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A stripped back hillside collection of several yurts and a tee-pee make up Okuti Garden Eco-Stay. Back-to-basics summer bliss is woven together by a series of organic gardens and planted spaces designed for deeper and slower breathing. In a word, it’s peaceful.
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The Yurt. A simple arrangement that quickly reconfigures as a mush of sleeping bags, clothes strewn, hot water bottles and torches kept handy for night time reading.
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The donkeys arrived by surprise, left to the Okuti Garden in the will of a nearby elderly neighbour. Now they’re a feature of the place and a part of the daily soundtrack, always grateful of the odd apple that comes their way and answers their call.
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Mornings start early without light blocking curtains, and so a pillow provides an alternative blackout.
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Feet can play piano too. At 8am in the morning, it was reasonable to receive a complaint.
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Time stands still as almost every space within the retreat is carved out for the reader to lose themselves in a good book.
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In a larger gathering tent is an aged soccer table. Its munted workings of little significance to a nearly four year old intent on winning the final.
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The numerous yurts at the eco-retreat offer-up a canvas of light and dark, dancing as the sun cycles overhead.
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The Lion in the Meadow followed by an afternoon sleep. Golden.
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Great pictures, great memories of your holiday, well done David
I really enjoyed this, the photos and statements are really interesting. You can imagine being there yourself.
Thank you
I love these photos. In the 16 years that we’ve lived here at Okuti Garden we’ve taken a lot of photos and often struggled to get anything we’re really happy with. But you really know how to use a camera. That’s clear. Thanks so much for posting these.
Thanks Jim, What you’ve both created is amazing, so it’s pretty easy to be there and be inspired!