The day dawned windless and crisp. At 9:15 we realized that a yoga and meditation session would have to be postponed while we anxiously surveyed the 30 poles belonging to Chris’ marquee we needed to set up. Chris sailed in on his bike with the instructions 5 minutes later, averting a collective aneurism.
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Archive for July, 2010
The DDO Wrap up
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010The Dig Day Out – Saturday 3rd July
Monday, June 21st, 2010| July 3, 2010 | ||
| 10:30 am | to | 5:00 pm |
The Dig Day Out
Saturday 3rd July – 10.30am til 5pm
After 4 long years in the making the Merri Corner Community Garden is finally getting down to core business – GARDENING!
Come join us on the opening day of construction on Saturday 3rd July.
The event
10.30am Official Grand Opening Ceremony
11.00am Light breakfast
11.30am The digging begins!
1.00pm BBQ Lunch
2 -5pm More digging!
Bring it!
(if you have it)
Forks, shovels, wheelbarrows, gardening gloves, rakes, hoes, picks, raincoats, can-do attitude.
Where?
The Merri Corner Community Garden,
194 Donald Street (Cnr Harrison),
East Brunswick.
Limited car parking available.
Ride your bike instead!
Indigenous Plants Workshop
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010| July 31, 2010 | ||
| 1:30 pm | to | 3:30 pm |
Saturday 31st July – 1.30pm
@ MCCG site with Eve Archbold
Learn about some of the beautiful local native plants that can be used in your garden to attract birds and butterflies, create privacy and even to plant for some bush tucker! We’ll go for a stroll along Merri Creek to learn how to identify some local plants, and then have a chat about some particularly beautiful native plants for small spaces or pots. If you have time you can stick around for a working bee at MCCG where we will be planting out the native garden beds to compliment the total garden design.
Eve Archbold has recently returned from Tanzania where she has, since 2008, been implementing and managing a permaculture project for an Australian NGO called foodwatershelter. She is currently completing a Master of Urban horticulture at Melbourne University.
Interested?
RSVP by email or phone Bernie on 0401 476 839.
Fork to Fork: Sustainable Cooking & Gardening
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010| July 24, 2010 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 1:00 pm |
Saturday July 24th – 11:00am
@ 1/2 Holmes St, Brunswick East (Op. McDonalds) with Arabella Forge
Growing your own food has numerous benefits – it can save you time shopping, reduce your costs for groceries, and also supply you with the most nutrient-dense foods possible. Join Arabella Forge for a tour of your garden to dinner plate. Learn how to make quick and easy meals with nothing but a fry-pan and some secateurs in hand, and also design your garden plot to have the most productive and useful edible plants on hand.
The session will include food education, hands on cooking and a light and easy sit-down lunch.
Arabella Forge is a Melbourne-based nutritionist and home-cook. She has extensive experience with traditional cooking techniques – sourdough bread making, fermenting and pickling and also loves a good bit of time in the garden. Arabella is the Melbourne Co-ordinator of the Weston A. Price Foundation (www.westonaprice.org), a foundation that promotes sustainable farming practices and traditional home-cooking methods. She also has an upcoming book, ‘Frugavore’ which is to be released in September 2010.
Interested?
RSVP by email or phone Bernie on 0401 476 839.
Water Wise Gardening Workshop
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010| July 17, 2010 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 1:00 pm |
Saturday July 17th – 11:00am
@ Ilma Lever, 2a Station St Coburg (along the train tracks just after Moreland rd)
with Elspeth Brock
Learn how to use permaculture design to keep water in the landscape and techniques to hold water in the soil. What kinds of plants to plant and how to easily identify them. Which food plants will grow well in dry areas?
There is a cosy shed so the workshop will go on regardless of the weather, and established a gardens with lots of great planting examples.
Who: Elspeth Brock will be running the workshop’s she has experience in native landscape regeneration, community horticulture and permaculture design. She recently traveled to Morocco to work on a permaculture project there.
RSVP by email or phone Bernie on 0401 476 839.