Planning Day

If you are a member of or associated with Warrnambool Community Garden do you have a vision for our future? Would you like to see it grow and blossom?

If you answered yes to either of these questions then come along to the Gardens Visioning Day and add your voice to the group. The day will be an opportunity to meet other members, share our dreams and as a group develop a new vision for the Garden (we’ve achieved our old one!) and determine our priorities for the next few years.

We are grateful to have Amy O’Brien from Sustainability Victoria as our facilitator for this event.

Venue: Brophy – 210 Timor St Warrnambool

Date: Saturday 21st of April – 2012

Time: 9.30am – 4pm

Please bring a plate to share

Latest HUB pic

Things are moving along with the HUB building…need to do a bit more plastering/painting, connect toilet etc etc.  Great when finished as all garden members will have meeting/mingling space, facilities to cook produce and learn more about sustainable living.

 

 

Site and garden update

Things are moving along with the HUB development…solar panels are on, insulation is in and the volunteers are working hard.  Here’s a pic of some of our members and the working group in the early days.

Swales and tracks!

Hi everyone,

We thought you’d like to see some shots of the garden in action: swales and tracks have now been constructed.

Convenor Dave tells us that they work perfectly – he may have done a little rain dance to celebrate!

Congratulations and thanks to the site committee for their hard work on this project, and to the South West PCP for their generous funding support.

 

 

President Obama’s Community Garden

Others might be interested in this article from yesterday’s news.com.au, which outlines the American First Family’s plans to remodel part of the White House garden to grow their own vegetables.  Michelle Obama has started the garden, with the help of local schoolchildren.  The produce will be used to create a harvest-based menu for the White House and produce will also be shared with a local soup-kitchen.

The plan is the result of an 85,000 strong petition sent to President Obama.  AFP is also reporting that the move has also inspired other public authorities in the USA to plant their own vegetable plots, with a town in New York State planting vegies in front of their town hall, while Flint, Michigan has approved a three-acre plot in the centre of town.

Just goes to show that grassroots movements can also flower top-down!

About The Warrnambool Community Garden

The Warrnambool Community Garden Project started in late 2005 with the purpose of creating a gathering place where members of the community can meet, grow food, share knowledge, learn and practice sustainable living.

In 2007, after much hard work by many individuals, a site was secured – 2 acres of unused land near the corner of Grieve Street & Grafton Road and work is well underway on this suburban oasis.

Anyone is welcome to join our group and be a part of this project.
We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month the Brophy Complex and soon at the HUB building at the Garden.

You don’t need to have any gardening experience or special skills of any sort, just enthusiasm and a desire to improve our community and our planet!

If you would like more information, please feel free to get in touch with us:

email: sjhill@internode.on.net

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We gratefully acknowledge the support of Warrnambool City Council, Warrnambool CoastCare/LandCare Group, PilotLight Foundation and the South West Community Foundation, Powercor, Pontings, Gyprock, The Standard, 3YB Coast-FM, Sustainability Victoria, Warrnambool Emergency Plumbing