What are the opening hours?

Monday 08:00 - 17:00 Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00 Wednesday 08:00 - 17:00 Thursday 08:00 - 17:00 Friday 08:00 - 17:00 Saturday 08:00 - 12:30

Dovehouse Organics: Farm Shop and Training Centre

Nearby grocery stores

Nutting but Goodness Fruit & Nut Company
Main Street

Karkloof Farm: Garden Training, Workshop facilities: Bookings essential. Howick Dovehouse Organic Shop: 78 Main Street: Open Monday - Saturday.

Dovehouse Organic Farm is located in the beautiful Karkloof, near Howick, in Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. Dovehouse Organics was established in 2000 by Paul and Shereen Duncan. "Our dream was to develop a small scale organic farm using permaculture design principles that would not only provide a healthy lifestyle and income for our family, but also become an inspirational education center where

people could come and learn about permaculture and organic gardening / farming techniques. We also dreamed that our community would have easy access to organic health foods and products " Paul Duncan

Permaculture – (permanent culture) is an energy efficient and ecologically sound land use design framework that uses conscious design to develop agriculturally productive ecosystems that link natural ecosystems to the built environment around us. In other words permaculture is a natural way of living and farming in harmony with nature, in essence, working with nature instead of against her to create a healthy sustainable ecology for future generations. Today Dovehouse Farm is a productive working/living example of what can be done using permaculture ethics and design principles. Mary Mlambo (who by the way produces some of THE most delicious salad veggies) partnered with Paul. Together with a local group of small scale organic farmers they sell their vegetables to a number of markets such as the Dovehouse Organic Health Shop (located in Howick), local restaurants and farmers markets. The co-operative is growing rapidly, as is the demand for healthy, fresh, raw, organic food. The farm is a venue for facilitating permaculture and organic gardening training workshops, health related workshops as well as empowering small market gardeners to grow and sell their excess organic produce (alongside the larger organic producers) through the Dovehouse Organic Shop. The Howick shop provides a wide variety of healthy food, fresh produce and Eco-friendly products . "We are living our dream and expanding it … Please explore our website to find out more about our Organic health shop, health related workshops, permaculture and organic garden/farming training workshops, consultations & implementation or the organic market garden co-operative. Our shop at 78 Main Street Howick is open to the public on Mondays to Fridays 8am to 5pm and Saturdays at 8am to 12.30pm. Dovehouse is proud to host a wide range of workshops, to name only a few: Compost Making, Permaculture, Tissue Salts, and Raw Food Workshops. Dovehouse is proud member of the magnificent Midlands Meander Arts and Crafts Route.

22/06/2024

A wild opportunity from the for a R500 voucher is up for grabs. As per usual Paul is spoiling us, don’t miss out!

22/06/2024

15/05/2024

Fresh Tender Delicious Organic Green Beans, now in season 🍃

02/01/2024

Remineralise and “nutrify” The truth indeed 🥬🍠 🥑 🍋 🫐

22/12/2023

Gluten Free Christmas cakes, mince Pies too, available at the shop, pop in today or tomorrow and grab some fresh goodness and planet friendly produce and treats 🎁🎄💚♻️🌍

25/11/2023

We have a special offer on our organic Asparagus!

Buy any three applicable items and receive a discount on your asparagus. Come visit us and see what else is currently in season. 🥬🥕🥒🥔🧅🫑

17/11/2023

If you have any requests or questions please contact us on WhatsApp! Our line is open.

21/10/2023

Organic carrots, Asparagus (last of the Season) parsley, spring onions, Olive oil, fresh lemon…. Mmmm simple & delicious 🥕💚🌍 Pop into the shop today for your weekends nutritious delicious Produce 💚

06/10/2023

Asparagus back in stock, what a treat, available this weekend and have been selling out by Tuesday… 💚

02/10/2023

Say goodbye to your blues, and hello to our blueberries!

Expect them to be off the bushes and in store soon 😋🫐

29/09/2023

Fresh Asparagus in stock and delicious produce, Yes All Organic 💚✅🥕🍅

25/09/2023

Hoping the long weekend has been Lovely! We are open today 8am - 12.30pm 🍞🍍🥕🥑 🍅🥬🌍💚

20/09/2023

Asparagus arriving this Friday, ready for the long weekend. We will trade Monday the public holiday from 8am to 12.30pm 🍞🥑🍍🥕🥬🌍💚

16/09/2023

We have seasonal organic asparagus fresh on our shelves for a limited time! Here is why we are so happy to have it available:

Asparagus is known as one of the foods that have many health benefits for the body.

The typical health benefits of eating asparagus can be to boost your immune system, help you manage your weight, lower cholesterol levels, and help with the prevention of UTIs.

At Dovehouse Organic we believe that food is medicine, we recommend adding some fresh asparagus to your meals to enjoy the benefits of this superb plant.

22/08/2023

A very happy belated birthday to the most passionate and loving member of the Dovehouse family.

A mother of three,
A caretaker of many.
Shereen’s compassion and love is felt far and wide. Spreading knowledge on health and living a happy sustainable lifestyle has made a lasting impact on many who have met her.

With love from the Dovehouse family, happy birthday Shereen 🪻🎁💚

16/08/2023

Local Seasonal Planet friendly produce available at Dovehouse Organics Daily 🍋🥕🥑🥬🍞💚

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02/08/2023

Sweet sweet oranges! Currently on our shelves and are going for just R18/kg! 🍊🍊🍊

Selectively harvested from our trees at

24/07/2023

The Duncan family..

Who are we? We are a family passionate about spreading awareness of healthy eating and protecting our environment through a sustainable lifestyle.

Find the full article featured in magazine at the link in our bio to learn more about us!