Purple Pear Farm

A small scale Biodynamic Permaculture farm – using sustainable and regenerative agriculture practices.

Founded in 2002

Run by Mark Brown and Kate Beveridge, Purple Pear Farm, Education Centre and Biodynamic farm offers learning opportunities based on 20+ years of experience in teaching, farming, sustainability, permaculture, biodynamics and community building.

Today, Purple Pear Farm is a flourishing, productive farm and education centre with mandala gardens, forest foods and established permaculture, along with biodynamic and organic farming practices.

There are several individual, farm based enterprises offering services and activities. Select “LEARN MORE” under the enterprise below.

Purple Pear Harvest

Purple Pear Harvest offers a traditional CSA membership, for which you pay up-front each season for the best value, as well as an alternative week-to-week subscription option and the flexible option to buy individual boxes without the locked-in commitment.

Purple Pear Education

We aim to foster a nurturing environment that equips children and adults alike with the tools and resources necessary to critically think. Our aim is to build self awareness, self reliance and self-responsibility within a natural learning environment.

Group Farm Tours

School groups, permaculture groups and TAFE outreach classes are some of the groups that visit regularly for a Farm Tour or for a specific study topic.

We welcome and encourage groups to visit, as the farm is intended to be a demonstration site where people of all ages and skills can learn.

Acacia Play

Acacia Play provides a safe and nurturing space for children and their carers to come together to play, learn, and grow with a close connection to the outdoors and nature. The sessions held at Purple Pear Farm provide the children with the opportunity to interact with farm animals whilst being provided with a beautiful space for imaginative free play and time to explore and create.

We do food!

Our goal is to show how permaculture, biodynamics and organic principles work equally well on apartment balconies, in backyards and on farms such as this.

The farm is a working farm with facilities to cater for groups in a hands-on and supported learning environment.

Our passion is for supplying nutritious food grown using Organic/Biodymanic sustainable and regenerative land practices.

We look forward to welcoming you on the farm soon.

WHAT'S ON AT PURPLE PEAR FARM

We encourage group bookings so get your group together and let us know what it is you would like from us. To see what courses have been added go the Eventbrite page via the link below or you may wish to subscribe to our events page on Facebook or follow us on Eventbrite.

TESTIMONIALS

We enjoyed a wonderful morning at the farm today. My almost 2year old was in her element! A wonderful set up and connection to land. Highly recommend!

Had a wonderfully educational morning on the Farm Tour. Kate was very generous with her time & knowledge, and I feel like I learned a lot in a short time. Watching their kelpie round up the geese, and then joining in with the tour group to move the temporary chook enclosure to a new garden bed, were delightful highlights.

What a great experience. A chance to feed and pat the animals, hear about growing vegetables and experiencing a sustainable farm. Thanks, Kate for a chance to be involved in the “mums (grandma) and bubs” session.

I highly recommend Purple Pear Farm as a permaculture place of inspiration, life changing experiences & natural wisdom

Wonderful people, wonderful farm, with Permaculture in action.

One of the best farms in Australia!!! Fantastic combination of permaculture design and biodynamics! The most fascinating about it are the owners - Kate and Mark. Me and my partner will always be grateful for the shared space, the learning opportunities and the empowering experience given by the place and people of Purple Pear Farm! Thank you and keep being that gorgeous! :))