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News & events

Call for model gardeners – photoshoot Sat 21 May

May 15th, 2011

May 21, 2011
12:30 pm	to	1:00 pm

Hello plotholders!

On Saturday 21 May at 12.30pm Moreland City Council will be at the garden for a photo opportunity.

If it is suitable, the photo will potentially be included in the Inside Moreland calendar, distributed to residents in 2012.

The council would like to take a shot of our Merri gardeners working in the garden together – if anyone can come along with a big smile and their best gumboots it would be a great boost to help promote the MCCG next year.

In the event of postponement due to wild weather, we’ll post an update here on Friday 20 May.

Love, the MCCG Committee

Busy Bee – Sat April 30!

April 8th, 2011

April 30, 2011
9:30 am	to	12:30 pm

This month, we’ve got something for everyone!

• Planting out of the common areas with winter vegies and herbs

• Cleaning up following construction of the fence and pergola

• Re mulching paths in common area • Shed clean out

• Mini composting workshop

Mornings seem to be working well – so we’lll kick off at 9.30am and wrap it up around 12.30pm, with briefing and the mini-workshop at 10am.

See you then,

MCCG

Harvest Hoedown!

March 7th, 2011

March 27, 2011
11:00 am	to	4:00 pm

Come one, come all to celebrate our first season’s harvest with a Harvest Hoedown at the Merri Corner Community Garden!

Winter kitchen garden workshop, BBQ (vego and carnivore), live music, garden tours and Harvest Hoedown games for the young and young-at-heart.

Sunday 27 March from 11am til 4pm @ The MCCG – 194 Donald Street, Brunswick East

The Event

11am – Kitchen Garden Workshop for Winter

12.30pm – Official Hoedown Hoopla Ceremony

1.00pm – Live music and games, garden tours

1.30pm – BBQ Lunch

2.30pm – 4.00 pm – More games!

Download a PDF of the flyer here

BUSY BEE Sat Feb 26th!

February 21st, 2011

Hi Gardening Folks,

As promised we will be holding a busy bee down at the garden this weekend, on Saturday 26th Feb from 9am til 1pm. Come for half an hour or come for the full stint. We will be having a briefing at 9.30am to set out the plan for the morning.

Jobs this time round include;

Preparing the site for the fence works
Weeding the sensory garden area
Fruit tree borders
Compost set up
General site cleanup

Something for everyone. See you down there – weather looks mintox.

Busy Bee – Sunday 30th Jan!

January 21st, 2011

January 30, 2011
10:00 am	to	5:00 pm

Hi all and a happy 2011!

Having drank and eaten too much over the silly season (some from our bountiful plots) we are ready to get down and dirty again at the MCCG and progress the good work done in 2010. On Sunday the 30th Jan, we are having our first busy bee for the year and you’re all cordially invited. In case you’ve forgotten in all the excitement – the attached plan is what we are working towards!

The busy bee will include;

General clean up of the site
Weeding the sensory garden area
Construction of the sensory garden area
Shed clean out and reorganisation
Preparation of the paving area
Some good old fashioned hole digging
Path mulching

In other news we are going to be having a Harvest Hoe-down on Sunday 6th March, where MCCG members and friends can celebrate the business end of the MCCG’s first summer vegie season in style. Pop it in your diaries folks – its gonna be a doosy! More details to come over the coming week – if you’d like to help organise please get in touch with Rich Ploeg our Hoe-down Director – roknrichploeg – at – gmail – dot – com

That’s all from us at the mo – looking forward to seeing those of you who can make it next Sunday!

Christmas Party – December 5th @ 4.30pm

November 25th, 2010

December 5, 2010
4:30 pm	to	8:30 pm

Join us at 4.30pm on December 5th for the MCCG Christmas Party at the garden. It’ll be a great chance to catch up with your gardening neighbours and community to reflect upon an amazing year and celebrate all our hard work…see you there!

AGM – December 5th

November 25th, 2010

December 5, 2010
3:30 pm	to	4:30 pm

All plot holders, members and committee and invited to the MCCG Annual General Meeting on December 5th at 3.30pm down at the garden.

Busy Bee – this Saturday!

November 25th, 2010

November 27, 2010
10:00 am	to	4:00 pm

The Urban Carpenters will join us this Saturday to build the compost bays at the garden. There’s also lots of other things to be done. Come on down anytime from 10-4pm.