HPP Forest
This 1-acre food forest will provide all the dietary needs of a small family.
The mission: We want to offer everyone the opportunity to grow their own food at home.
Growing a forest garden at home is one of the most powerfully beneficial things someone can do for their family, community and the world. Despite all the uncertainty we face in a modern society, building a sustainable, holistic, and abundant landscape is an obvious step towards a brighter future.
Natural Abundance provides a range of individualized services to meet the specific needs of each customer. You don’t need to be a skilled gardener to reap the enormous benefits of a food forest. Our goal is for people on the Big Island to grow their own food, so we offer our holistic design approach to ensure that the dream of a sustainable and abundant future becomes a reality. Wether it's an afternoon workshop or a complete food forest installation, our offerings are for anyone wishing to improve their relationship to plants.
The time for empty talk is through. Now we must take decisive action to build a better future for our children.
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Method
Holistic approach to helping homeowners by offering a wide range of services, depending on individual need
Audience
Homeowners on Big Island that want to grow their own food at home.
Goal
To provide the knowledge and expertise necessary to allow any homeowner to grow their own forest garden.
Goal
To provide the knowledge and expertise necessary to allow any homeowner to grow their own forest garden.
Audience
Homeowners on Big Island that want to grow their own food at home.
Method
Holistic approach to helping homeowners by offering a wide range of services, depending on individual need
Our Impact in Numbers
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This is us
The name Natural Abundance comes from the belief that the abundance and prosperity of our physical reality pours over from the natural unfoldment of live. The plants are so generous in their giving! Our job as humas is to facilitate and encourage that proliferation. Our guiding star always comes back to the knowledge and wisdom given to us by the plants. As best we can, we strive to act as a voice for the plant kingdom.
Erik DeGunther
Founder
Erik has always made a habit of following his authentic curiosity. This led him to pursue a B.S. in Zoology from UCSB, and then earn his massage and Yoga certifications. Then after working at a luxury spa in Santa Barbara during covid, he transformed his life to be entirely centered around the inspiration of Natural Abundance by moving onto a farm on the Hamakua Coast.
Ever since discovering his love of plants in college, Erik's life has been dedicated to making the world a more beautiful place through caretaking nature in its many forms. After grappling with the existential uncertainty that we all feel in our early twenties, he has become perfectly clear that his purpose in this life is to facilitate the proliferation of abundance from the natural world. Whether that is done at the farm he currently caretakes in Papaikou, at local community events, or your home garden, Erik will always do his best to stay present in listening to the guidance from nature.
In the heart of what was once an empty red cinder lot, we've embarked on a remarkable journey to create a 1-acre food forest, a thriving paradise designed to fulfill the dietary needs of a small family committed to a raw vegan lifestyle. This project goes beyond conventional landscaping. Instead of a unproductive, resource-intensive lawn, we're cultivating a vibrant ecosystem of fruit trees that will soon canopy the area, providing an abundance of delicious tropical fruits.
But the innovation doesn't stop there. To replace the traditional lawn, we're introducing a ground cover system with a twist—perennial peanut, a resilient no-mow alternative. Over time, this space will be transformed into an enchanting landscape where nature's abundance and sustainability take center stage, offering a glimpse into a greener and more harmonious future. Best of all, this end vision will be incredibly low maintenance, allowing the family to focus on enjoying the fruits of this self-sustaining paradise.
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