diff --git a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/gui.js b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/gui.js
index 5321c53097ff6..49628f68d5ac5 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/gui.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/gui.js
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ const ContentfulSpace = ({ _uuid, ...props }) => {
     },
   })
 
+  const { children, ...editableProps } = props
+
   const setProp = key => e => {
     const newState = {
       ...inputState,
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ const ContentfulSpace = ({ _uuid, ...props }) => {
 
   return (
     <form key={_uuid}>
-      {Object.entries(props).map(([key, value]) => (
+      {Object.entries(editableProps).map(([key, value]) => (
         <label key={key}>
           {key} <br />
           <input
@@ -263,6 +265,8 @@ const components = {
   RecipeIntroduction: props => <div>{props.children}</div>,
   RecipeStep: props => <div>{props.children}</div>,
   ContentfulSpace,
+  ContentfulEnvironment: () => null,
+  ContentfulType: () => null,
 }
 
 const log = (label, textOrObj) => {
@@ -434,6 +438,11 @@ const RecipeGui = ({
               }}
             />
           )}
+          {resourcePlan.resourceChildren
+            ? resourcePlan.resourceChildren.map(resource => (
+                <ResourcePlan key={resource._uuid} resourcePlan={resource} />
+              ))
+            : null}
         </div>
       )
 
@@ -444,13 +453,10 @@ const RecipeGui = ({
           date: new Date(),
         })
 
-        console.log(state.context.plan, i)
         const stepResources = state.context?.plan?.filter(
           p => parseInt(p._stepMetadata.step, 10) === i + 1
         )
 
-        console.log({ stepResources })
-
         const [complete, setComplete] = useState(false)
         if (output.title !== `` && output.body !== ``) {
           setTimeout(() => {
@@ -715,6 +721,30 @@ const RecipeGui = ({
         return `Install Recipe`
       }
 
+      const ResourceChildren = ({ resourceChildren }) => {
+        if (!resourceChildren || !resourceChildren.length) {
+          return null
+        }
+
+        return (
+          <Styled.ul sx={{ pl: 3, marginTop: 0, mb: 5 }}>
+            {resourceChildren.map(resource => (
+              <Styled.li
+                sx={{
+                  listStyleType: `none`,
+                }}
+                key={resource._uuid}
+              >
+                <ResourceMessage resource={resource} />
+                <ResourceChildren
+                  resourceChildren={resource.resourceChildren}
+                />
+              </Styled.li>
+            ))}
+          </Styled.ul>
+        )
+      }
+
       return (
         <InputProvider value={state.context.inputs || {}}>
           <Wrapper>
@@ -767,6 +797,9 @@ const RecipeGui = ({
                         key={`${resourceName}-plan-${i}`}
                       >
                         <ResourceMessage resource={p} />
+                        <ResourceChildren
+                          resourceChildren={p.resourceChildren}
+                        />
                       </Styled.li>
                     ))}
                   </Styled.ul>
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/contentful/environment.js b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/contentful/environment.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9eef8a6f9269b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/contentful/environment.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import Joi from "@hapi/joi"
+
+import client from "./client"
+import space from "./client"
+import resourceSchema from "../resource-schema"
+
+const create = async (context, { name }) => {
+  const spaceId = context.ContentfulSpace.id
+  const space = await client.getSpace(spaceId)
+  const environment = await space.createEnvironment({ name })
+
+  return {
+    name: environment.name,
+    id: environment.sys.id,
+    _message: message(environment),
+  }
+}
+
+const read = async (context, name) => {
+  console.log({ context, name })
+
+  return undefined
+}
+
+const destroy = async (_context, id) => {}
+
+const all = async () => {}
+
+const schema = {
+  name: Joi.string(),
+  ...resourceSchema,
+}
+
+const validate = resource =>
+  Joi.validate(resource, schema, { abortEarly: false })
+
+const plan = async (context, { id, name }) => {
+  console.log({ context, name, id })
+  const currentResource = await read(context, id || name)
+
+  if (!currentResource) {
+    return {
+      currentState: ``,
+      describe: `Create Contentful environment ${name}`,
+      diffExists: true,
+      skipDiff: true,
+    }
+  } else {
+    return {
+      currentState: currentResource,
+      describe: `Contentful environment ${name} already exists`,
+      diff: ``,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const message = resource => `Created Contentful environment "${resource.name}"`
+
+module.exports.schema = schema
+module.exports.validate = validate
+module.exports.plan = plan
+module.exports.create = create
+module.exports.read = read
+module.exports.update = create
+module.exports.destroy = destroy
+module.exports.all = all
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/contentful/type.js b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/contentful/type.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f4e1aa9300984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/contentful/type.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import Joi from "@hapi/joi"
+
+import client from "./client"
+import space from "./client"
+import resourceSchema from "../resource-schema"
+import getGraphqlFields from "../utils/get-graphql-fields"
+
+const GRAPHQL_FIELD_OPTIONS = {
+  metadata: [`type`, `name`],
+}
+
+const create = async (context, { schema }) => {
+  const spaceId = context.ContentfulSpace.id
+  const space = await client.getSpace(spaceId)
+
+  const fields = getGraphqlFields(schema, GRAPHQL_FIELD_OPTIONS)[0]
+  const contentType = await space.createContentTypeWithId(fields.name, fields)
+  await contentType.publish()
+
+  return {
+    name: contentType.name,
+    id: contentType.sys.id,
+    _message: message(contentType),
+  }
+}
+
+const read = async (context, name) => {}
+
+const destroy = async (_context, id) => {}
+
+const all = async () => {}
+
+const schema = {
+  schema: Joi.string(),
+  ...resourceSchema,
+}
+
+const validate = resource =>
+  Joi.validate(resource, schema, { abortEarly: false })
+
+const plan = async (context, { id, schema }) => {
+  const currentResource = await read(context, id)
+
+  if (!currentResource) {
+    return {
+      currentState: ``,
+      describe: `Create Contentful type`,
+      diffExists: true,
+      skipDiff: true,
+    }
+  } else {
+    return {
+      currentState: currentResource,
+      describe: `Contentful type ${currentResource.name} already exists`,
+      diff: ``,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const message = resource => `Created Contentful type "${resource.name}"`
+
+module.exports.schema = schema
+module.exports.validate = validate
+module.exports.plan = plan
+module.exports.create = create
+module.exports.read = read
+module.exports.update = create
+module.exports.destroy = destroy
+module.exports.all = all
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/utils/get-graphql-fields.js b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/utils/get-graphql-fields.js
index f678128f56566..4af691aa654d2 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/utils/get-graphql-fields.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/utils/get-graphql-fields.js
@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@ const {
   SchemaDirectiveVisitor,
 } = require(`graphql-tools`)
 
-const gqlFieldsToObject = fields =>
+const gqlFieldsToArray = fields =>
   Object.entries(fields).reduce((acc, [key, value]) => {
-    acc[key] = {
+    const metadata = value.metadata || {}
+    const field = {
+      id: key,
       type: value.type,
-      metadata: value.metadata,
+      name: key,
+      ...metadata,
     }
-    return acc
-  }, {})
+
+    return [...acc, field]
+  }, [])
 
 class MetadataDirective extends SchemaDirectiveVisitor {
   visitFieldDefinition(field) {
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ module.exports = (typeDefs, { metadata } = {}) => {
     .map(([key, value]) => {
       return {
         name: key,
-        fields: gqlFieldsToObject(value._fields),
+        fields: gqlFieldsToArray(value._fields),
       }
     })
 }
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/utils/get-graphql-fields.test.js b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/utils/get-graphql-fields.test.js
index 5670bc99024ef..02743fbea5d1d 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/utils/get-graphql-fields.test.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/providers/utils/get-graphql-fields.test.js
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ test(`get-graphql-fields returns an array of fields`, () => {
   expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     Array [
       Object {
-        "fields": Object {
-          "body": Object {
-            "metadata": Object {
-              "title": "Content",
-              "type": "Text",
-            },
+        "fields": Array [
+          Object {
+            "id": "title",
+            "name": "title",
             "type": "String",
           },
-          "title": Object {
-            "metadata": undefined,
-            "type": "String",
+          Object {
+            "id": "body",
+            "name": "body",
+            "title": "Content",
+            "type": "Text",
           },
-        },
+        ],
         "name": "BlogPost",
       },
     ]
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/render.js b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/render.js
index ef6541d07d299..a45a4abee18bd 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/render.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/render.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import resources from "../resources"
 import RecipesReconciler from "./reconciler"
 import ErrorBoundary from "./error-boundary"
 import transformToPlan from "./transform-to-plan-structure"
-import { ResourceProvider } from "./resource-provider"
+import { ResourceProvider, useResourceContext } from "./resource-provider"
 import { useRecipeStep } from "./step-component"
 import { InputProvider, useInputByUuid } from "./input-provider"
 
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@ const ResourceComponent = ({
   const { mode } = useMode()
   const step = useRecipeStep()
   const inputProps = useInputByUuid(_uuid)
+  const resourceContext = useResourceContext()
   const userProps = getUserProps(props)
   const allProps = { ...props, ...inputProps }
 
   const resourceData = handleResource(
     Resource,
-    { root: process.cwd(), _uuid, mode },
+    { ...resourceContext, root: process.cwd(), _uuid, mode },
     allProps
   )
 
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ const handleResource = (resourceName, context, props) => {
   const { mode } = context
 
   const key = JSON.stringify({ resourceName, ...props, mode })
+
   const cachedResult = cache.get(key)
 
   if (cachedResult) {
@@ -106,12 +108,23 @@ const handleResource = (resourceName, context, props) => {
 
   let promise
   try {
-    promise = resources[resourceName][fn](context, props)
-      .then(result => cache.set(key, result))
-      .catch(e => {
-        console.log(e)
-        throw e
-      })
+    promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      // Multiple of the same promises can be queued due to re-rendering
+      // so this first checks for the cached result again before executing
+      // the request.
+      const cachedValue = cache.get(key)
+      if (cachedValue) {
+        resolve(cachedValue)
+      }
+
+      resources[resourceName][fn](context, props)
+        .then(result => cache.set(key, result))
+        .then(resolve)
+        .catch(e => {
+          console.log(e)
+          reject(e)
+        })
+    })
   } catch (e) {
     throw e
   }
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/resource-provider.js b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/resource-provider.js
index 4b1fe25d4b2cf..d8459b08fcb72 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/resource-provider.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/resource-provider.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import React, { useContext } from "react"
 
 const ResourceContext = React.createContext({})
 
-export const useResourceContext = resourceName => {
+export const useResourceContext = () => {
   const context = useContext(ResourceContext)
-  return context[resourceName]
+  return context
 }
 
 export const ResourceProvider = ({ data: providedData, children }) => {
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/transform-to-plan-structure.js b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/transform-to-plan-structure.js
index e1a0d9325eac4..87b2305aa741d 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/transform-to-plan-structure.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/renderer/transform-to-plan-structure.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ const transform = (props = {}) => {
       return [...acc, ...childResourcePlans]
     }
 
-    const { _props, ...plan } = JSON.parse(curr.children[0].text)
+    const [rawResource, ...resourceChildren] = curr.children
+    const { _props, ...plan } = JSON.parse(rawResource.text)
 
     const resourcePlan = {
       resourceName: curr.type,
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ const transform = (props = {}) => {
       ...plan,
     }
 
+    if (resourceChildren.length) {
+      resourcePlan.resourceChildren = transform({ children: resourceChildren })
+    }
+
     return [...acc, resourcePlan]
   }, [])
 
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/resources.js b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/resources.js
index 98e4cef419d76..047ceda83f29c 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/resources.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-recipes/src/resources.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const npmPackageScriptResource = require(`./providers/npm/script`)
 const npmPackageJsonResource = require(`./providers/npm/package-json`)
 const gitIgnoreResource = require(`./providers/git/ignore`)
 const contentfulSpace = require(`./providers/contentful/space`)
+const contentfulEnvironment = require(`./providers/contentful/environment`)
+const contentfulType = require(`./providers/contentful/type`)
 
 const componentResourceMapping = {
   File: fileResource,
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ const componentResourceMapping = {
   NPMPackageJson: npmPackageJsonResource,
   GitIgnore: gitIgnoreResource,
   ContentfulSpace: contentfulSpace,
+  ContentfulEnvironment: contentfulEnvironment,
+  ContentfulType: contentfulType,
 }
 
 module.exports = componentResourceMapping