About Balingup Sustainable Small Farm

The 8.4 acre property was purchased in 1997 by Gavin Edwards with the intention of creating :

• a Sustainable Living Demontration Site
• a Food Plant Museum, and 
• a Seed Farm for growing heritage & heirloom vegetable seed varieties.

Previously the block had been part of a much larger farm (Glen View farm) used for growing fruit - apples, pears and mixed fruit. The wetter areas were also used for growing vegetables - corn, pumpkins and watermelons. The block was used as the water source (Wild Bull Spring runs through it) for the larger farm.


Gavin lived in the old homestead (Glen View Homestead - 5 acres over the road) and ran the peach orchard until building a cottage on the farm. Gavin met Lisa McAndrew in 2002 and they got married in 2004 (on the farm amongst the old pear trees).


Despite extreme difficulties (both having serious illness - at one stage forcing them to leave the farm for a year-and-a-half ) they triumphed and created a beautiful place to live.

We do independent research into self-sufficiency and sustainable food production by working with nature.

Balingup Sustainable Small Farm™, Sustainable Small Farm™, Sustainable Small Farms™,

Sustainable Small Farm Network™, Food Plant Museum™, Self-Sufficient Gardening™ and

Mama Earth™

are all common law trademarks of :

Mama Earth Pty. Ltd. ACN: BN11854856

(c) Gavin Edwards & Lisa McAndrew 2011