Berry & soft fruitbeginner
Raspberry alley guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for raspberry alley guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: raspberry · Temperate, Cool temperate
Guilds are working plant teams — not Pinterest collages
A guild is a small set of plants with jobs: fruit, nitrogen, mulch, groundcover, moisture niche. Pick the guild that matches your climate honesty first.
Warm Bay of Plenty avocado and banana ideas do not copy-paste onto a frosty inland terrace — start with feijoa, citrus and fertility strips if that is your reality. Plan with the free grower tools hub, then deepen with guides and design patterns.
All guilds
Berry & soft fruitbeginner
Strawberry groundcover under fruit guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for strawberry groundcover under fruit guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: strawberry · Temperate, Cool temperate
Biomass & wateradvanced
Banana circle guild
A moisture-focused planting pattern using banana as the biomass engine, with taro, comfrey and groundcovers in a circular or horseshoe moist hollow.
Central: banana · Subtropical
Biomass & waterintermediate
Jerusalem artichoke screen caution guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for jerusalem artichoke screen caution guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: jerusalem artichoke · Temperate, Cool temperate
Biomass & waterintermediate
Kumara warm ground guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for kumara warm ground guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: kumara · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Biomass & waterbeginner
Yacon biomass guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for yacon biomass guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: yacon · Warm temperate, Temperate
Boundaries & edgesintermediate
Choko expanded guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for choko expanded guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: choko · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Boundaries & edgesbeginner
Feijoa boundary guild
A productive, relatively tough boundary planting using feijoa as the structural fruiting hedge, supported by tagasaste nurse elements and understorey mulch plants.
Central: feijoa · Warm temperate, Temperate, Cool temperate
Boundaries & edgesbeginner
Grape vine patio guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for grape vine patio guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: grape · Warm temperate, Temperate
Boundaries & edgesintermediate
Hops structural guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for hops structural guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: hops · Temperate, Cool temperate
Boundaries & edgesadvanced
Kiwi vine structure guild
Hayward-type kiwi on a proper pergola or T-bar with comfrey, chives and nasturtium beneath — male pollination and frost timing treated as design requirements, not footnotes.
Central: kiwi · Warm temperate, Temperate, Subtropical
Boundaries & edgesintermediate
Mulberry chook edge guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for mulberry chook edge guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: mulberry · Warm temperate, Temperate
Boundaries & edgesintermediate
Olive and herb Mediterranean-edge guild
Olive with oregano, chives, yarrow and nasturtium on free-draining sunny edges — for districts where olives already crop, not for wet frost hollows.
Central: olive · Warm temperate, Temperate
Boundaries & edgesintermediate
Passionfruit fence guild
A warm-edge climber guild using passionfruit on a sturdy fence with comfrey, nasturtium, oregano and optional lemon on the leeward side.
Central: passionfruit · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Boundaries & edgesintermediate
Pomegranate mediterranean guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for pomegranate mediterranean guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: pomegranate · Warm temperate, Temperate
Boundaries & edgesbeginner
Runner bean nitrogen fence guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for runner bean nitrogen fence guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: runner bean · Temperate, Cool temperate
Citrusbeginner
Citrus support guild
A compact support planting for lemon and mandarin focusing on mulch plants, living groundcover and light nitrogen support in sheltered warm gardens.
Central: lemon, mandarin · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Citrusbeginner
Lemon lime polyculture guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for lemon lime polyculture guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: lemon, lime · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Citrusbeginner
Mandarin suburban guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for mandarin suburban guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: mandarin · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Citrusintermediate
Yuzu specialty guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for yuzu specialty guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: yuzu · Warm temperate, Temperate
School & communitybeginner
Community shared harvest guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for community shared harvest guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: feijoa, apple · Warm temperate, Temperate, Cool temperate
Cool-climatebeginner
Blackcurrant cool guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for blackcurrant cool guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: blackcurrant · Temperate, Cool temperate, Frost-prone
Cool-climateadvanced
Cherry bird-pressure guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for cherry bird-pressure guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: cherry · Temperate, Cool temperate
Cool-climateintermediate
Oca mashua cool roots guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for oca mashua cool roots guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: oca, mashua · Temperate, Cool temperate
Fertility & mulchintermediate
Asparagus perennial strip guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for asparagus perennial strip guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: asparagus · Temperate, Cool temperate
Fertility & mulchbeginner
Comfrey fertility strip
A working chop-and-drop edge of comfrey with nasturtium cover — on-site mulch and mineral cycling without pretending comfrey is a fruit crop.
Central: comfrey · Subtropical, Warm temperate, Temperate, Cool temperate
Fertility & mulchbeginner
Rhubarb fertility edge guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for rhubarb fertility edge guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: rhubarb · Temperate, Cool temperate
Fruit canopyadvanced
Almond warm dry guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for almond warm dry guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: almond · Warm temperate, Temperate
Fruit canopyadvanced
Chestnut temperate guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for chestnut temperate guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: chestnut · Temperate, Cool temperate
Fruit canopyintermediate
Hazelnut temperate canopy guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for hazelnut temperate canopy guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: hazelnut · Temperate, Cool temperate
Fruit canopyadvanced
Macadamia understorey guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for macadamia understorey guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: macadamia · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Fruit canopyadvanced
Macadamia warm canopy guild
A long-game warm-climate canopy guild around macadamia with pigeon pea, comfrey, lemongrass and nasturtium — for frost-sheltered northern sites with patience.
Central: macadamia · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Fruit canopyintermediate
Subtropical avocado guild
A layered planting around avocado that builds fertility, covers soil and softens microclimate using pigeon pea, comfrey, taro, nasturtium and flowering herbs.
Central: avocado · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Fruit canopyadvanced
Walnut careful allelopathy guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for walnut careful allelopathy guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: walnut · Temperate, Cool temperate
Suburban mixedbeginner
Apple herbaceous understorey guild
A temperate apple-centred planting with comfrey, chives, yarrow, oregano and strawberry — fertility and insectary without choking the root collar.
Central: apple · Temperate, Cool temperate, Warm temperate
Suburban mixedintermediate
Blueberry acidic pocket guild
A dedicated acidic bed for blueberry with white clover edges, strawberry in light gaps and pine-needle or acidic mulch practice — not a whole-forest pH fantasy.
Central: blueberry · Temperate, Cool temperate, Warm temperate
Suburban mixedintermediate
Fig herb courtyard guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for fig herb courtyard guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: fig · Warm temperate, Temperate
Suburban mixedintermediate
Peach short-life intensive guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for peach short-life intensive guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: peach · Warm temperate, Temperate
Suburban mixedbeginner
Pear understorey guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for pear understorey guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: pear · Temperate, Cool temperate
Suburban mixedbeginner
Persimmon and plum cool-temperate guild
A temperate fruiting spine of persimmon and plum with comfrey, yarrow, nasturtium and white clover — built for frost honesty rather than subtropical wishful thinking.
Central: persimmon, plum · Temperate, Cool temperate, Warm temperate
Suburban mixedbeginner
Suburban mixed fruit guild
A realistic home-section combination of feijoa and citrus with comfrey and nasturtium — productive layers without forcing a subtropical canopy onto a frosty lawn.
Central: feijoa, lemon · Subtropical, Warm temperate, Temperate
Moist nichesintermediate
Banana taro expanded moist guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for banana taro expanded moist guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: banana, taro · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Moist nichesadvanced
Taro moist niche guild
A small damp-pocket planting of taro with banana or avocado shade where climate allows, plus comfrey and nasturtium on the drier rim — moisture without drowning canopy trees.
Central: taro · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Nurse & shelterbeginner
Harakeke shelter edge native guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for harakeke shelter edge native guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: harakeke · Warm temperate, Temperate, Cool temperate
Nurse & shelterintermediate
Manuka kanuka nurse guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for manuka kanuka nurse guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: manuka, kanuka · Temperate, Cool temperate
Nurse & shelterintermediate
Pigeon pea nurse guild
A warm-climate temporary nitrogen and biomass guild using pigeon pea to nurse avocado, citrus or banana plantings — then chopped back as canopies fill.
Central: pigeon pea · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Nurse & shelterintermediate
Tagasaste nurse guild
A temporary nitrogen and shelter planting using tagasaste to nurse young fruit trees and hedges — with a written plan to reduce it before it owns the site.
Central: tagasaste · Warm temperate, Temperate, Cool temperate
Subtropical edgeintermediate
Guava warm shrub guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for guava warm shrub guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: guava · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Subtropical edgebeginner
Loquat warm edge guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for loquat warm edge guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: loquat · Subtropical, Warm temperate
Subtropical edgeintermediate
Tamarillo nurse pocket guild
A New Zealand food-forest guild for tamarillo nurse pocket guild, balancing harvest, shelter, soil cover, water, and realistic maintenance.
Central: tamarillo · Subtropical, Warm temperate