THE PARADISE ROOTS FIELD JOURNAL

Growing in Public

A real-time look at a young Hawaiʻi Island orchard taking root—one planting bed, one harvest, and one season at a time.

BEFORE THE FIRST PLANTING

The property at the beginning

This pre-purchase aerial captures the red-cinder property before Paradise Roots began establishing its diversified orchard. It is the starting point for the story shown below—not a finished-farm rendering.

The visible red-cinder area shows the property setting; it is not presented as a legal survey or boundary map.

Aerial view of the Paradise Roots property before orchard development — The Paradise Roots property before purchase and orchard establishment.

ORCHARD PROGRESS

From red cinder to living canopy

Young bananas, pineapple, citrus, roots, herbs, and supporting plantings are being established in layers. These images document the work as it actually happens.

Young tropical orchard plantings growing in red volcanic cinder — **Early orchard establishment.** Young banana plants and fruit trees begin defining the farm’s future multi-canopy layout.

Young banana row and mixed tropical orchard planting

Building the canopy

Bananas rise above pineapple, lemongrass, and young understory crops, creating the first layers of a productive tropical orchard.

Herbs and young tropical plants in the Paradise Roots nursery

Herbs taking root

Purple Thai basil and other culinary herbs are being observed, propagated and integrated into permanent growing beds.

FARM TO TABLE

From the garden to the table

Pineapple developing naturally on the plant — Growing on the plant—color, crown, slips, and all.

Fresh Paradise Roots pineapple sliced for a farm-to-table serving beside an unbranded chilled beverage — Freshly cut and ready to share—a simple farm-to-table moment.

FUTURE VISION · CONCEPT ONLY

A productive farm wrapped in privacy

The long-term vision keeps the Paradise Roots house and foreground high-tunnel greenhouse within the farm while a narrow boundary of tall fruit trees, māmaki, bananas, pigeon pea, and useful foliage screens the separate neighboring property. Along Ainaloa Boulevard, an approximately two-foot-deep line of clumping areca palms with occasional young coconut palms preserves privacy, access, and the road sight line.

Conceptual visualization only. It does not show current conditions, exact plant spacing, legal boundaries, setbacks, permits, or a construction plan.

Conceptual future view of Paradise Roots with its house, a foreground greenhouse, orchard rows, and useful tropical trees screening the separate neighboring property — Future Vision: greenhouse production and orchard growth contained within Paradise Roots, with useful tropical trees screening the separate neighboring property.

Follow the farm as it grows

This collection will expand with new plantings, orchard milestones, first harvests, and seasonal changes from the Paradise Roots field journal.

Connect with Paradise Roots

Image note: Orchard progress photographs are real Paradise Roots images. The pre-purchase property image has been privacy-edited to obscure the neighboring parcel while preserving the correct Paradise Roots house color and form. The future vision is clearly labeled as a concept.