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Dear {usertag:name}
This e-newsletter is being sent to members of the Food & Gardening Recreation Transport Business & Finance Environment Energy and Water subgroups.
Welcome new member Justin Morrissey. Justin is looking to create a community garden with others close to his house on Hakea St.
Justin you might like to have a look at the Community Garden section of the Forums on the Transition The Grove website. The Hills District Community Garden Group is a good contact for you to know about. Jo Barkworth is the contact.
We went up to Yandina today to a workshop at their community garden on growing bananas. Lovely day. Fabulous communty garden – with aquaponics a propagation shed great chook yard community house potting area a bulk food cooperative and of course a very large permaculture garden with people busily engaged all over the place. Now that would be nice to have here!
Ferny Grove Shopping Village wants a food garden along the McGinn Rd strip by the fence if anyone wants to be part of the project.
This is a very inspiring time to be involved in growing food – so much to harvest fresh and crisp if you have a food forest or vege garden or orchard. We’ve been away and visited the eco-community we are part of in NSW and were absolutely inspired by the magnificent vegetable gardens our 3 nearest neighbours have put in each about half an acre with extensive infrastructure and highly productive. They’ve done a lot of building the soil quality up to bursting with vitality and richness. On the home front we returned to find that we had every reason to be extremely grateful to one of our neighbours John who had watered our garden regularly here and it was thriving and full of flowers and veges ready to pick. We had to come back to look after another neighbour’s dog. But this is what it’s all about.
Well Justin we wish you well with your garden vision. You might like to put a post on the Community Garden Forum and if people want to get involved they could respond. Also remember the Food and Garden Groups link enables you to email people in the subgroup directly about what you have in mind.
All the best
Anne Tennock
Secretary
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