Food Forest

Food Forest is a garden in Waimakariri District, Canterbury. Food Forest is situated near St Bartholomew’s Church, as well as near the motorhome stopover Kaiapoi NZMCA Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Bartholomew’s Church and Kaiapoi Memorial Reserve.

St Bartholomew’s Church

Church

Photo: Kiwi05, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Bartholomew’s Church is situated 150 metres west of Food Forest.

Kaiapoi Memorial Reserve

Park

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kaiapoi Memorial Reserve is a park, which is situated 530 metres west of Food Forest.

Kaiapoi High School is a state co-educational secondary school located in Kaiapoi, in the Waimakariri District of New Zealand's South Island. The school serves 1,059 students from Years 9 to 13 as of July 2026. Kaiapoi High School is situated 1½ km southwest of Food Forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaiapoi and Kainga.

Kaiapoi

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kaiapoi is a town just north of Christchurch on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It lies 17 km from central Christchurch, and north of the Waimakariri River. The town is a separate community, but also a commuter suburb of its city neighbour.

Kainga

Village

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kainga is a settlement on the southern bank of the Waimakariri River, just north of Christchurch, in Canterbury, New Zealand. It lies immediately to the south of Kaiapoi, on a small road leading northeast from State Highway 1. Kainga is situated 3 km south of Food Forest.

The Pines Beach

Village

Photo: Gavin Treadgold, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Pines Beach is a small town situated roughly 4 kilometres east of Kaiapoi in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is 1 km north of the mouth of the Waimakariri River. The Pines Beach is situated 3½ km east of Food Forest.

Food Forest

Type: Garden
Category: recreation area
Location: Waimakariri District, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.3818° or 43° 22′ 55″ south

Longitude

172.66302° or 172° 39′ 47″ east

Open location code

4V8JJM97+76

OpenStreetMap ID

way 898313190

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=garden

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kaiapoi NZMCA Park and Gray Crescent Reserve.

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