You go girl! These are the things that keep us all going. Best of luck, Deborah Mills www.greencure.org
> Hi! > > I just wanted to let everyone know that our community garden at Fisherman's > Bend Community Centre (Melbourne, Australia) had it's first 'official' group > meeting this Sunday! Five families belonging to plots (there are 8 in total > but the last three haven't been started yet) came along and we sat and > chatted about the site, composting, organic gardening, harvest parties > (already)... The site is small but is being quickly transformed from a patch > of neglected grass into a paradise of vegies and flowers. > > We have decided to meet again in 4 weeks to make a whole garden design with > everybody taking part in the overall plan. Although plots are already marked > out and some have been planted, the rest of the space is still grass and > there is exciting talk of ponds, frogs, a pocket of indigenous flora, group > raspberry patches, comfrey, artichokes, a herb garden, seating, potting > table, wisteria, passionfruit... We are trying to have the local council > donate some benches, the water company donate a water tank, and some > nurseries donate some plants. Already we have tyres for vertical potato and > pumpkin beds. We also are planning to paint murals and make garden > sculptures. > > It is so wonderful when people who were unknown to each other just a week > before can sit around and plan to make a special garden, and it is so great > that the community centre can let us have this site to take whichever form > chosen by a group working democratically, with everyone given the chance to > have their say, including under 10year-olds. > > The site had been neglected for many years, as many fenced in strips of land > around multipurpose buildings are, but already many of the local residents > who walk past are talking to gardeners. A couple of retired ladies told me > that they are watching the progression of each little seedling as they grow, > and told me which ones they like. A bus driver stops and tells me about the > best ways to prevent cabbage butterflies, and lots more people seem to be > using the path by the garden as they walk home from the shops, and they all > say 'hi' as they go past, many saying how nice it is that a garden was being > planted. > > Very short history... > The garden was marked out and two plots planted 6 months ago but was then > ploughed up by a contractor who was putting in new underground pipes > throughout the entire suburb, without telling us. We lost our first planting > but the work was finished in July and plots replanted in early August. Two > months on we are now harvesting spinach, silverbeet, lettuces, bok choy. > Broccoli and cauliflowers are just starting to head (about two inches > across) and we have put in tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers and zucchinis. We > are mostly planting seedlings, but plan to grow our own from heriatge seed > from early in the new year. We have attached ourselves as a sister site to > Dig In Community Garden on Williamstown Road (45 plots) and we are located > in the fenced off area by the Fisherman's Bend Community Centre, at the > little shopping area near the port. I am in the process of making a website > for both gardens and will let you know when it is up! > > I just wanted to share my excitement! > > Tamsin Salehian > > > On 10/10/02 1:17 AM, "Honigman, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear Friends who live outside of North America, > > > > My mind was blown last summer when I met community gardeners from Sarajevo > > who had sniper fire as one of their growing conditions. Hopefully your > > garden conditions were nowhere near as dire. You undoubtedly have a wealth > > of stories to share with this listserve about your gardens and gardeners. > > > > Please share your stories with us, > > > > Thanks, > > Adam Honigman > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's > > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out > > how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > > > > > To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > > https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. 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