O L I V I A D A Y

Welcome…

Imagine entering a space that is warm, inviting, cozy, with lots of herbs and dried flowers in jars, a pantry well stocked with preserves, a fire in the colder months cracking in the hearth and a large wooden kitchen table filled with food from the garden in the warmer months.

We sit and drink tea. Eat and talk and feel nourished in being together online. Or we might sit outside and watch the rain come down. Or we go foraging for whatever is in seasons - elder berries, blackberries, nettle, chamomile. There are books and quilts, linen and vintage bowls.

Talking, supporting, tending throughout the seasons.

There is no hurry. It is a calm and heart/home focussed place to visit where we put our hands in the soil, listen to the birds and connect back to ourselves at the same time.

After years of coaching women in business, I've found myself drawn back to something more fundamental - the old ways of living that sustained our grandmothers and their communities. This transition isn't just personal; it's essential.

In learning to live with the rhythms of the seasons, to grow and preserve our own food, to create with our hands, we're not just nurturing ourselves - we're rebuilding the foundation of strong, self-reliant communities. These are the skills that will carry us forward, that will help our villages and neighbourhoods thrive no matter what challenges lie ahead.

This is a place for our future - one where we remember how to tend, how to make, how to connect, and how to live in a deeper relationship with our whenua, ourselves and our communities.

If you're feeling this same call back to slower, more intentional ways of living, or if you're curious about building resilience in your own life and community, I'd love to connect with you.