tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64726067440590299612024-02-19T08:09:51.107-08:00Mosman Community GardenersWelcome to the Mosman Community Gardeners' websiteMosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-22313799468434513342014-11-23T02:53:00.001-08:002014-11-23T02:54:34.054-08:002014 Annual General Meeting<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">
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Mosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-18657362015095819562014-04-01T02:03:00.000-07:002014-11-18T17:48:24.262-08:00Autumn News 2014<div class="Body" style="mso-pagination: none;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVwqrAhAy99SmiAVE5YMY6Rzx23utm8SHQX2Yhabhp31mO8oZL_hPG_4_E6HHAo2ysY8SI6Ao3LsK3BBu3focphAW_WFJWL-QpoJNmxawbM7oFCukRfaSyPE6PiCYtVTtnv4s1tEnEpZk/s1600/IMG_6425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVwqrAhAy99SmiAVE5YMY6Rzx23utm8SHQX2Yhabhp31mO8oZL_hPG_4_E6HHAo2ysY8SI6Ao3LsK3BBu3focphAW_WFJWL-QpoJNmxawbM7oFCukRfaSyPE6PiCYtVTtnv4s1tEnEpZk/s1600/IMG_6425.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Mackie Lane Update</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">:</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span>The last few months have </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">seen a lot of planting,
harvesting and refurbishing</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, as well
as a </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">record
number of visitors who came to be inspired and learn from what we</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">'re</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: FR;"> doing</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> at the
garden. Mosman </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Council recently delivered a new load of </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">wood chips</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">now all
the garden walkways are</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> covered. Our children</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: FR;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">s program continues with
Kids Cottage Middle Harbour </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">children </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">tending and
harvesting their dedicated beds and children from nearby Kinderland visit</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ing</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> to learn about edible gardening. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mackie Lane garden</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> is very family friendly
with a cubby house, sandpit, bean teepee, blackboard and </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">gardening </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">activities to engage the</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> kids. Students are also volunteering in the garden
as part of the Duke of Edinburgh </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri;">program. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The planting committee coordinated by
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successful community gardens like Paddington, Randwick and nearby Manly Vale
have individual allotments. Now that we have more land at Mackie Lane and the
garden infrastructure is well established, we are considering moving to a
combination of individual allotments and communal gardens. If you interested in
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purchasing </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri;">stingless </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">native
bees from Ku</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri;">-ring-gai
Council and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">bee workshops </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri;">are planned for the future. The hives are populated by
Tetragonula carbonaria, a bee species that occur naturally in Sydney and have
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the month we have a celebration after our gardening hours from 3-5pm. So do
some along and join us on Sunday 6th April. Everyone is welcome. BYO food and
drinks.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS Bold"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Trebuchet MS Bold";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Planting includes o</span><span lang="IT" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: IT;">kra, artichokes</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,</span><span lang="NL" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: NL;"> tomatoes</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, kale, mini </span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: DA;">cabbages</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
mizuna lettuce, snow peas, shallots, beetroot, carrots, daikon, many different
varieties of chillies from mild to very hot and much more. As always, the
regular gardeners say that Middle Head garden is a happy place! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Northern Beaches</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> has a new Facebook page to keep you
up to date on all things sustainable and gardening. </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PermacultureNorthernBeaches" style="font-family: Calibri;">htps://www.facebook.com/PermacultureNorthernBeaches</a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Gardening Australia </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/vegieguide/</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sustainable Gardening Australia</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.sgaonline.org.au/">http://www.sgaonline.org.au/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fantastic gardening <a href="http://www.mec.nsw.edu.au/index.html"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">courses and one-day workshops</span></a>,
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Dig Garden</a>: <strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Saturday, 10 May 2014. </span></strong></span><span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Learn how to create amazing soil using alternating layers of organic
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Spiral</a>: <strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Saturday, 14 June 2014. </span></strong></span><span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Herb spirals are a novel way of growing herbs in small spaces.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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Gardens in Small Spaces</a>: <strong><span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Saturday, 07
June 2014. </span></strong></span><span style="background: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Learn how to
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Farewell and thank you: </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">This is my last </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">news update </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">as President of Mosman
Community Gardeners. My work commitments have increased this year so I need to
step aside, but I</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">m
part of a wonderful team of committed community gardeners, so I know this
decision won</span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: Calibri;">’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">t
disrupt the ongoing operation of MCG. We have come a long way since our first
meetings over four years ago when we had no land and spent most of our time
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">Today we have two thriving gardens, an
ever-growing membership, and importantly we have succeeded in bringing the
cause of growing edible plants to the attention of the Council and the
community. I will continue to be active in MCG and look forward to seeing you in
the gardens sometime. My heartfelt thanks to MCG members and everyone who has
supported our work over the years.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
It's been a very rewarding journey.</span><br />
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you enjoyed the festive season and that 2014 has started well! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Mackie Lane Update</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris and Gill Lee in front of the Rotunda</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US">New rotunda:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Fortunately the Mackie Lane rotunda was
completed in time to cope with the hot summer months.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;">This impressive hexagonal structure was inspired by
Paddington Community Garden’s rotunda, and we are very grateful to Rob Joyner
from PCC for sharing his design and expertise. Special thanks are due to Chris
Lee who worked with Calum Findlay and the rest of the Mackie Lane construction
team to build the rotunda, as well as to Rotary Mosman who helped with funding.
It has already been the focus of numerous garden celebrations and is available
to members for private functions. Enquiries to Peter Hook: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:pjhook66@gmail.com"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN-US">pj<span lang="EN-US">hook66@gmail.com</span></span></span></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;">Gardening:</span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;"> The amazing sea of
sweet peas along the Mackie Lane ran their course and had to be removed, but we
are thrilled that they have self-sown and continue to adorn the fence along
with magnificent sunflowers and succulents. Our tomato crops have been
particularly prolific, as well as the strawberries, rainbow chard and garlic.
More unusual plantings like the apple cucumbers, New Guinea beans (which have
grown to several feet), loofahs and daikon radish have also been a great
success. And the kitchen garden has really taken off! Middle Harbour After Care
children continue to care for their garden beds, which are full of vegetables
ready to harvest. We’ve covered all the concrete areas with bark
chips, which has really transformed the space. See the current garden bed <a href="http://mosmancommunitygardeners.blogspot.com.au/p/mackie-lane-garden.html" target="_blank">plan</a></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;">Celebrations:</span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> On the first Sunday of
the month we have a celebration after our gardening hours from 3-5pm. During
daylight saving this has expanded to include dinner. We crank up the BBQ and
enjoy the shelter and ambience of the rotunda. So do some along and join us on Sunday 2
February. Everyone is welcome. BYO food and drinks.</span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Middle Head Update</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;">Our
summer harvest at Middle Head has once again been bountiful with </span><span lang="EN-US">tomatoes,
beans, lettuce, celery, potatoes, leeks and broad beans and we have </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;">four new beds of
rosellas, a native fruit that makes great jam. </span><span lang="EN-US">We’ve
grown okra for the first time successfully and the flowers are exquisite. There
is a </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;">working
bee coming up to cut away the grass and repair the nets and beds and new
members are very welcome.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;"><a href="http://www.permaculturenorth.org.au/" target="_blank">Permaculture North</a></span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> is a good resource and
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;"><a href="http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=c8bbe2cf2955001dab23377a3&id=d100e2fcf5&e=85513bf3cd" target="_blank">Slow Food Sydney</a></span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3f3f3f;"> has a stand at the
Eveleigh markets where they host monthly guests. Next one is 1 February
presenting foods, preserves and other goodies. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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gardening website with lots of resources and information is <b><a href="http://www.sgaonline.org.au/" target="_blank">Sustainable Gardening Australia</a></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The garden is an absolute picture at the moment with the majority of beds planted out and producing generous crops of vegetables including rainbow chard, carrots, turnips, Asian greens, lettuce, rocket, broccoli and peas.<br /><br /> Mackie Lane is a sea of brilliant colour from the two metre high sweet peas growing along the fence. Large bunches of flowers are being picked each Wednesday and Sunday, encouraging even more growth and flowers.</span></div>
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progress over winter with the building of new beds in readiness for groups of
children from <i>Middle Harbour After School
Care</i> and <i>Bond Street Montessori</i>
coming to participate in our garden. We continue to celebrate with food and
drinks on the first Sunday of the month, but were sad to farewell Maria, Scott
and Anna who are leaving Australia. Greg Burns has been busy trying new ideas
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>The Strawberry Wall: </b></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What do you do with a surplus of wooden pallets, a desire to explore the vertical space in your garden, and a great need for lots more strawberries? Build a vertical strawberry bed! We simply placed four pallets on their side secured by steel posts, lined the inside with weed mat to hold the soil, and then filled both sides of the pallets with 200 strawberry runners! The inspiration and all the instructions were from </span><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s3654833.htm" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ABC Gardening</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. The 200 strawberry runners were sourced from </span><a href="http://www.perryrunners.com.au/about.html" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Perry Runners</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, who provided great service and the right price.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Wicking Beds: </span></span></b>The garden seems to be forever expanding as the total area has doubled
during the last year and bed construction steadily progresses. Naturally the
task of watering and the amount of water required is also growing. In response
we decided to build raised beds that virtually watered themselves. A growing
bed of soil and mushroom compost sits on top of a reservoir of water and a
wick acts as conduit between the two. This wicking bed approach can be
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string, a few bricks and pots with some pea seeds? A productive cubby house for
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have had some wonderful financial support lately for which we are very grateful. Rotary has given us a grant to provide shading in the garden; Mosman Council has given us a grant to expand the number of garden beds and implement our plans for a kids program and Bunnings Balgowlah has kindly donated a garden shed.</span><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b><br />
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Production and harvesting has continued throughout the
winter and we’re pleased that the native beds are surviving well without
netting. We have decided to plant dwarf paper daisies at each end of our native
beds as the paper daisies we planted last year were very tall. Our broccoli and
brocolini plants have been very successful and we continue to harvest celery,
parsley, coriander, snow peas, silver beet and lettuce. Broad beans and
potatoes are progressing well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Members have enjoyed nibbles and drinks on the last Sunday each month and we had a special celebration in July for Anna and Dario before they left for Italy to be married on August 31st. We look forward to welcoming them back in Spring. Our spring planting will include silver beet, Asian salad greens, capsicum, lettuce, eggplant, zucchini and possibly tomatoes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ABC Vegie Garden App: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/resources/vegie_app.htm">ABCVegie Guide</a> is an essential tool for all vegetable gardeners – from the novice to the experienced - to help you find out what vegie should be planted when, no matter the climate zone you’re in. ABC Vegie Guide will give you all the information you need to produce healthy crops throughout the year, including growing tips, pest and disease control pointers and harvest guides.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have welcomed Autumn with the completion of another 2 large garden beds. These are now being prepared for the first of our feature ‘square metre gardens’. Come along during autumn and winter to take a look at how this highly efficient approach combines both organic gardening and companion planting principles. Our first plots are planned to highlight an all-round autumn veggie and herb garden as well as a ‘soup bed’ featuring root vegetables.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All the beds have now been nourished with manures and composts and are ready for autumn/winter planting. Seedlings, including peas, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and a range of onions and leeks, have been planted. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At this stage, seeds have also been sown for more cabbage, silverbeet, chard, kale, a variety of lettuces, rocket, celeriac and broad beans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Harvesting has seen a bounty of produce over the last month with beans, spinach, silverbeet, tomatoes, various herbs especially basil, chives, kaffir limes, eggplant, endive, celery and the last of our summer carrots and beetroot have been thoroughly enjoyed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #274e13;">Thank you to Silvana Griffith: </span></span></b>Mackie Lane Garden Coordinator Silvana Griffith is about to take on a new work project with heavy demands on her time, so sadly has stepped down as Mackie Lane Gardening Coordinator. Silvana has done a fabulous job and we are very grateful for her dedication and enthusiasm. She has assured us that she will still be coming to the garden. Congratulations Silvana and thank you from all the Mackie Lane gardeners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The holiday period also saw a great many visitors to Mackie Lane, many of whom we have now welcomed as new members. Our new 4m banner which is prominently seen from Military Road, has gone a long way to attracting interest and promoting our community garden’s location and activities. Our thanks go to<b> Dan Poskitt (Poskitt Design)</b> for the banner design and to <b>Ian Schutt (Proj-X)</b> for donating the banner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you happen to know of any fencing or pallets we could put to good use, please let us know. </span><a href="mailto:mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Mackie Lane and Middle Head gardens are in full swing and looking great with the new season’s growth now well underway. The report from Middle Head garden coordinator is that it is very happy! At Mackie Lane, it is 'all systems go' preparing for the garden extension, with the area cleared of debris and the platform for the first stage of 6 large garden beds now finalised. We continue to source construction materials, but a portion of the materials for the next building phase such as hardwood fencing and garden soil have been kindly donated. Kimbriki has generously agreed to assist with the donation of some recycled materials as part of their commitment to supporting community gardens. Ausgrid has helped greatly by approving the placement of garden beds with impervious bases over the ‘green’ zones of the site allowing us to take advantage of a greater area for planting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A team of MCG members worked with enthusiastic Beauty Point parents and students to build veggie gardens last week with materials donated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Around 50 people joined in. MCG members also helped with the building of a community garden at the Neutral Bay Uniting Church and we will continue to give advice and assistance. These are just two wonderful examples of the broader work that Mosman Community Gardeners do in the community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not long ago there were very few nature strip gardens in the suburb. Now there are many inspiring examples and Mosman Council is also supportive. We are continuing to record and promote Mosman verge gardens on our website, so if you have photos of your garden, or any other food garden that you would like to share, please email them to us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you for your support throughout the year. We hope to see you at the gardens. In the meantime, best wishes for the holiday season.</span></div>
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has been a year of huge growth and success for Mosman Community Gardeners
(MCG). Our gardens more than doubled in size, our membership and partnerships grew
and our sponsorship and financial support increased. We received a Keep
Australia Beautiful Award and significantly raised the profile of community
gardening in Mosman. We have shown what a dedicated community group with limited
financial resources can achieve with vision and determination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Around
this time last year Ausgrid gave us permission to build a garden on their land
at Mackie Lane, with the support of Mosman Council. In just four months our
enthusiastic team of volunteers turned a deserted weed infested industrial site
into an oasis, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">growing mostly edible plants using the principles
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W</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">e built raised beds on the concrete slabs left
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">No edible plants have direct contact with the original </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">soil in case of soil contamination, and higher beds have been built for the elderly and people</span><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">with mobility issues. Our gardens are chemical free and our imported garden bed soil is enriched with composted kitchen scraps and recycled green waste compost. Seed stock is collected for future planting and to be shared. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A practical example of temporary urban farming, the Mackie Lane Community Garden is an exemplar for how other disused city sites can be </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Mayor of Mosman officially opened the garden in
February 2012 and many local residents joined us for the celebration. Since
then an unexpected outcome has been the constant stream of visitors and high
level of community engagement. Children come for educational visits from local
schools; residents from the adjacent retirement home take an active interest in
the garden's progress and are encouraged to help themselves to the mixed herb
pots along the fence. People who have lived in the neighbourhood for over a
decade report meeting their neighbours for the first time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In recognition of our achievements, Mosman
Community Gardeners was honoured to receive the inaugural 2012 Keep Australia
Beautiful Award for Sustainable Gardens for Mackie Lane, against some
formidable competition. A further endorsement of our enterprise was the recent
agreement by Ausgrid and Mosman Council to double the size of the Mackie Lane
garden by moving the fence adjoining the vacant land.</span></div>
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Wildlife Service (NPWS) at Middle Head continues, and with their support, we have
expanded the gardens and planted a bush tucker garden. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">MCG
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Soldiers’ Institute, preparing delicious food with produce from the garden. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Council again awarded us a community grant and Council staff have individually joined
MCG. We received generous in-kind support from Bunnings and Honeysuckle Nursery
and very welcome financial sponsorship from Bendigo Bank. Kimbriki kindly
supplied recycled materials free of charge and we </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">received
ongoing financial assistance from Mosman Council to purchase soil, manure and
mulch. We are grateful to Ausgrid and the National Parks and Wildlife Service for
allowing us to garden on their land and for their ongoing support.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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assisted Mosman Home Gardeners with the Big Lunch for the third year in a row. Other
community partners included the Mosman Climate Challenge Group who kindly gave
us a donation, Cancer Council North Shore Relay for Life, the Men’s Shed and the
Mosman Daily, which promoted the garden throughout the year and helped us raise
awareness in the community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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minimisation, composting and water usage techniques that can be used by people
in their own homes</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande";">. This year we held demonstrations on
topics such as worm farms and composting and will expand our offerings next
year. MCG members helped set up a community garden at Neutral Bay Uniting
Church, build vegetable gardens Beauty Point Public School, assisted NPWS with
corporate volunteer days and forged links with the Carriageworks Kitchen Garden
Project. We also continue to encourage gardening on nature strips. Not long ago
there were very few verge gardens in the suburb, now there are many inspiring examples.
We promote this and other progress on our website and via our regular email
updates to a growing support base. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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construction phase, for example, there was much eating and drinking as well as
hard work! Our gardens are welcoming places where people can learn how to
cultivate edible plants, as well as to share food and connect with neighbours
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">MCG
members have shared their vast array of skills, from gardening and gardening
design to building and construction, communications, publicity and marketing,
proposal writing, cooking, management and accounting. Many have visited other
gardens and attended conferences and talks for inspiration, and helped spread
the word to friends and potential supporters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thank our wonderful volunteers and MCG office bearers for generously giving
their time and expertise throughout the year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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future is bright; we have a great volunteer team, a large new space to garden
and growing support for the cause from the community. With two successful
gardens and an expanding outreach and education program, Mosman Community
Gardeners is well on the way to fulfilling its vision of fostering community
and home food gardening throughout the suburb. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Growing
vegetables, once seen as part of an alternative lifestyle, is becoming
mainstream once again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">21 November 2012</span><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
Mosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-59418171613728224192012-09-11T16:45:00.002-07:002014-04-01T05:22:26.724-07:00Spring News<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is the latest news from Mosman Community
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">If you would like to receive our monthly e-news
contact us at mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mackie Lane Garden Expands</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ausgrid and Mosman Council have agreed to extend
Mackie Lane garden to cover the remaining hard surfaces on the site.
Mosman Council has generously agreed to move the fence and work is
scheduled for this week. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A new garden plan will be developed with Mackie
Lane gardeners and new gardens beds built over the next few months.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mosman Council Community Grant</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mosman Council has provided MCG with a $2,000
financial assistance community grant to assist with the development of Mackie
Lane garden and community education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mosman Climate Challenge Group Donation</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We are very grateful to the Mosman Climate
Challenge Group (MCCG) who have made a donation to the gardens of $250.
MCCG organised the screening of the 'Honeybee Blues' documentary which
was a sell out event. The donation is a contribution from the ticket sales.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thanks to Loani Tierney from Mosman Council for her
informative, hands on session on worm farms – and Mosman Council for their
generous donation of additional worm farms for the garden. </span>Our second ‘seed planting bee’ saw a great turn out
of helpers with some 2 dozen varieties planted – well and truly getting ready
for Spring.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">August’s ferocious wind storms saw the greenhouse
and some of our seedlings take a bit of a battering but on the whole, the
garden weathered it all remarkably well – and the scarecrow’s still standing!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MCG Membership</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">MCG membership renewals are due by the end of
September. Thank you to everyone who has already renewed. if you are not
already a member, you can join MCG in two ways. Individual memberships
are $50 pa and family membership $75 pa. There is a $1 joining
fee. Just email us at this email address and we can send you all the
information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Gardening membership fees go towards the costs of
insurance, building beds, planting, maintenance and advocacy. Gardening
members share in the planting, care and harvesting of beds. </span>MCG provides support to organisations and
individuals setting up gardens and we are working with Mosman Council to
establish more gardens in the suburb. We are also very keen to help people
establish verge gardens - let us know if you would like to build one, or know
someone that does.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hope to see you in the gardens sometime.</span></div>
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Mosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-76248240246505970782012-08-02T16:18:00.000-07:002013-09-08T06:10:43.128-07:00August News - Keep Australia Beautiful Award<span style="color: #303030; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you would like to receive our
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Keep Australia Beautiful Award</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy03NTeF_-hcTn_LDqbzqlNtt3nPaLMZoQf9UYIs6_4ye8AVYoW-d9vulQxuEb2jioNmvoehCjzG5w4mBpb4fNmzkiQhQiCDr3TGQDXL4X5R_6JYD_imEipVE3aLXNQFus4WOBJTL5fy7f/s1600/IMG_8619.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy03NTeF_-hcTn_LDqbzqlNtt3nPaLMZoQf9UYIs6_4ye8AVYoW-d9vulQxuEb2jioNmvoehCjzG5w4mBpb4fNmzkiQhQiCDr3TGQDXL4X5R_6JYD_imEipVE3aLXNQFus4WOBJTL5fy7f/s400/IMG_8619.JPG" width="265" /></span></a><span style="color: #303030; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mosman Community Gardeners has been awarded the Sustainable Garden Award for Mackie Lane Community Garden, ‘Growing Community: creating and nurturing community gardens’ project in the Keep Australia Beautiful NSW Sustainable Cities Awards 2012. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #303030;">Bernie Murphy, CEO of Keep Australia Beautiful NSW, said in a media release: </span><span style="color: #303030;"> </span><span style="color: #303030;">“As a new category this year, Keep Australia Beautiful NSW had high expectations for entries in Sustainable Gardens and we weren’t disappointed. Many gardens across metro Sydney entered and the competition was very close." </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #303030; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"These gardens are very popular at the moment and are a great place for communities to come together to learn new skills, support healthy habitats, as well as native flora and fauna which are so important in metro areas."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #303030; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"The long term sustainability of our
cities depends on us being able to conserve the natural environment; to live
alongside it and incorporate it into our space. We warmly congratulate
Mosman Community Gardens, Riverwood Community Centre and Randwick City Council
for their outstanding efforts, just as we congratulate all those who entered”. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #303030; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Congratulations to everyone who
worked on building Mackie Lane, with special thanks to Flicc Walsh who designed
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mackie Lane is getting ready for
Spring: the first of a series of special Saturday sessions has just been held,
and the next is planned for Sat 25 Aug at 2pm at Mackie Lane (weather
permitting). </span><span style="color: #303030; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have also recently commenced a
mid-week session in the garden to which all members are welcome – Wednesday
afternoons at 2pm; a quieter time to potter around and especially good for
those that find Sunday afternoons a little tricky to manage.</span><br />
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challenging over winter, Mackie Lane has continued to attract a strong and
steady following on</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; font-size: 15.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Sunday afternoons – all welcome from
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #303030; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We celebrated National Tree Planting
Day (Sun 29 July) with the addition of a kaffir lime tree to Mackie Lane for
all to enjoy.</span><span style="color: #303030;"> </span>Sunday 12 August there will be a Worm
Farm Demonstration by the Mosman Council Environment and Education Officer,
Loani Tierney.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #303030; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">MCG is discussing the
possibility of extending Mackie Lane garden with Ausgrid and Mosman Council.
Our discussions have been positive and we hope to bring you more news next
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excellent Green events which are free and number of MCG members have been
attending. </span><span style="color: #303030;">Bookings can be made on line</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">If you would like to receive our regular e-news contact us at mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mackie gardeners have elected the Mackie Lane
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2011 under the guidance of an MCG appointed interim committee. Our thanks go to
members of the interim committee Gill Lee, Nick Collis-George, Tina Jackson and
especially garden coordinator Flicc Walsh, who designed the garden, guided
construction and devised the first planting plan.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #274e13; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bendigo Bank</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We also have some very good news. Bendigo Bank has
provided $1,000 sponsorship support for the Mackie Lane Community Garden. This
is a significant contribution and takes some pressure off the cost of
maintaining gardens. Bendigo Bank Mosman is at Military Rd, Spit
Junction.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Mosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-64018242336756099782012-04-30T17:24:00.001-07:002013-09-08T06:12:13.608-07:00National Permaculture Day 6 May 2012<div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />We have transformed an urban industrial site into a thriving community garden and community meeting place. The garden is built from recycled materials on a concrete slab.<br /><br />We follow permaculture principles.<br /><br />The garden is managed by Mosman Community Gardeners Inc. New members are welcome. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> For a full listing of National Permaculture Day events see their <a href="http://www.permacultureday.info/?eventcategory=northern-sydney" target="_blank">website</a></span>Mosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-44703145585292202192012-02-28T16:13:00.008-08:002013-09-08T06:06:40.996-07:00Mayor Anne Connon Opens Mackie Lane<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">Mayor Anne Connon opened Mackie Lane Community Garden on Sunday 26 February.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our thanks go to Mosman Council, Ausgrid, Bunnings, Honeysuckle Nursery, Kimbriki Recycle Centre and Midas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can see some recent coverage of the garden by the Mosman Daily.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It has been four months since Mosman Community Gardeners starting clearing the site, building beds and planting seeds and seedlings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our Middle Head Community Garden in the National Park near the forts on Middle Head is open on <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Tuesday afternoons and Saturday afternoons from 3.00 till 5.00. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The garden is located </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">at the back of the Soldiers’ Institute building. To see what we are doing, just walk through the NPWS boom gate at the far end of Middle Head Road. Facing you is the NPWS information centre. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Take the uphill road on the left (Governor’s Road) and continue to the fenced-in wooden building facing the grassed area. Walk round to the back of the building and you will see our three current beds.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Membership of our gardens is open to residents. You can contact us </span><a href="mailto:mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com" style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">or just come and see us at the gardens.</span>Mosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-24407464883387062072012-02-09T14:36:00.000-08:002013-09-08T06:13:04.987-07:00Grand Opening of Mackie Lane Community Garden on Sunday 26 February<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The grand opening of Mackie Lane Community Garden will be on Sunday 26 February between 3 and 5 pm.</b><b>Come along all welcome.</b><b>Sausage sizzle and refreshments.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Mosman Mayor, Anne Connon, will officially launch the garden for us, which is looking absolutely fantastic thanks to everyone’s hard work. See the latest photos in the Mackie Lane tab.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thanks to our supporters </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Mosman Council, Ausgrid, Bunnings, Honeysuckle Nursery and Midas</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> who have been integral to creating the garden and making it such a success.</span></span><br />
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Come by and see how green and productive it has become. The beds are full of plants, the ponds are installed, the work table is now in position on the western end, the privet is gone to be replaced by a Christmas Bush, and the tool locker is almost been finished, many thanks to Lachlan. The garden is already producing a wonderful range of vegetables.</span></span><br />
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</b>Welcome and thank you to the those who have recently joined MCG – Margie; Caroline, Stuart, Annabelle and Charlotte; Angela; Kirsten and Lachlan; Pamela; Silvana; Jan and Peter; Emma; Rowena, Peter, Nicholas and Max; Lili, Mike, Joel and Lina. We really appreciate your support.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Membership of MCG and the gardens is open to residents. We have lots of information about the gardens and MCG on this website and the best way to find out more about joining is to visit the gardens during opening times. Mackie Lane garden is open on Sundays 3 pm to 6 pm, Middle garden is open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons from 4-6pm.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We now have three new garden beds at Middle Head. See photos in the Middle Head tab.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> We look forward to seeing everyone at a garden, but in particular, hope to see you at the Mackie Lane Grand </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Opening</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> on 26 February.</span></span>Mosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-41695177701874774702012-01-15T13:43:00.000-08:002012-01-15T13:57:27.912-08:00Verge GardensThe good news is that more and more verge vegetable gardens are being planted by Mosman residents. In late 2010 we counted three gardens, one year later there are nine.<br />
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These are gardens around the Mosman in January 2012.<br />
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You can see more about verge gardens in Mosman, click on the 'Verge Gardens' tab.<br />
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Here are some photos of a few of them.<br />
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<b>Rangers Avenue</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">December was a very busy time for construction at Middle Head and Mackie Lane. Three new beds have been built at Middle Head making a total of six long beds. Work continues at Mackie Lane, check out the new wind breaks. There is a collection of photos showing the gardens progressing in the Middle Head and Mackie Lane Photo tabs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Membership of our gardens is open to Mosman residents. You can contact us at <a href="mailto:mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com">mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com</a> or just come and see us at the gardens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Middle Head gardeners usually go <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">on Tuesday afternoons and Saturday afternoons from 4.00 till 6.00</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Mackie Lane has working bees on Sundays 3.00 to 5.00 with refreshments at 5.00.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span>Mosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-56806233650475256322011-12-09T14:09:00.000-08:002012-11-22T16:37:07.827-08:00Mackie Lane and Middle Head News<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We braved the bad weather last Sunday and started planting at Mackie Lane. The Mosman Daily came and took photographs, see this week's edition. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Planting and mulching continues on Sunday 11 December. We have crows so will also be making a scare crow which should be fun for the kids. If you can help on Sunday we need darning needles and thick thread. Also we need used ice cream container lids and little bells.</span><br />
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There is a bit work for the construction crew, digging a hole for the pond and moving some materials up to the back of the site. The major garden construction has been competed at Mackie Lane. Many thanks to everyone who contributed at the working bees, especially the construction team that did a lot of heavy work. Over the next month we will make two more high beds, install the pond and sort out our materials bays. The Sunday working bee starts at 3pm refreshments at 5 pm (BYO). There are less tasks to do, so things are getting more social.<br />
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At Middle Head, the NPWS have a Corporate Group volunteering on 16th Dec to build new beds. MCG members are helping with design and quality control on the day. We hope to construct and fill three new beds. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thank you to our Mackie Lane organisational supporters: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
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If you would like to join, please let us know. Hope to see you at a garden soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The site has been cleared, stage one garden beds built and filled with soil, sunflowers are growing along the nature strip and the water has been connected. We even have an outdoor setting under the tree for our afternoon refreshments.</span><br />
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A big thank you to everyone who worked at Mackie Lane.</span><br />
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Our first planting day will be this Sunday at 3.00 pm. It will be a kids’ planting day with garden coordinator Flicc Walsh guiding us through the planting plan. The theme is companion planting. The Mosman Daily hope to have their photographer there at 3.30 pm. The construction team has the day off!</span><br />
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Please bring children, gardening gloves, small gardening tools, drinks and snacks. Rowena is promising another amazing warm from the oven cake and Kirsten and others are decorating the garden to help celebrate our first planting.</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Project Local voting reminder - closes Friday 2 December </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">If you haven’t voted yet, please log onto the Project Local site - </span><a href="http://projectlocal.com.au/" style="font-size: 15px;" target="_blank">http://projectlocal.com.au/</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> and vote for Mackie Lane Community Garden. You need to register and click on ‘Mosman” where it asks which newspaper. You can vote 10 times. Please add a comment and pass this on via your networks. Voting closes this Friday. If we win the garden will get a grant of $2,500.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
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Two tonnes of aggregate and four tonnes of garden soil were delivered by ANL as part of the support provided by Mosman Council.<br />
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The group is meeting now each week between 3 pm and 5 pm on Sundays and we are hoping the garden will be operational in a few more weeks time. We are waiting for Sydney Water to connect water on instructions from the land owner Ausgrid. Ausgrid have have been wonderful supporters of the project.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">If you would like to join in the Mackie Lane Community Garden come along on Sunday. Email us at </span><a href="mailto:mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;">mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"> and we will put you on our email news list.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">There are more photos in the <a href="http://www.mosmancommunitygardeners.com/p/mackie-lane-photos.html">Mackie Lane Photo tab</a>.</span></span>Mosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-30102364485597542362011-11-06T20:36:00.000-08:002011-11-07T12:35:02.457-08:00Mackie Lane Progress - Next Working Bee 13 NovemberAnother great day at Mackie Lane on Sunday. More than thirty volunteers came, braving the heat and a thunder storm. Our first garden bed has been filled and a second bed is built and ready for soil. Sun flowers have been planted along the fence. The shade cloth has been removed from the fence and recycled as weed mat between the soil and aggregate.<br />
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Garden Coordinator Flicc Walsh has presented a draft garden plan. The first two long low beds (green) are built and there is now the harder task of building the other beds which will be higher to cater for those of us with dodgy backs.<br />
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The group voted to keep meeting on Sundays to push on with building the garden.<br />
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There are more photos in the Mackie Lane Garden tab. Here is Flicc's design. Click on the image to expand.<br />
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The next working bee is on Sunday 6 November 3pm to 5 pm with refreshments for workers and visitors at 5 pm. If you are interested in community gardening please drop by and will show you around. Contact us at <a href="mailto:mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com">mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com</a><br />
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It is already starting to feel like a community garden with our comfy straw bale seats shaded from western sun under the tree. The stainless steel workbench is from Kimbriki.<br />
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The interim Mackie Lane Community Garden Committee is:<br />
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Gill Lee - Chair<br />
Flicc Walsh - Garden Coordinator<br />
Tina Jackson - MCG Vice President<br />
Nick Collis-George <br />
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Many of stayed for refreshments after a hot afternoon of site clearing. There are more photos in the Mackie Lane Photos tab. <br />
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Mosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-58883954985958186932011-08-21T23:54:00.000-07:002011-08-21T23:54:05.640-07:00Mackie Lane Community Garden<br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Mosman Community Gardeners are hoping to establish a new community garden in Mackie Lane next to the Midas Car centre. The land is owned by Ausgrid and leased to Mosman Council. MCG, Mosman Council and Ausgrid have signed a sub license memorandum that gives MCG, as invitees of the Council, permission to use an 8-metre strip along Mackie Lane.<span> </span>The Council and Ausgrid have agreed to jointly pay to fence this area. Mosman Council has called for tenders. We are hoping work will commence in September.<span> </span>The Council has offered to install water to garden. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">MCG has made a comprehensive proposal to Mosman Council to manage the community garden and we have asked some modest financial assistance for building the garden beds.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are now inviting community garden supporters to register their interest with MCG to join Mosman Community Gardeners and the Mackie Lane Community Garden.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Our email contact is mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com</div>Mosman Community Gardenershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18086828807024187821noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472606744059029961.post-9470461272359655682011-06-16T16:23:00.000-07:002013-09-08T06:04:12.913-07:00Council Rejects Rosherville Garden - this time<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are very disappointed to report that at its June meeting, Mosman Council decided not to proceed with a community garden at Rosherville Reserve at this time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, has strengthened it support for community gardens and set a goal to have a community garden established with 12 months. Some funding has been allocated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you would like to be involved in establishing community gardens in Mosman contact us email <a href="mailto:mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com">mosmancommunitygardeners@gmail.com</a> or ring Nick on 0421 008 485.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Mosman Daily published the following report.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 2.2em; letter-spacing: -0.05em;">Vegie patch gets chop</span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.45em;">MOSMAN residents want a community garden - just not in their backyard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Plans to establish the area’s first council-supported community garden in Rosherville Reserve were ditched last week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Despite a year-long campaign by the Mosman Community Gardeners group to find an area suitable for a fruit and vegie patch, the council scrapped the proposal at last Tuesday’s meeting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rosherville Community Garden Group co-ordinator Tina Jackson said she was “bitterly disappointed” in the council’s lack of faith, as it had given in-principle support to the project last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“We feel the council has let us down,” Ms Jackson said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Community gardening isn’t just about growing fruit and vegetables, its about growing the community as well.”</span></div>
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<b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Would you support a community garden in Mosman? Tell us below.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But the good news is the council has promised to set up a community garden somewhere in Mosman in the next financial year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Residents who spoke against the proposed Rosherville garden at the meeting said it would impact on the “natural environment” of Chinaman’s Beach and the reserve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They also argued “possums and vermin” would eat the vegies, vandals would destroy it and the garden would only benefit a select few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Councillor Warren Yates accused objectors of “vetoing” the project through their dogged opposition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“I can’t believe we’re allowing a group of residents to veto the garden,” Cr Yates said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“It’s an attitude of not in my backyard.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Neighbouring council areas including North Sydney and Manly have flourishing community gardens.</span></div>
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<b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Benefits of community gardens:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">* Promotes healthy eating, light exercise and mental wellbeing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">* Connects people through the shared activities and pleasures of gardening.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">* Helps the environment by reducing food miles. Encourages composting and worm farms, which reduce food waste in landfills.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">* Support new gardeners by putting them in touch with experienced ones.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">* Provides opportunities to share a wide variety of skills and knowledge such as horticulture, botany, garden design, engineering, art, event management and fund raising.</span></div>
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