Our first formal committee meeting at 31a Church Street.
We are now incorporated as Church Street Community Garden Inc. Decision time - how will we organise ourselves, how similar and how different from our Villiers Street site? Got a thing for Thyme, a penchant for potatoes? Consensus is that individual wishes can be slotted into a communal framework First Saturday in the month at 9am is the regular meeting and working bee. Mowing, watering and weeding will be done by any member dropping in, just note it on the whiteboard (when it has been attached to the shed wall ) so we don't double up.
New member Chris came for the first time today. He regularly gardens at City Farm Community Garden on Kooragang Wetlands, Ash Island Hexham.
http://www.hcr.cma.nsw.gov.au/kooragang/KCF_commun.htm. Steve, who came with him, is another enthusiastic gardener and will bring seeds and excess herbs from his home garden to swap and share.
May 8th will be a big dig and plant day to shape and define the three round beds, one for the formal parterre, one for the informal veggie/herb/flower space, and the other for the Living Gazebo.
Everything we have planted so far is doing well thanks to the cooler weather and the small bit of rain. New leaves are appearing and seedlings popping up. Now for the slug and snail invasion! Whenever you plant something there are a million hungry mouths waiting to move in and munch. Smidge did a tour of inspection and Kerry's Zebediah did a Mach 1 gallop, although being at the end of a lead kind of limited his distance.
This site has many links and lots of information
The NCC site is now out-of-date as it refers to Villiers Street. Other gardens in Newcastle get a mention but the list is not exhaustive.
This is a small piece about Guerilla Gardens
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