The workshop last Saturday saw a great bunch of people planting two of potentially seven native food forest guilds. These types of guilds ideally have seven layers, from very tall trees to smaller trees, shrubs, ground cover and root plants. The two guilds we made have a sandpaper fig and a macadamia tree as their […]
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Early on Saturday 12 September 2020 at 7.30am, the Gympie Mayor dropped into the gardens for a sticky beak. We did a short tour and discussed our plans for the gardens. He and his wife even sat in on our meeting and asked questions and made very useful suggestions. Thank you for visiting us Mayor
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Morag Gamble is a world-renowned permaculture educator, speaker, author, blogger, film maker and designer. She recently held a YouTube masterclass called ‘How to start a community garden‘. In it, she explains the many types of gardens people can create in any setting, but most of all she discusses the all-important benefits of community gardens in
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Yesterday was a big day for us, mainly thanks to Gympie Regional Council. The sign went up and they installed a water meter, so now we are able to show all keen Gympieites where we are. Shortly, too, we will be getting Luke from Burst Plumbing to get us hooked up to town water for
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