Join us on the autumn equinox for an open day and tour of Dragonfly Gardens Phil Stringer’s urban farm in Gympie. This will be on Saturday 22 March at 9am and will run for about two hours. Phil’s farm farm incorporates modern market garden practices with syntropics, regenerative agriculture and integrated permaculture systems to grow […]
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So that we can keep the garden in tip-top condition we now meet each Saturday morning at around 8am. Some Saturdays we will be recycling bottles and cans, other days we will be planting seeds, picking produce, tidying beds… We still meet on the second Saturday of each month for our monthly meeting – which
We are now getting together every Saturday! Read More »
In mid-October, we invited people who have volunteered with us, and people who have done exceptional work for us, to a free thank you event. We fired up the pizza oven and the tables were laden with food. The pizzas
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When Graham decided to step back and resign as president, we lost the use of his trailer. We had used his trailer for picking up things for the garden, and especially bottles and cans to clean and exchange for much-needed cash from Containers for Change. Recently we were donated 50 trees from Landcare, and we
We managed to hitch a new trailer Read More »
We have some wonderful neighbours, who help us out in many ways. Some very kindly mow, others inform of rain impacts and some donate items to the gardens. Sharon is one of these. She observes our garden and activities we hold there. Also known as Sharon Co Images, she kindly shares photos with us and
A close eye on the garden Read More »
Our garden volunteers are excited to have been accepted into Landcare’s new “Greening Gympie” program, which came about thanks to generous local donors who would like to see spaces greened with trees and plants appropriate to our region. Members and volunteers from the community garden were able to select 50 trees, which will help protect
Greening Gympie one tree and one step at a time – update Read More »
