Bird Haven Forest Garden NZ

New Zealand forest gardener and artist based in the Rangitikei. Sam Lewry’s art practice has drawn her much closer to the seasons and the earth, from there into an obsession to plant diversity. Since arriving in Marton in 2017 Sam has added hundreds of native plants and trees to the four acre site she lives on today. The priority now is to to grow and caretake the space and to restore biodiversity to the four acre site with a forest garden, providing habitat for bees, birds and animals. Equally important is to maintain a creative pathway painting and making.
Originally from the Kapiti Coast, Sam's art practice spans over 10 years (Sam started painting again back in 2009 while based in Napier, Hawke’s Bay) and work primarily includes stylised landscapes in oils, she also works with fibre, paper mache and illustration.