CURRENT PROJECTS...
Regenerating natural environments
We have several permaculture projects underway at Hidden Valley Farm. Learn about them here:
HUGLEKULTUR
Garden beds incorporate a design called huglekultur that involve digging down into the soil to form trenches that are filled with logs, cardboard, organic waste, manure to make a highly productive organic garden beds.
AQUACULTURE
Rain water catchment combined with harvested water is used in the ponds to produce tilapia for the kitchen and then nutrient rich run off from these ponds is used to water our small coffee plantation and raised garden beds.
Rain water is collected from the roofs of the hotel buildings and channeled to a waterway that provides a habitat for amphibians and fish. Passing through a natural filtration sysetem the water is used for growing organic produce for our farm to table restaurant.
RAIN WATER CATCHMENT
Our grey water management project collects the used water from our showers, sinks, laundry, and kitchens.
A series of bio-filtration beds allow the water to enter back into the natural environment enriched.
GREY WATER
DIRT LAB
Organic waste produced by the hotel is taken to our DIRT LAB where we cultivate microorganisms harvested from the forest to produce live organic soil for our gardens.