Author: MCCG Admin

  • Harvest Fun – Sunday 1 April

      On Sunday 1 April 10am til noon at the Merri Corner Community Garden we’ll harvest the pumpkins, sunflowers and potatoes from the communal plot and plan for our winter crops. Come along for a share of our produce and to share your gardening ideas and tips with your fellow gardeners. See you down the…

  • Autumn Busy Bee – Sunday 4 March

    Hello MCCG plotholders and friends, Autumn is on the way (although you wouldn’t believe it with this heatwave!) and we have a seasonal busy bee coming up next Sunday 4 March. This year we’re limiting the Busy Bees to only four a year, with some impromptu get-togethers thrown in – like the recent twilight gardening…

  • Twilight Gardening Session – Thursday 12 January

    Happy New Year MCCG-ers, A few of us will be at the garden this Thursday 12 January 5-6pm to do a bit of weeding and tidying up on the northern verge. We’d love you to join us. A reminder we all need to keep on top of weeds on the paths and around the fruit…

  • November Busy Bee & Christmas Catch-up BBQ

    Hello Merri Gardeners and Friends, As the weather is heating up, the Busy Bee activity is cooling down – we will have our last Busy Bee for the year next Sunday 27 November at the Merri Corner Community Garden, corner of Donald and Harrison Street, Brunswick East. Between 10am – 12.30pm we’ll be tackling the…

  • October Busy Bee – cancelled!

    Hello MCCG Gardeners and Friends, As we’ve been so productive at Busy Bees in recent months and there’s been lots of action on the raised beds and northern verge project we will take a rest in October from Busy Bee-ing. Stay tuned for news of the November Busy Bee, which will be the last for…

  • Merri Corner Community Garden Inc, Annual General Meeting for 2010-2011

    Date Saturday 22nd October 2011 Time  11am to 12.30pm approx. Venue Merri Corner Community Garden, corner Harrison & Donald Streets, Brunswick East (if bad weather is predicted we will advise of an alliterative location via email in the week before) Other activities on the day will include: 10am Planting of the raised beds sensory garden…

  • BUSY BEE – THIS SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER

    The next Merri Corner Community Garden BUSY BEE is this Saturday 24 September.  We’ll have two shifts this time, from 10.00am to 1.00pm then 2.30pm to 4.30pm. There’s no rain expected and it will be cloudy and 18 degrees so we’ll have ideal conditions for Busy-Bee-ing! It’s the second to last one for the year…

  • MCCG August plot holders meeting – Sunday 28 August

    Hi there Merri Corner Plot holders and Plotholders-in-waiting, Mark your August calendar because the next Busy Bee will be converted into a plot holders meeting. – AGENDA – 1. Welcome and introductions – get to know your neighbours 2. Getting organised – compost, fruit trees, shed, etc 3. What’s happening in the communal beds –…

  • Saturday 30 July – Busy Bee Reminder and Northern Verge Briefing

    Next Saturday 30 July there’ll be a Busy Bee down at the Merri Corner Community Garden, corner of Donald and Harrison Streets, Brunswick East from  9.30 – 12.30pm. We’ll commence preparation work on the northern verge project by laying newspaper and mulch, plus there will be a number of other small jobs around the garden…

  • Community Garden Cookbook Project

    Together with our friends from New Jersey’s East Brunswick Community Garden (our sister garden) we are planning to compile a cookbook of garden-inspired recipes to publish for Christmas 2011. Share your favourite recipe that you’ve made with produce from your garden and tell us more about your dish. What makes it a favourite? Where did…