It was the first real sunny, and cloudless, day for weeks! And quite a few keen (and strong!) people turned up for our wicked bed …
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This morning our lovely team got together to raise money for the gardens by recycling bottles. Then we cleaned up the garden and got working …
Wicked (pronounced “wikt”) garden beds are an increasingly popular way of growing vegetables and herbs. They are self-contained raised beds with built-in water reservoirs that …
The gardens are located on a block that is in a one in a hundred year flood zone. And Gympie had its worst rain bomb …
We have our first rainwater tank in place, thanks to the wonderful people who offer their time, skills and knowledge for the benefit of our …
We have been planning a syntropic garden for a while, thanks to Lani and all her help with our revised garden design.
So what is a …
Every two weeks or so a bunch of Gympie Community Garden members come to the garden for a short time to clean and de-cap bottles …
A couple of years ago, Mel held a series of open workshops where anyone in the community could add to our garden wishlist. We wanted …
The worm farm workshop we had on Saturday 28 August was a great success, especially in terms of the stuff we learned about worms.
Did you …
Vermicomposting, or worm farming, is easy once you know how! It takes around half the time of conventional composting, and produces vermicast, or ‘black gold’, …
Today, after we had de-capped bottles, we worked on our raised beds, adding mushroom compost, minerals and worm juice. The worm juice was very kindly …
These raised garden beds are being made according to the principles of hugulkultur.
Hugul what?
Hugelkultur means “hill culture”, so the beds are first filled with logs, …
Our herb gabion wall got its final finishing touches yesterday. We had run out of rocks so Graham got hold of some river rock, so …
We were successful in our funding application to the Queensland Government’s Gambling Community Benefit Fund.
This means we will soon be working with council, Mecano and …
Yesterday the Gympie Volunteer Centre and Cooloola Human Services Network held a morning tea for Gympie volunteers. Mayor Glen Hartwig and MP Tony Perrett were …
The turnout for the harvest swap this morning was amazing. People brought along plants, tree seedlings, all kinds of food (from fruit to vegetables), home …
On Saturday 8 May at 9am you can bring any excess produce you have, stuff that is useful for gardens, or your home made goodies …
About 15 people came to our workshop today, from near and far, keen to know how to put together a gabion wall.
Graham explained the …
Over the past couple of weeks, the trainees at SkillCentred have been getting ready to put up some of our infrastructure. They began doing the …
Graham Chapman has been with the community gardens since its beginning. Over the years he has done just about everything you could do in a …
It was back in March 2020, remember that? Just before COVID… Aaron Carter cleared some ground for us to put in sheds and our shelter …
We are enormously thankful to Josh Kerr for putting together this sign for us. The original, colourful design was done by Glenbo when we are …
We are taking bookings for our next workshop on Saturday 13 March, at 8.30am. Our plan is to work on constructing a gabion wall, which …
Two days ago, we posted this wanted poster on FB, for people with whipper snippers. The post got over 1,800 views. And guess what some …
A small group of us got together on Saturday 20 December to do a couple of things that needed doing – one practical and one …
Thanks so much to all the people who helped out at Bunnings on Saturday. We managed to raise about $1,000, which is pretty outstanding and …
Moving things from place to place of course!
These are the logs that Graham cut a few moons ago. They were headed for the gully to …
At our last meeting we decided we would get together early for a working bee, so arrive at 7.30am, and get ready to get dirty! …
Today we got water put onto the site, with potable and non-potable risers. Excited to almost be able to have a drink and water plants …
Today’s working bee and meeting were both very productive. We had loads of new and old members keen to get the garden going.
After the meeting, …
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 …
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 …
Community garden banana circle
Morag Gamble is a world-renowned permaculture educator, speaker, author, blogger, film maker and designer. She recently held a YouTube masterclass called ‘How …
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 …
The composting workshop we held today – the first after Covie – was a real success, despite the rain that hit hard at one stage. …
So you have done some basic soil tests and now want to improve your soil. You need to make compost, but how to go about …
Come and learn how to design your own native food forest creating a thriving eco-system with edible native plants. In this workshop, you will learn …
Ever wondered how you can develop a self-watering system for your vegetable garden that is water and time efficient? Well, a wicking bed is the …