Grace Heart                  Jenny Quilliam               Melissa Hartley
     businesses and organisations that we respect        Centrality (https://centrality.ai/) who assisted        Barbara Chapple                 Liz Hodgson                      Jan Rata                  Joanne Hedge
and that we are happy to be associated with              us to purchase a new tunnel house.                      Gwenda Costello               Barry Hutchings                 Betty Rawley                 Vivienne Hill
for our mutual benefit. If you are linked with a                                                                   Scott Dalziell                Murray Joyce                  Carla Roberts                Michael Kelly
                                                         Hansa (https://www.hansachippers.co.nz)
business that could provide support then please                                                                    Emma Darke                Murray and Rob Joyce              Daphne Ross                   Jane Lenting
                                                         who provided us with a chipper for use in the
get in touch with contact@koanga.org.nz or                                                                         Karyn Davis                  Elizabeth Keet                 Robyn Scanlen          Suzanne & Andrew McLeod
                                                         forest garden.
check out our business sponsorship area https://                                                                  Bryoay De Boer                    R Kent               Dick and Bertha Schoneveld        Kirsten Rudolph
www.koanga.org.nz/business-sponsorship/.                 We are very grateful for their support.
                                                                                                                 Robyn Diamond                   Jennifer Kerr                Roy Shackleton              Annina Rueegger
                                                                                                                  Cherry E Dibley                 Susan King                Pam and Brett Shand             Sandra Sheard

Bequests                                                                                                             Inge Diks
                                                                                                                    Greg Dillon
                                                                                                                                          Lyn and Fred Kingdon-Sanders
                                                                                                                                                 Wendy Klink
                                                                                                                                                                              Yvonne Shanks
                                                                                                                                                                               Richard Stoks
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Anita's Shop
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Maara White
                                                                                                               Sabiay and Drueckler              Jude Knights             Rox Sutherland-Valentine         Alistair McKay

B    y making a bequest to the Koanga Institute you will be
     supporting us to continue our important work. This gift is one
that you may not be able to make during your lifetime, but will
                                                                                                                 Drueckler-Hiepe
                                                                                                                    Robyn Dyer
                                                                                                               Mavson and KA Early
                                                                                                                                                 Pat Knuckey
                                                                                                                                                 Heike Koester
                                                                                                                                                                                 Jenny Tait
                                                                                                                                                                                Lisa Talbot
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Jan McKenzie
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Virginia Sharplin
                                                                                                                                                  Susan Lane                   Lynelle Taylor                Grant Croft
ensure that our heritage plants are available for future generations                                                Emily Eile                   Kay Langdon                   Elaine Taylor                Sonya Bennett
as a resource for cultivation and genetic diversity. The Institute relies                                        Bridget Elworthy                Chris Livesey                Phyllis Tichinin             Susan Morrison
on generous contributions, and our membership fees. In these                                                      Angela Emery                   Ingrid Losch                 Martin Ulenberg                 Tricia Joe
changing times it feels very important that we continue to flourish
                                                                                                                   Susan Erskine              Pauline Macdonald            Melita Van Wordragen        Matt and Debbie Sutcliffe
and grow. We are very good at making a little money go a long way.
                                                                                                                    Brett Fallen               Anne MacLennan              Chris and Julene Wake          Te Awhina Savage
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to know more.
                                                                                                            Bedford Mackay Family Trust         Tania McLean                    Nate Walker              Denise Twentyman
Our vision is to be able to save all of our NZ heritage seeds so that
                                                                                                                   Faye Fausett                                                                               Jenni Kent
they can become the seeds our future food is grown from.                                                                                        Fiona McQueen                Yannick Walrelam
                                                                                                                   Maara Foster                 Chris Morrison                 Dave Webster                Maggie Dawson

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How to order from Koanga                                                             Seed Catalogue 2020
The easiest way to order anything      Please order via the website if you can as   Koanga Gardens seeds are very special seeds
from Koanga is to visit our website    this reduces costs and pressure on staff
                                                                                    • They are the seeds of our own ancestors. That means they have been grown,
                                       time for us but if you are not able then
https://www.koanga.org.nz/gardens/                                                    selected and saved by, and in turn supported many generations of, our own
                                       you can e-mail your order to contact@          ancestors. We hold the biggest collection of these sacred seeds in the country,
and place your order and pay there.    koanga.org.nz or phone 06 838 6269.            with your support!
                                                                                    • They are 100% grown in New Zealand, and 100% open pollinated , building
                                                                                      resilience, reclaiming skills and connection in this land.
                                                                                    • They have always been specifically selected for their unique qualities, including
                                                                                      nutritional density, specific flavours, and end uses in the kitchen by the many
                                                                                      generations… and through our intuition.. supported by the new science of
                                                                                      epigenetics we now know that this means they are far more capable of fully
                                                                                      nourishing us than other seeds.
                                                                                    • They are adapted to New Zealand soils and climates (in some cases this is critical,
                                                                                      (especially with tomatoes).
                                                                                    • Koanga is committed to regenerative and organic growing methods that produce
                                                                                      high quality, nutrient dense seeds. We are actively working to educate ourselves
                                                                                      and learn as much as we can, understanding this is a life process and will be
                                                                                      different for all of us.

                                                                                      The following codes tell you the Heritage Status of each seed line:
                                                                                      NZ         New Zealand heritage seed         OS          Overseas heritage seed
                                                                                      EC         Early commercial seed             (100)       Approximate number of seeds in each packet
                                                                                                 Carbon crop                       P           Perennial
                                                                                      To find the bioregion, or place of origin off our NZH seeds look online (the descriptions in the shop), where we have
                                                                                      the space and have listed them all.

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Vegetable Seeds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Asteracaeae
Alliacea

                                                                                                                                                         Artichoke Purple de Jesi P                    cardoon          P                            Lettuce Devils Ear (aka: Devils Bit)
                                                                                                                                                         Cynara scolymus OS (15)                       Cynara cardunculus NZ (15)                    Lactuca sativa OS (150)
Amaranthaceae

                                                                                                                                                         Purple globe artichokes have a sweet          1.3m stunning looking, silvery leafed         This is an outstanding, hardy, easy to
                                                                                                                                                         exquisite flavour and are one of the most     mineral accumulator that does very            grow, small hearting lettuce with red
            Leek Lyon                                        Amaranthus Golden Giant             Amaranthus Pygmy Torch                                  nutritious vegetables we can eat. If picked   well in dry Mediterranean climates.           outside pointy leaves and a green heart.
            Allium ameloprasum OS (300)                      Amaranthus hypochondriacus OS (600) Amaranthus spp OS (600)                                 regularly and not left to go to seed they     Purple scotch thistle tip flower              Stands well in heat.
            Lyon leeks came to New Zealand with our          Can easily reach 2m plus. The plant has         Stunning plant with deep burgundy           will crop over a very long period from        heads a lot like globe artichokes and
            English ancestors and is known for it’s          golden stems and leaves with beautiful          leaves and large black jewel like           early Spring to early winter. Cut flower      the bees love them. Excellent in a
            long pure white stems and it’s mild flavour,     upright, intense, bright, golden flower         burgundy drooping seed heads. When          stalks back after harvesting the globes and   Mediterranean forest garden situation,
            it is still a favourite for many winter dishes   heads. Good carbon crop. Grain variety.         popped they are black and white and         new shoots will come up from the bottom.      excellent carabon crop.
            today. The phytonutrients are mostly in          Pops well.                                      very crunchy. A very ornamental grain
            the dark coloured parts so be sure to eat                                                        variety. Grows to 1m only, making it
            the greens and well as the stem.                                                                 easier to net than taller cultivars.
Apiaceae

                                                                                                                                                         Lettuce Finger                                Lettuce Joe's Winter                          Lettuce Mignonette
                                                                                                                                                         Lactuca sativa OS (150)                       Lactuca sativa NZ (200)                       Lactuca sativa NZ (150)
            Amaranthus Tampala                               Carrot Oxheart                                  Carrot Touchon
                                                                                                                                                         We've had Finger lettuce in our            This is an outstanding hardy, easy               This is one of the old lettuces of New
            Amaranthus tricolour NZ (300)                    Daucus carota OS (400)                          Daucus carota EC (400)
                                                                                                                                                         collection for many years, it is           to grow, open hearted, lime green                Zealand, that has survived because
            An NZ heritage green leafy heat loving           This variety was introduced to the seed         A high quality French Nantes type, 14-      often called Green Oakleaf in other        coloured crinkly leafed lettuce.                 they do not cross and self seed easily. It
            vegetable,common throughout Asia                 trade in 1884 and is a uniquely shaped,         17 cm long, cylindrical, and coreless.      catalogues. It is an easy to grow reliable                                                  is a Buttercrunch lettuce with a loose
            and well known as a super nutritious             short (12 cm), very wide (8 cm) carrot that     It has an intense deep orange colour,       oakleaf shaped leaves leaf picking                                                          light green heart and red tinged outer
            green especially when lightly steamed            grows very fast to over 500gm. Outstanding      is sweet and juicy, making it ideal for     lettuce with densely packed leaves in                                                       leaves, all leaves are butter/tender with
            or sautéed. High in calcium, iron and            quality, flavour, colour, sweet. Stores well,   eating raw, cooking or juicing.             the middle, a lighter green than the                                                        a flavour modern lettuces don’t have.
            other minerals it grows to 1m high and           good cooked or raw. Good for heavy soil,                                                    outside, but not a heart as such.                                                           This one came to us from Helen Boleyn
            has red and green, crinkled leaves that          container gardens and raised beds.                                                                                                                                                      of Palmerston North in 1997.
            can be picked all summer.

                                                                                                                                                         Lettuce Odell's                               Lettuce Winter                                Puha Prickly Leaf
            Carrot White Belgium                             Celery Nutty                                    Parsnip Avon Resister                       Lactuca sativa NZ (150)                       Lactuca sativa NZ (100)                       Sonchus oleraceus NZ (100)
            Daucus carota NZ (400)                           Apium graveolens EC (200)                       Pastinaca sativa EC (300)
                                                                                                                                                         Odell’s was sent in by Howard Farr of         From Kaiwaka Northland. It has curly,         We have been told that this puha
            Originally a Dutch heirloom. This                A favourite of ours for 30 years. It is         We think this was an early commercial       Upper Hutt. It is the best little green       long green finger leaves, which can           was already in this land when the
            cultivar came from the Henry                     excellent for harvesting one stalk at a         variety in New Zealand, kept alive in the   cos lettuce, with small sweet crunchy         be picked all winter, and is a finger/        great migration occured. It has been
            Harrington Collection, and Henry has             time all winter and spring. The stalks          South Island, and passed to us by Henry     midribs and leaves, a tight little heart      endive type lettuce. It is best planted to    regarded as indigenous by East Coast
            been growing it since the war years. It          are crunchy, juicy and have a nutty taste       Harrington. It is extremely rare and        and very fast (10 weeks from seed) and        mature around May in warm climates            Maori. It is also regarded as far better
            is a large, white, long, tapered carrot          and it’s so easy to grow we have selected       unavailable elsewhere as far as we know.    easy to grow. Great for small families.       and March in cold climates for winter         tasting than the Scottish cultivar that is
            with green shoulders that raise a little         it fora strong growth over winter in a          It’s an easy to grow, classic looking       They do best in Spring and Autumn.            picking. Open hearted, darker green           the common one, albeit more difficult
            above the ground. At their best cooked,          cold climate.                                   parsnip that tastes great. Grows well all   This is our favourite lettuce!                lettuces contain by far the most nutrition.   to prepare!
            stunning for flavouring soups and stews.                                                         over New Zealand.

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raddichio Endive Rosso                      Raddichio Indivia Scarola P                 salsify Oyster Vegetable                      Cabbage Dalmatian (aka: Collards Cabbage January King                                      Cabbage Red Rock Mammoth
           Cichorium endivia NZ (100)                  Cichorium endivia NZ (100)                  Tragopogon porrifolius NZ (100)               or Loose-leafed Cabbage)                   Brassica oleraceae OS (100)                     Brassica oleraceae OS (100)
           The plant grows about 1m high and is        An old Italian variety that has been in     This salsify is a NZ heritage cultivar        Brassica oleraceae NZ (100)                January King is a beautiful flat headed         A heritage red cabbage, that has huge
           very resistant to cold, as well as pests    New Zealand for many years. It has          found outside a South Island Retirement       Once widespread around the North.          savoy that has becomes purple tinged            red/purple leaves and heart, sits well over
           and diseases. It is usually grown from      quite a flat shape with a quartered heart   Village that is a fantastic addition to the   These super nutritious leaf cabbages       on outside leaves with crinkled leaf edges.     winter, makes wonderful sauerkraut, and
           seeds, but may also be started from root    like many old roses. It is beautifully      vege garden. Plant in Spring and harvest      need to be planted in time to have them They sit well when planted in early Autumn         tastes great. Red/purple veggies contain
           divisions. Lack of moisture makes the       ornamental in the garden and has a          all Winter. These unusually long and          fully grown by the time it gets cold. They and are great for all uses. Excellent flavour   high levels of phytonutrients!
           root more fibrous.                          very mild delicious taste, tender leaves    thick roots taste like kumara and . the       are picked throughout the Winter and       and savoy cabbages contain higher
                                                       with a lime green colour, lighter in the    flowers are also edible and a beautiful       Spring (until October, when they head      levels of nutrition than others.
                                                       heart. Sits well over winter.               mauve star like flower.                       up to seed). Taste is great.
Brassicaceae

           Arugula Wild Rocket                         Asian Greens Mesclun Mix                    Broccoli de Cicco                             Cauliflower Ruapehu                           Chinese Cabbage Chi Hi Li                    Cress Garden
           Diplotaxis ericoides OS (100)               Brassica rapa NZ/OS (200)                   Brassica oleraceae NZ (100)                   Brassica oleraceae EC (100)                   Brassica rapa EC (100)                       Lepidium sativum NZ (200)
           A traditional European wild form of         A mix of salad greens including HH          An outstanding home gardeners variety         This is an outstanding large, white           This is a traditional Chinese type           An easy to grow, cool season salad green
           rocket that can be picked for a whole       Chinese cabbage, Ruruhau, Purple            that travelled the world with Italian         cauliflower, with amazing texture and         cabbage. A type of Bok Choy. One             from the Harrington Collection. It can
           year. It has narrow wavy leaves that        mustard and Mizuna Red Coral, for           immigrants late in the 19thC. It produces     flavour when grown well. It grows well        of the few open pollinated hearting          be picked a leaf at a time over a long
           are picked a leaf at a time and they are    growing and cutting as a mesclun mix        medium sized delicious early heads            all over New Zealand (in the North            Chinese cabbages left. This one is a tall    period . The leaves are tasty sweet and
           sweet tasty and a little peppery. If well   salad, all leaves are great in soup or      followed by multiple side shoots. Leaves      plant only in Autumn) however it is           one with an elongated heart. Excellent       quite light. Self seeds prolifically like
           grown they are not too hot. Self seeds      stew when larger.                           and stems are very edible. WE’ve been         a long season cultivar, requiring 4-5         flavour and texture. Will not heart          Upland Cress. Rare variety and as far as
           freely, easy to grow.                                                                   keeping this line alive for over 30 years     months to maturity.                           up in the heat over summer. Plant in         we know the only line in New Zealand.
                                                                                                   and have improved the line vastly from                                                      autumn in the North, or early spring.        Sometimes known as Lebanese Cress.
                                                                                                   it’s original NZ state.

           Broccoli Purple Sprouting                   Broccoli Romanesco                          Brussels Sprouts Fillbasket                   Cress Upland                                  Cress Watercress                             Kale Borecole
           Brassica oleraceae OS (100)                 Brassica oleraceae NZ (100)                 Brassica oleraceae NZ (100)                   Barbarea verna NZ (300)                       Rorippa nasturtium NZ (200)                  Brassica oleracea NZ (100)
           Initially cultivated by the Romans,         A rare New Zealand heritage brassica.       Another rare NZ heritage variety.             An easy to grow self seeding green that       If you have somewhere wet that holds         This kale is a well known classic variety,
           Purple Sprouting Broccoli is an             These Romanesco broccoli are                This is one from the Harrington               should be in all gardens. Delicious salad     water or remains moist over the winter       very ornamental with strong tasting dark
           outstandingly nutritious vegetable, all     stunning if well grown, producing a         Collection. An old Southland variety          green, that grows all winter and tastes       months you can grow watercress, a            green healthy open leaves, with very curly
           parts are edible but it only performs       spiral conical whorl, that is a piece of    renowned for it’s large sprouts and the       a lot like watercress, but growing in         highly nutritious cold season green          edges. The plants are compact. It tastes
           well in areas with cold winters. When       art and often hard to pick. Delicate and    long harvesting season. Our Grower            rosettes like a lettuce. Highly nutritious.   either raw or cooked. It can be harvested    best after the frost has been on the leaves
           well grown it produces broccoli shoots      tender and eaten as broccoli.               has been selecting for heavy, reliable                                                      from around May until Christmas.             but you can always pick the kale and put
           for months from large plants.                                                           cropping and we are very proud to be                                                                                                     it in the freezer overnight then cook it to
                                                                                                   able to offer you this super rare seed.                                                                                                  get the best flavour!

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Chenpodiaceae
Mizuna Red Coral                          Mustard Greens Deep Purple                      Mustard Greens Ruruhau                         Beetroot Bull’s Blood                         Beetroot Chioggia                               Beetroot Cylindrical
Brassica rapa OS (150)                    Brassica juncea NZ (200)                        Brassica rapa NZ (150)                         Beta vulgaris OS (150)                        Beta vulgaris OS (150)                          Beta vulgaris NZ (150)
Deep maroon coloured, highly              Purple Mustard greens look incredible           Fast growing green, easy to grow early         Selected by seedsman Kees Sahin in the        Spread around the world in the 1840s from       An NZ heirloom originally from Denmark,
ornamental mizuna that has feathery       in the garden, the colder it gets the           Spring and Autumn. Eat raw when                Netherlands from the French variety           Italy, this is a uniquely beautiful flesh has   famous for slicing with it’s long cylindrical
leaves, with crunchy tasty ribs, tender   deeper the purple gets. They are a              young or add to boil ups casseroles            Crapaudine for the darkest coloured           alternating red and white concentric rings      roots. Produces much more uniform slices
and easy to grow classic salad green,     classic mustard green, to be eaten              etc. when older. Excellent with corned         leaves. The juice from this beet is used to   that resemble a bulls’ eye. Very tender, good   than round beets. This tender and sweet
also suitable for wok dishes and stir     wilted or lightly cooked., or cooked in a       beef, stews, casseroles and ‘boil ups’. A      make the only red food colouring allowed      for eating raw and pickling. Thick medium       variety is great raw or cooked, young leaves
frying. Flowers are edible too.           boil up, renowned for their flavour and         traditional Maori vegetable.                   by Swedish law. Very sweet 35 days for        green leaves are also excellent cooked as       also edible. This is the most productive
                                          nutrient density                                                                               edible leaves, 55 days for edible root.       greens. Retains markings if baked whole         beetroot per sq m of ground, and in our
                                                                                                                                                                                       and sliced just before serving.                 opinion tastes the best as well!

Radish/Daikon Aomaru Koshin               Radish White Icicle                             Rocket                                         Beetroot Golden                               Beetroot Golden BX Manglebeet                   Chard Giant Fordhook
Raphanus sativus OS (100)                 Raphanus sativus NZ (100)                       Eruca sativa OS (600)                          Beta vulgaris OS (150)                        Beta vulgaris OS (50)                           Beta vulgaris NZ (50)
An outstanding round easy to grow         Gifted to the Koanga Collection by              Rocket is the mainstay of salads during        Golden beetroot grow fast in good             Similar to beetroot but sweeter, more           An old favourite that many of you will
Daikon, with a green shoulder on the      Henry Harrington from Southland.                Spring and Autumn. It is easy to grow          conditions, and are smaller plants,           tender, and grow far larger, with a bright      remember. Silverbeet that grows well
topside above the ground, white skin      This is the best radish we have ever            fast to the eating stage and delicious,        with smaller leaves than most other           golden colour. Doesn’t have the earthy taste    and is reliable in all areas. Introduced
and white flesh below the ground and a    tasted! It is very juicy, tender and crisp      even at the flowering stage when you           beetroot. They have beautiful golden          often associated with beetroot, used in all     in 1934 by Atlee Burpee and Co. Broad
bright red mandala in the flesh. When     and easily grown in Autumn and                  can add the nutty tasting flowers to           coloured roots, that I think are at their     ways as you would beetroot. The leaves are      dark green heavily crumpled leaves
you cook them the inside goes pink,       Spring. It looks like an icicle in that it is   salads. Larger leaves are also very tasty      best roasted when young and served in         also very sweet and excellent raw or cooked.    with white veins and stalks. Crops well
with the green skin. They taste great     long and tapered and translucent white          when stir fried.                               a hot winter salad with vinaigrette.          I love to cube them once cooked, and serve      all year round even after light frosts
raw, pickled or cooked as other Diakon.   inside. Cool season fast growing radish.                                                                                                     in a hot salad with vinaigrette.

Swede Lawes American Purple Top Tatsoi                                                    Turnip Ohno Scarlett                           Chard Margaret Dale                           Chard Perpetual Spinach                         Chard Rainbow
Brassica napus NZ (200)         Brassica rapa OS (100)                                    Brassica rapa OS (200)                         Beta vulgaris NZ (50)                         Beta vulgaris NZ (60)                           Beta vulgaris NZ (50)
Sent to us by Ron Kidd in the Nelson      An easy to grow, fast growing Autumn,           This is a very stunning looking red            The Dale family heritage silverbeet sent      This mid green spinach with light               Rainbow Chard is a super colourful mix
area many years ago. Excellent quality    Winter and Spring green. Tatsoi has             skinned, white fleshed turnip with a red       to us by Margaret Dale of Ruakaka.            green midribs was once widely grown             of chard with the stems ranging in colour
traditional swede with a distinct         small, dark green, spoon shaped leaves          mandala inside the white flesh. It has         It has very dark green leaves with a          and known for it’s ability to keep on           from yellow to red to pink and some
purple shoulder, excellent for soups,     with white stems, that are great in             been in our collection for many years          wide midrib that is light green and           producing in difficult situations eg.           striped mixes of in between colours,
stews, mashing and casseroles. Must       salads, stir fries and soups.                   and is an heirloom from Asia. It is great      sometimes white. Strong grower,               Too hot, not enough water or nutrients          many are almost neon they are so bright!
be planted mid summer to get large                                                        raw or cooked, also stunning for lactic        excellent health and taste.                   etc. A reliable hardy cropper for all           Rainbow chard is popular all around the
swedes for winter soup, will do and                                                       pickling, as the red skin dyes the entire                                                    situations, that tastes great!                  world but it is a heritage line that came
taste better in cooler areas.                                                             jar bright pink! Leaves are very edible too.                                                                                                 originally from the Nelson area of NZ.

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Lamb’s Quarters Magenta Spreen          Lamb’s Quarters Wild Crafted                   Orach Red                                   luffa Smooth Skinned                          pie melon Dargaville Green Seeded Pumpkin Austrian Hulless
            Chenopodium album OS (200)              Chenopodium album NZ (200)                     Atriplex hortensis NZ (40)                  Luffia aegyptiaca Unknown                     Citrulis lanatis NZ (15)          C. maxima OS (20)
            A stunning looking version of the wild Lamb’s Quarters are an ancient green            A real stunner in the garden and            Luffa's are frost tender but will grow        This melon came from Mr Chapman              These seeds came to NZ with our dear
            Lamb’s Quarters. This one has brilliant leaf vegetable that are second only to         like the green version is an ancient        successfully in a wide range of climate       of Dargaville who grew them                  friend Joe, from his Austrian village
            florescent magenta colouring on all     dandelion leaves as a source of the            vegetable that is highly nutritious.        zones. They grow like a cucumber with         commercially until 1990's for their          where they traditionally were pressed
            new growth. Lamb’s Quarters contain vegetable precursor to Vitamin A, beta             This one has magenta leaves. Pinch out      intriguing upright flowers, and once          pickling and jam making qualities!! It       to make oil. They are larger and better
            the highest vegetable levels of beta    carotene. They are delicious cooked at         growing tips continually and eat as         autumn comes they can be picked and left      is not amelon to eat like watermelon and     tasting than all other varieties we have
            carotene the precursor to Vitamin A.    any stage of growth and are one of the         spinach, raw or cooked. Small leaves        to dry out. Once they are dry, you can peel   a rare endangered cultivar in this land.     tried, mature in short growing season
            Continually Pick tips for long picking  most nutritious greens we can eat. It          best raw. Self seeds easily.                off the skin and shake out the seeds to use   They are super vigorous growers and          areas, and if you have a longer season
            season. Excellent cooked like spinach. grows as a weed in many places and is a                                                     as a pot scrubber, body scrubber etc.         croppers far easier than watermelons.        they just keep on producing.
                                                    great summer green.
Cucurbitaceae

            Quinoa Colorado                             Courgette Cocozelle Bush                   Cucumber Deka                               Pumpkin Butternut NZ Heritage                 Pumpkin Iron Bark                            Pumpkin Queensland Blue
            Chenopodium quinoa OS (600)                 C. pepo OS (20)                            Cucumis sativa OS (20)                      C. moschata NZ (20)                           C. maxima NZ (10)                            C. maxima OS (15)
            Colorado is a dependable favorite-          A traditional long, green skinned          An old Russian pickling cucumber. They      This is the first New Zealand heritage        One of the best remembered old               Queensland Blue is another well known
            easy to grow, beautiful, and with great     courgette but hugely productive of         are the traditional outdoor green type      butternut seed that we have had sent in       pumpkins by the very elderly gardeners       heritage, long keeping pumpkin, very
            flavor. 5-6 foot plants with multicolored   better flavoured courgettes than shop      and make excellent gherkins and pickles,    to us that has proved to be still viable.     of today. They have a rough bumpy skin       similar to Crown, with dense deep
            seedheads and tan/gold seed.                varieties. The skins are marked with       (including lactic pickles which is how      It’s a lovely small, sweet, excellent         which turns from green to grey (iron)        orange flesh but seem to grow larger,
                                                        lighter stripes and patterns and they      they were traditionally pickled). They      flavoured butternut, and it came from         when fully mature, they are round and        and with a more ribbed pattern on
                                                        are very easy to grow. Male flowers also   are also good for eating as cucumbers       Ross Stringer in Helensville. Being a         flat, and they keep very well. nd they are   the skin.
                                                        edible and delicious.                      when larger. A really hardy, thick green    very good keeper is a bonus.                  have super tough skin to get through!
                                                                                                   skinned variety and a heavy cropper.                                                      The flesh is orange, dense and sweet
                                                                                                                                                                                             with a good flavour all of their own.

            Cucumber Green Apple                      Cucumber Port Albert                         Gourd Mix                                   Pumpkin Red Kuri                              Rockmelon Amish                              Rockmelon Heritage Mix
            Cucumis sativa NZ (20)                    Cucumis sativa NZ (20)                       Lagenaria siceraria NZ (30)                 C. maxima OS (20)                             Cucumis melo OS (20)                         Cucumis melo NZ/OS (30)
            Gifted to the Koanga Institute by Mrs     Port Albert cucumbers are famous             A mix of both the large Ruka Gourds,        Excellent as an early summer pumpkin,         These Rockmelons are one of the              A mix of selected easy to grow rock
            B Wilson of Motueka years ago, this       around the Kaipara Harbour where             traditionally used to carry water and       ready to eat Jan-Feb, keep until June.        easiest to grow and one of the best          melons... Jenny Lind, a round green
            has proven to be a favourite. It is round the Abertlanders settled, also around        store food, and the Bird's Nest Gourds,     Small/medium round, beautiful shape,          tasting. The flesh is super sweet and        fleshed super sweet variety, Banana,
            with a thin, sweet green skin, is easy to Northland. (German immigrants                shaped with a narow middle and used         with bright orange skin, turning red          deep rich orange colour and flavour,         a banana shaped NZH melon from
            grow, produces prolifically and they are settled in the 1860’s). They are the best!    to create bird nests. Both require a long   when fully ripe. Great for steaming with      and being disease resistant they are         the Eastern Bay of Plenty and Ruawai
            sweet and tender to eat.                  Stubby torpedo shaped with tender            warm growing season and are super           summer veges and soup. Sweet, moist,          heavy croppers. They are round with a        areas, the classic Charantais, and
                                                      yellow skin, with small black spines.        vigorous growers.                           and full of flavour, hugely productive,       yellow heavily netted skin.                  Amish Cross.
                                                      They never go bitter, always tender, and                                                 vigorous vine. happy to grow up a fence.
                                                      produce enormous crops.

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Rockmelon Jenny Lind                        Squash Crookneck                             Squash Table Queen Acorn                   Bean Climbing Cherokee Corn Field Bean Climbing Emu                                        Bean Climbing Gila Indian
       Cucumis melo OS (20)                        C. pepo OS (10)                              C. pepo NZ (15)                            Phaseolus vulgaris OS (20)        Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)                               Phaseolus vulgaris OS (20)
       Jenny Lind is vour easiest to grow rock     A stunning looking compact, productive       These squash have been in New Zealand      Green snap, dry beans. They are              Gifted to the Koanga collection by            Climber, green snap, shellout, dry bean
       melon.It is a very sweet and juicy, small   yellow squash with roughish skin             for a long time. We were sent a very old   obviously a selection of many different      Ruth Perry of Fielding this outstanding       that has been in the Koanga Institute
       to medium round, netted, green fleshed      which turns to a wart skin after the best    packet of this seed many years ago by      bean cultivars selected to achieve           climbing green snap bean is 12 cm long,       Collection since 1986. These ancient
       melon, with a distinctive knob on the       eating stage skin. Better tasting than all   a member and it has turned out to be       maximum diversity of maturation times        round podded, very tender and juicy with      beans are a kidney shape and flat, either
       blossom end. It is an heirloom melon        other courgettes except perhaps young        quite a beauty. Small weighing 1kg and     and other qualities as a insurance policy.   an excellent delicate flavour. Takes longer   black and white or red and white, they
       from Philadelphia before 1840, named        Kamokamo. Swan necked fruit are eaten        mature early. Have a delicious texture,                                                 to begin cropping than other beans but        have always been mixed, with saddle like
       after a singer of that era!                 sautéed when very young or baked if left     sweet and nutty. They are at their best                                                 crops longer. The green pods have a           coloured patches. They are great eaten as
                                                   until larger and the skin is harder.         when still dark green.                                                                  beautiful purple blush when in the sun.       you would dried beans.

       Squash Zimbabwe                             Watermelon Od’ham Yellow Meated Watermelon Souters                                      Bean Climbing Good Mother Stallard Bean Climbing Henry’s Yellow                            Bean Climbing Holy
       C. pepo NZ (20)                             Citrullus lanatus OS (15)                 Citrullus lanatus NZ (15)                     Phaseolus vulgaris OS (20)              Butter (aka: Yellow Pole)                          Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)
       Very similar to Zambesi Gem, but            Unless you’re in a very special area      A super rare NZH melon that may have          Ancient bean from the Mid-western       Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)                         Shellout, dry beans. We received these
       their skins do not turn orange, they        watermelons are hard to grow because originally come from the Souters family            United States. A large oval seed with   Yellow snap bean. From the Henry                   beans with a picture of a monstrance
       stay green. These small (large orange       we have short seasons and not a lot       who were well known gardeners around          maroon and white colourings. A very     Harrington collection in southland,                on them in 2014 from Anne Handley of
       size) round pumpkins came with our          of heat. This is one that we selected     the Tokomaru Bay area East Cape. It is        productive, drought-resistant variety.  this is one of our surprise finds from             Omaka Wanganui and a story to go with
       ancestors on the early ships, and were      because it was reliable in our difficult  round with light green skin that goes         Wonderful rich meaty flavour, great for the bean trials we’ve done. It has been            them. They have been in New Zealand
       picked up in South Africa on the way        conditions. It is a small round melon     lighter when ripe with a light red flesh,     soups and chillis.                      a consistent winner, in terms of looks,            a long time but came originally from
                                                   with yellow flesh and is a sweet reliable and very black seeds. They have excellent                                             taste, size of crop and length of harvest!
       around the Cape! They are sweet, but                                                                                                                                                                                           France. Read their amazing story on our
                                                   cropper, all the way from the Od’ham flavour however are at their best when                                                     It is a yellow, wide, flat podded bean,
       moist and nutty, and well worth trying.                                                                                                                                                                                        website. Outstanding crops and flavour.
                                                   Indian tribe in the USA.                  picked and stored for up to 3 months.                                                 about 30 cm long with excellent flavour!
Fabaceae

       Watermelon Sweet Siberian                   Bean Climbing America                        Bean Climbing Blue Lake                    Bean Climbing Market Wonder                  Bean Climbing Norridgewok Pean                Bean Climbing NZ Heritage Rainbow Mix
       Citrullus lanatus OS (15)                   Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)                   Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)                 Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)                   Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)                    Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)
       Medium sized, round melon. Apricot          Green snap, beans gifted by Helen Van        Sent to us originally by Shane Caley,      Green snap, vigorous climber, it has a       Green snap, shellout or dry. Gifted           A mix of our favourite climbing ‘snap’
       coloured flesh, full-bodied, good           Ash. These beans are really stunning,        these green snap beans produce             huge crop of stringless and hairless beans   to us by Mary Vinnicombe of New               beans, with varying flowering and
       flavour, and sweet. An excellent            huge flat wide green beans with a fine       straight stringless dark green beans       over a very long period. It can be picked    Plymouth who knew them as Peans,              maturing times. Includes the super sweet,
       Heirloom melon that grows in                purple spotty covering where they are        in bunches. They are excellent for         over 3 months if you have made sure          and describes as a medium growing             fat, juicy, rare Dalmatian bean (light
       marginal melon growing seasons and          in the sun. They are really good tasting     freezing. The pods are round tender        they have good soil and water. If you’re     bean/pea, with small white flowers.           green with dark purple streaks), the wide
       places because it’s a short season, cold    beans as well, they will become a hit.       and meaty and 15-18 cm long. The           looking for an old bean that you can crop    Pods are thickened pea-shaped. The            green podded America bean (which has
       climate cultivar.                           They crop over a very long period and        plants are vigorous and yield heavily.     for CSA’S, farmers markets and the like      beans are beautiful maroon and white          purple streaks in the sun), Purple Pod,
                                                   are the first and last to crop.                                                         this would be a good one for you to chose.   when first matured.                           Emu, Blue Lake and Market Wonder.

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Bean Climbing Polish                         Bean Dwarf Bobica                               Bean Dwarf Fred’s (aka: Tiger)                edible lupin Tarwi                            Pea Amish Snap                                 Pea Giant Alderman
Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)                   Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)                      Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)                    Lupinus mutabilis OS (20)                     Pisum sativum OS (20)                          Pisum sativum NZ (20)
Gifted to our collection recently this is    These dwarf, green snap were gifted by          Sent to us by Chris Piper who saved the       A large white seeded flat edible lupin        Superb snap pea reportedly grown in            Traditional Heirloom shellout
an outstanding shellout and drie bean.       John and Maregaret Sumich, of Forrest           seed that his father grew in christchurch     known in South America as Tarwi,              the Amish community long before                pea, gifted to us by John Lambly of
The beans are super large at shellout        Hill. This bean came with the Dalmatian         since the 1960s. Far more hardy than          where it is a staple food crop, grows         present snap pea types. Vines grow 5-6'        Whangarei. Each pod contains 8-10
stage and still large as dried beans. the    gum diggers to the Northern Gumfields           modern dwarf beans so can be planted          best when planted in Spring, makes            tall and are covered in 2" translucent         very large dark green peas. Vines
lrgest I’ve ever seen and the crops are      in the 1800s. It is an excellent green bean     earlier and later. Stunning dwarf, green      excellent humus!                              green pods. Yields over a 6-week period        grow to almost 2 metres. Does well in
huge. They are a tan bean with dark          with yellow flowers which produces              snap bean, flat green with a curly tail and                                                 if kept picked. Delicate and sweet even        Northland unlike most other shellout
brown stripes similar to Bob’s bean but      numerous thin pointy tasty beans. The           lots of purple streaks on the pods. They                                                    when the seeds develop.                        peas. Large leaves and white flowers,
far larger. taste and texture is excellent   name is pronounced ‘Bobitza’.                   are very tasty, but must be eaten when                                                                                                     large pods and peas.
                                                                                             young to avoid the strings and toughness.

Bean Dwarf Henry's Dwarf Butterbean Bean Dwarf Kaiapoi Pink Seeded Bush Bean Dwarf Mother In Law                                           Pea Picton Sno                                 Pea Southland Sno                             Pea Whero
Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (25)          (aka: The Prince, Canadian Wonder)  (aka: Sianic, Haricot Dry Dwarf)                                   Pisum sativum NZ (20)                          Pisum sativum NZ (20)                         Pisum sativum NZ (20)
From the Henry Harrington           Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (20)          Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (30)                                         This seed was gifted to us by Lois Askew, a Gifted to the Institute from the Henry           Dwarf, dry, small almost round with
Collection, this is a very old fashioned     Dwarf, green snap bean, all time favourite      A true French haricot bean, preferring        Picton member in 1997,and has proved to Harrington Collection; a heritage pea                khaki colour, grown to be eaten as dry
yellow dwarf butterbean. Great flavour       in the past in this land. It has come to us     dry summers and light soils it produces       be an excellent variety. It is a very old line of our Southern ancestors. This is low        peas for soups stews, or humus type
but they must be picked when young           from several sources, with different names.     excellent crops of small white seeds          with amazing round spotty purple seeds, growing pea to 1m that has purple                    dishes, great when sown with oats
and tender and delicious, or they go         We are going with Kaiapoi Pink Seeded,          that make oustanding baked beans!             bi-colour purple flowers and produces          flowers and produces prolific quantities      or grains in winter carbon crops as
hard and stringy!                            for our name. It is a green, flattish, very                                                   really sweet prolific crops of fat Sno peas. of flattish pods with round seed bumps,         nitrogen source.
                                             hardy, with good flavour great early and late                                                 Grows all year round in Christchurch           harvested over a very long period. They
                                             season bean in long growing season areas                                                      apparently. Plants can grow over 1.2m.         are at their best in a stir fry or we enjoy
                                             and main crop in short season areas.                                                                                                         them in a Thai Green curry soup!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Grammineae
Bean Dwarf Perfect Stringless            Bean Dwarf Sinton (aka: Hutterite Broadbean Scottish                                              barley Black Hulless                          barley Hulless Milmore                         Corn Early Gem
Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (10)               Soup, Ireland Creek Annie’s, Arikara Vicia faba NZ (20)                                           Hordeum vulgare OS (300 enough to             Hordeum vulgare NZ (200 enough to              Zea mays NZ (50)
A dwarf green snap bean that came        Yellow) Phaseolus vulgaris NZ (15)     This bean came to the Koanga                               plant 3 sq m biointensive bed)                plant 2 sq m at .1 diagonal spacings)          An excellent short season sweet corn
to New Zealand with the Dutch            Green, dry beans aka Hutterite Soup    Collection from Jack Watts of                              Black seeded hulless barley. It is a great    This barley has been grown for many            variety with good flavour that we've
immigrants, and to our collection from Bean, Ireland Creek Annie’s, Arikara     Waimate, Southland, who said it came                       cultivar for home gardeners to grow           years in this land at Milmore Downs            been growing for over 20 years. It is
Dr Denis Hannah of Mangere. They are Yellow. They are a kidney shaped mustard to New Zealand with the Scottish                             for eating as a grain, and is an excellent    a Biodynamic farm where they pay               being selected to grow in marginal
excellent tasty little stringless beans, yellow colour with a dark brown patch  settlers in 1863. It is a very good                        carbon crop as well                           particular attention to seed qualitry          areas, so can be used as a main crop for
and prolific croppers, however they do around the eye where they were attatched cropper, and taster, and stays green                                                                     and breeding. It has been selected as an       those in short season climates.
not do well in the rain when cropping, to the pod.Traditionally known as a soup when cooked. A top variety that grows                                                                    Autumn planted barley that has excellent
dry summers and light soils are best.    bean, but also a great green bean.     all over New Zealand.                                                                                    eating quality.

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