Beverley Mutton

  Noted events in her life were:

• source. Doug Hooper who notes: Bev and Geoff Buckley have spent many years on a mountain, but their wisdom has been forged through the constant work of farming a 25 acre property. In the rich red clay soils of Mt Tamborine they grow fifty different vegetables and herbs, including carrots, beetroot, kale, lettuce, peas, beans, potatoes, garlic and ginger. They also grow avocados, limes and blueberries.
Geoff thoroughly enjoys farming, but this was not always the case. Geoff and Bev only started farming ten years ago. At first they knew nothing about it and Geoff says they "made every mistake in the book". For example, in the early days they planted three hundred avocado trees but lost fifty of these in just the first year. It was heartbreaking and frustrating.
In early 2004 things began to turn around for Geoff and Bev. They participated in a Certificate of Sustainable Agriculture run by Nutritech Solutions at Yandina. This four day course helped them learn how to farm biologically according to nature. They discovered that central to sustainable farming is a healthy soil with all its mineral and trace elements. The Buckleys tested their soil and found it had some mineral deficiencies that, once corrected, made farming considerably easier. Geoff reports they "can now grow anything". Their determination to improve their farm has served the couple well. Last year Bev and Geoff won the Queensland Small Business Champion Award in the Fresh Food category.

Beverley married Geoffrey Buckley. (Geoffrey Buckley was born circa 1930.)