Regenerative Zone Design
From Permaculture Zones to Productive Landscape
Six interconnected zones designed around natural water flow, sun exposure, and land contour
Contour & Keyline Analysis
Reading the Land - Elevation, Water Flow & Slope
75m-89m elevation • 3.3% south-facing grade • Water flows north → south • Grid 20×6
Technical Zone Map
Every Feature Placed by Elevation, Water Flow & Sun Exposure
10 accommodation units across 2 phases • Keyline water management • 3.3% south-facing slope
Zone 0
Operational Hub
What Exists
- Renovated residence + 2 staff trailers
- 10+ mature fruit trees (apple, pear, plum)
- Chicken coop, duck house - 30 chickens, 20+ ducks
- 2 livestock guardian dogs
What It Becomes
- Commercial food processing hub
- Farm-gate retail + cold storage
- Visitor parking (20+ vehicles)
Zone 1
Intensive Production
What Exists
- Established garden area with raised beds
- Scattered fruit trees throughout
- Sheep barn in good condition (currently empty)
What It Becomes
- 0.5-acre market garden (24 raised beds)
- Herb spiral + production greenhouse
- Apiary, composting system, livestock integration
Zone 2
Guest Experience Heart
What Exists
- Mobile tiny home on-site
- Open flat area with south-facing views
- Existing fruit trees and garden beds
What It Becomes
- Primary accommodation area - 6 luxury geodesic domes (Phase 1)
- Integrated farm experience - espalier corridors, food forest, herb gardens between units
- Communal gathering - fire pit, outdoor dining, farm-to-table event space
Accommodation Options
Non-permanent luxury units - all relocatable, fully ALR compliant
Signature Experience
Creekside Fire Feasts
- Open-fire cooking station by Dunlop Creek — smoking racks, cast iron, live coals
- Long-table dinners for 20–40 guests under string lights
- Everything on the table grown, foraged, or raised on-site
- Seasonal rotating menus — spring lamb, summer harvest, fall mushroom, winter root
- Up to 10 events per year (ALC compliant)
Fire, food, water, community.
This is the experience guests tell everyone about.
Heritage Grain
The Paths Are the Crop
- Red Fife wheat — Canada’s original heritage wheat
- Rye — thrives in BC wet conditions, green all winter
- Emmer & Buckwheat — pollinator magnets, stunning display
- Walk through shoulder-high golden corridors to reach your dome
- Stone mill in Food Hub → flour milled fresh for guest breakfasts
- 4-year rotation — the property never looks the same twice
0.5–1 acre = 500–1,000 lbs grain/year
Farm dinners, guest breakfasts, farm gate sales
Signature Feature
Greenhouse &
Natural Pool
- Sited at ravine lip (80m elevation) for thermal flywheel effect
- Passive solar design extends growing season 3-4 weeks each end
- Citrus, tropical plants, year-round food production
- Natural swimming pool - year-round guest amenity no competitor offers
Phase 3 Investment:
$351K
Zone 3
South of Creek
Wild Luxury
- 2–4 additional accommodation units (Phase 2)
- Syntropic agroforestry lanes — productive food forest corridors
- Dunlop Creek corridor restoration for habitat and cooling
- Most secluded guest experience on the entire property
Where the farm meets the forest. Guests experience total immersion in nature, steps from productive land.
Zone 4
Mushroom Forest
- Shiitake ($15–30/lb), lion’s mane ($20–40/lb), oyster mushrooms
- 500+ inoculated logs in managed forest understory
- Shade-grown wasabi ($200–300/lb) — premium niche crop
- Agritourism trails and guided foraging experiences
Forest-edge ecotone: the most biologically productive zone, requiring almost no irrigation.
