Creating a resilient and abundant homestead or backyard farm doesn't have to mean years of education, acres of land, trial and error, or expensive investments that don't deliver...
That was the old way. Let me show you the new way.
If you're reading this page, then I'm guessing you dream about at least one of these things...
✅ To deepen your connection with nature, living in harmony with the seasons and your environment.
✅ To grow abundant produce, with plants resilient to pests and disease, that can cope with natural stressors like drought.
✅ To become self-sufficient, confidently producing your own food and reducing your reliance on grocery stores or inflated prices.
✅ To enjoy abundant, healthy, and nutrient dense produce that truly nourishes your family, free from harmful chemicals.
✅ To maximise the productivity of your space, whether it's a small backyard or a larger property.
It used to be that in order to get those outcomes you needed to have inherited a farm and have multi-generational farming knowledge, or have to invest a ton of time and resources into building that knowledge yourself.
But the new way is much simpler than that. The new way is a guided, step-by-step approach with homestead design experts at your fingertips.
Homesteaders and aspiring backyard farmers today, can grow their own food, become self-sufficient, feed their families in a toxic free environment and reconnect to a simpler way of living by getting personalised support to co-create a resilient and abundant homestead or backyard, tailored to your unique conditions.
Through hands-on workshops, expert mentorship, and a proven methodology - you’ll design, implement and transform your property into a thriving, self-sufficient ecosystem—quickly, confidently, and with lasting results.
Introducing...
Whether you're starting your first veggie bed, or looking to optimise your established homestead - together, we will show you how to 10x the productivity of your homestead or backyard farm with our personalised step-by-step strategy.
Picture This!
- Imagine strolling through your flourishing backyard farm or homestead, where you’re picking fresh fruit straight from the trees. You'll move from feeling lost and overwhelmed to having a clear, actionable plan that guides you through each season, ensuring your land produces healthy, nutrient dense food for your family with ease.
- Move beyond merely surviving to creating a flourishing, resilient homestead that provides for your family and reconnects you to a simpler, slower life in tune with nature’s rhythms. Your land will become a sanctuary of health and sustainability, reflecting your deepest values and long-term goals.
We see these homesteading challenges come up all the time:
- You've spent hours of your valuable time doing research online, only to come out feeling more confused than before you started - because everyone has a different opinion. How are you meant to know what is best for your specific situation?
- In your excitement to get things going, you've implemented a huge project, like planting a ton of trees or creating a big veggie garden, only to realise you can't cope with the maintenance and management it requires.
- Or even worse, you've realised that project has a fundamental flaw and needs major reworking - like it's in the wrong place and it just doesn't work.
It's normal for homesteads and backyard farms to have a certain number of not-so-great outcomes. It's part of the learning curve, experimentation and creativity. But we really want to minimise unnecessary hard lessons and costly mistakes as much as possible. We want our big decisions and projects to be clearly thought out, with a solid strategy behind them - leaving you to play with and test fun ideas, knowing that the core of your homesteading foundation is solid.
So let's have a look at how this new guided co-creation works...
Step 1
Goal Setting Guide
Let's create a highly personalised vision for your homestead, so that you never have to waste time researching things that don't work for you ever again.
You get:
- A 30 minute welcome call to make sure you know exactly how to get started with the Goal Setting and Land Observation Guide.
- A comprehensive step-by-step guide on how to define your goals and the vision for your homestead or backyard farm.
- Learn how to create a lasting vision
- Unpack your goals and create a personalised strategy easily
- Including instructional videos and tutorials as well as practical workbooks and supporting spreadsheets
Value $97
Step 2
Observation Guide
Don't waste time with expensive land surveyors or consultants. With this observation guide, we will show you exactly how to gain an intimate understanding of your property.
You get:
- A comprehensive step-by-step guide on how to observe and analyse your property efficiently - whether its a backyard garden or larger farm
- Learn how to assess the health of your land with the four ecosystem lenses method
- Understand how water moves on your land so that you optimise water capture, storage and infiltration
- Learn how to assess your soil so that you can make the most effective soil enhancements possible
- How to get a land (topographical) survey for free
- Including instructional videos and tutorials as well as practical workbooks and supporting spreadsheets
Value $197
Step 3
Personalised Planning and Strategy Workshops
This is where the magic starts happening. We use your personal goal setting, and your land observations to come up with a strategy for your homestead or backyard farm that is unique and specific to your situation. This uniqueness is what begins to create something truly special and resilient.
You get:
Direct access to us, in 2x 90 minute 1:1 online sessions to take your research and turn it into a practical and clear strategy for your homestead or backyard farm.
Develop your personal strategy for the following, including but not limited to;
- Water retention
- Water harvesting and storage
- Grey and blackwater
- Soil amendment
- Growing systems: Food forests, vegetable gardens, aquaculture, etc.
- Animal husbandry
- Resources & infrastructure: Roads, fences, and buildings
Value $697
Step 4
Homestead Design Workshops
Once we have the strategy mapped out, we begin to plan it out spatially. We use your strategy to create a design that leverages the uniqueness of your property and helps you achieve your desired goals. Now you know exactly where everything should go, and why.
You get:
Put your strategy onto paper with us, as we co-create your homestead or backyard farm design. Over the course of 2x 90 minute 1:1 online sessions, we will take your strategy and create a conceptual design for your entire property.
Create a high level homestead or backyard farm design, including but not limited to;
- Water retention landscapes
- Water harvesting and storage systems
- Grey and blackwater systems
- Soil amendment plan
- Growing systems: Food forests, vegetable gardens, aquaculture, etc.
- Animal husbandry
- Resources & infrastructure: Roads, fences, and buildings
Value $697
Step 5
3 Months of Detailed Design & Implementation Support Workshops
In this step we get into the nitty gritty of your homestead or backyard farm design, as well as in-hand implementation support - so that you are never doing this alone! With 2x 90 minute monthly calls for 3 months - we will quite literally be in your back pocket as you begin to implement your design and strategy.
Develop a detailed design and implementation plan including the following, but not limited to;
- Water bodies, terraces, rain gardens, infiltration basins and other water optimisation systems
- Developing a detailed design and planting list for your food forest or agroforestry system
- Detailed soil amendment plan including recipes for bio-amendments, mineral supplements, composts and microbial inoculations
- Chicken coop and animal pen designs and construction methodology
- Animal integration and management
- Building designs and layouts
Value $1997
Total Value = $3,685
You get all of this with over 60% discount for only
$1,497
including over 15 hours of 1:1 calls!
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"The videos I have watched up to now are very inspiring. Full of information and presuming intelligent viewers. More than worthy of my time!"
You also get access to all of these great bonuses!
BONUS #1
Unlimited Email and Chat Support
You're not in this alone!
We will go above and beyond to ensure you have the support you need which is why we are offering UNLIMITED email and chat support. Unsure of something while you’re doing your site assessments?
Drop us a voice note or let’s hop on a quick video call to help figure it out. We’re literally going to be in your back pocket every step of the way.
$997/m free
BONUS #2
Flexible Timing
There is no fixed timeframe for this service. It may take you 3 months - or it may take you longer. You might need to pause due to other commitments.
You can schedule the allocated calls at a pace that suits your needs, and lifetime access to the recorded content with all future updates included.
Priceless free
BONUS #3
The Holistic Homestead Guide
The only constant in life is change - and even more so when you're dealing with weather, seasons and natural systems. So what do we do when it comes to planning our homestead? This goal setting method is one of the most life changing ways to uncover and ensure that you are basing your decision making on core foundational beliefs and values - and not on ever-shifting wants and needs.
$97 free
BONUS #4
6 months access to the Natural Insights Podcast Membership
In our members only weekly podcast we discuss the four pillars of land regeneration - from science to practical implementation. Peak behind the curtain to see how the experts are talking about water retention, soil health, biodiverse systems and human actions and management.
$72 free
BONUS #5
6 Months Access to our ever growing Masterclass Library
Gain exclusive access to our searchable webinar library with topics so that you can easily find solutions and diver deeper into topics on your mind - like sustainable living, land regeneration, composting and more.
$97 free
BONUS #6
6 Months Access to exclusive Case Study Calls
Gain a deeper understanding of land regeneration design and implementation in our exclusive membership calls once a month, where we dive deep into one of our client's land regeneration or homesteading projects.
$197 free
BONUS #7
Lifetime Access to our Resource Library
We have a resource library available to you to deepen your knowledge on homesteading subjects - including recommended books, movies, podcasts, YouTube videos, and more.
$77 free
All of this is worth $7,062. You get it all for free.
100% Money Back Guarantee
We know that investing in your homestead is a big decision, especially if you've tried other solutions in the past that didn't quite work out.
The last thing you need is another approach that doesn't deliver.
That's why we've devoted ourselves to creating "Nature's Blueprint," a program designed to provide you with the clarity, confidence, and actionable steps needed to truly transform your homestead. This isn’t just another online course—it's a personalised experience. With dedicated 1:1 support, unlimited email and chat access, and tailored guidance, we’re with you every step of the way to ensure that you not only design but also implement a regenerative homestead that aligns with your vision.
We’ve seen firsthand the incredible transformations our clients have achieved, and we’re so confident that "Nature's Blueprint" will empower you to reach your goals that we’re offering a 100% money-back guarantee at any point during the service. If you don't see the value, let us know, and we’ll refund you—no questions asked.
Your success is our priority, and we're committed to helping you turn your homesteading dreams into reality.
Why Homesteading?
You might have access to a 10 hectare farm, but most of us are working with smaller backyard spaces - you don't need a huge space to be a homesteader or backyard farmer.
Homesteading is really more of a lifestyle choice and mindset.
When you embark on this journey, you are saying -
- I value nature, and I want to do my part to support healthy and diverse ecosystems
- I am tired of being reliant on systems that don't support the health of me or my family
- I want access to nutrient dense food, free of chemical pollutants
We want to spread the love as far as possible - so that all homesteaders and aspiring backyard farmers can access the support they need.
Hey There!
We are Shaan and Gonzalo - a husband and wife design team. As land regeneration consultants - we guide clients on a journey to live more connected to nature.
With our extensive experience, we guide our clients through the complete transformation of their properties, turning them into thriving, self-sustaining ecosystems.
With Nature’s Blueprint, we empower you to co-create a fully regenerative homestead or backyard farm that supports your goals for sustainability, resilience, and abundance.
We understand the complexities of land design, from water retention and soil building to biodiversity enhancement and sustainable management. Our approach is grounded in practical strategies that lead to tangible, lasting results.
By working with us, you’ll gain the confidence and clarity to design, plan, and implement a homestead or backyard farm that not only thrives but also enhances the surrounding environment.
We’ll guide you every step of the way, ensuring that your land is transformed into a vibrant, regenerative system that supports both your lifestyle and the health of the planet.
Join us on this journey, and let’s create a legacy of regeneration—where your land becomes a blueprint for self-sufficient living
We’re excited to jump start your progression all while making your life easier and more enjoyable - less stress, and more joy.
Have a look at some of our client homestead transformations
We've helped everyone from people trying to turn their small backyard gardens into productive mini-farms, to large scale farms trying to optimise productivity and yield while restoring their land.
Homesteads and Farms
8 Hectare Farm
A Wetland Paradise
We helped Despi and Pat envision a new path for their underperforming and annually flooded 8 hectare banana farm.
By working WITH the water, to create a biodiverse wetland paradise including aquaculture, agroforestry, vegetable beds, homestead buildings and a wellness retreat centre.
"I cannot recommend the Wild Banana team enough, the insights and years of experience they bring to the crafting of a bespoke Masterplan ensures that the plan reflects not only what you actually need, but also what will best serve you and your property long term. Its the bedrock of the entire design process and they are masterful at guiding you through it."
~ Despi & Pat
Organic Farming
Building Multi-Generational Resilience
We helped design systems to alleviate severe flooding that this organic farm was facing, and bolster multi-generational resilience, through rehabilitating the over grazed hillside into abundant agroforestry systems - providing food, infiltrating run-off and creating spongy soils to mitigate flooding.
"We worked with Wild Banana Design to go beyond climate resilient interventions and design something holistically sustainable for the community and environment long-term."
~ Thanda
6 Hectare Homestead
A Truly Integrated Family Homestead
We designed a fully off-grid house deeply connected to nature for Barry and Naomi. This 6 Hectare homestead has 3 interconnected water bodies, agroforestry systems, veggie gardens, animal systems and two new homes.
Backyard Farmers Under 2000m2
Community Garden
Wielding Water
We helped Annelee to maximise her soil hydration, by diverting and infiltrating road rainwater runoff into the community garden - with the overflow hydrating the vegetable garden and food forest. As well as divert her greywater into an abundant banana circle.
"Working with water infiltration in our dry mediterranean climate has opened my eyes to new ways of hydrating the landscape without needing irrigation"
~ Annelee
2000m2 Backyard
Backyard Wonderland
We helped Angela to plan a strategy to integrate her family leisure spaces with her growing spaces. Allowing for a fully integrated garden that not only maximises her growing potential, but also encourages play and adventure.
"Working with Wild Banana Design gave me the tools and the advice I needed to create a concrete plan for our space, creating elements of a homestead that now add so much value to our lifestyle."
~ Angela
Frequently Asked Questions
I’m not sure an online service can provide the level of support I need.
Our biggest priority with this service is that you are successful.
We want to go above and beyond to ensure you have the support you need which is why we are offering UNLIMITED email and chat support. Unsure of something while you’re doing your site assessments?
Drop us a voice note or let’s hop on a quick video call to help figure it out. We’re literally going to be in your back pocket every step of the way.
Will this really work for my property? What if it doesn’t?
We are so confident in our ability to make this an incredibly transformative journey - we are offering a 100% money back guarantee. If at ANYTIME during the consulting services, you feel like this isn’t right for you we will refund you IN FULL.
And if you have questions before you want to sign up, email me your queries to [email protected] and we can book a quick call to discuss them.
What if I can’t implement the plan effectively?
That's exactly why we have the 3 month detailed design and implementation workshops - to help you plan how to do the implementation and where we’ll provide ongoing guidance, troubleshooting, and adjustments to the plan as needed.
If your project implementation exceeds the 3 months period, we can always look at ways to extend this service.
And no, that doesn’t mean you have to do the implementation yourself. We can work together with the service providers of your choice during the implementation process.
I don’t have the skills or knowledge to design my homestead.
The problem with “done for you” design services, is that at the end of it you're left with a design, or implemented project, but you haven’t been through the whole creative process and do not have intimate knowledge of all the variables. Essentially you haven't gained any new skills from the experience. This is problematic, because you’re the one that needs to manage this system - it is critical that you are part of the design process.
That is why this approach is so unique. As we co-create your dream homestead together, you not only get the same level of support as you would with a “done for you” design service, you also get the education. Over the course of these 15 hours of calls, plus all the workbooks and videos, you are going to gain a mountain of knowledge which will support you throughout your homesteading journey.
Will this be tailored to my specific needs, or just a one-size-fits-all solution?
That is why this approach is so unique. As we co-create your dream homestead together, you not only get the same level of support as you would with a “done for you” design service, you also get the education. Over the course of these 15 hours of calls, plus all the workbooks and videos, you are going to gain a mountain of knowledge which will support you throughout your homesteading journey.
I’m already dealing with so much. How can I take on more?
This is exactly why you need SUPPORT. You shouldn’t have to do it alone. Mentorship and 1:1 support will provide clarity and a clear path forward. Our guidance will help you prioritise tasks and focus on what will have the most impact for your homestead.
