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YCG Members are invited to an Open Garden tour hosted by Permaculture Noosa

16/09/2019 By

Yandina Community Garden Members are invited by Permaculture Noosa to attend an Open Garden at the Chatsworth property of Serge and Maria Leroyer.

Be sure to join us for an informative tour through Serge and Maria’s 13 year old Permaculture Garden.
Serge calls it a ‘work in progress’, but that’s Serge being modest, because Serge is an experienced and well respected Permaculturalist who actually ‘walks the talk’ of Permaculture concepts.

*Bring: We would love you to bring a plate to share for a great social sharing after the tour, or just come and join us. Tea, coffee and watermelon will be supplied
*Parking: Please park outside the gate, then it’s just a short walk along the driveway.

Note: You MUST be a member of Permaculture Noosa, Yandina Community Gardens or Gympie Permaculture to attend. (This event is NOT open to the general public.)

To become a member of Yandina Community Gardens click here

*Where: 238 Allen Road, Chatsworth (near Gympie)

*Time: 2-4pm (Please arrive at 1:50 to sign in and be ready for a 2pm start of tour)

*Cost: $2 for Permaculture Noosa and Gympie Permaculture Members, $5 YCG Members.

Members! You are invited – 25 May 2019 @ 1 pm

18/04/2019 By

Dear valued members join us to celebrate the final days of autumn and enjoy our beautiful gardens in Yandina. We will share a meal and talk about how we are progressing. We hope to have a guest speaker and some interesting things happening

For catering purposes please could you book for this free event indicating the number of adults attending. Click here to book

We look forward to connecting with you.

Date: 25 May 2019

Time: 1 – 3 pm

Place: 41 Farrell Street, Yandina

Members Can Win a Free Ticket to the Permaculture festival CelebrATE 2019

28/03/2019 By

Biogas biodigester — Biogas and the biodigester built by Tom

One lucky YCG member can win a free ticket to Tom & Zaia Kendall’s 3-day

permaculture festival CelebrATE

This festival will be held from 4-6 May at their beautiful Permaculture Farm in the Noosa Hinterland. To be considered for this prize you must be a YCG member, simply email info@yandinacommunitygardens.com.au. Your name will go into a draw to win this prize valued at $230.

The competition closes on Tuesday, 23 April 2019 and the winner will be contacted by Wednesday, 24 April 2019.

For more information on the festival click here

Open Garden Invitation – Saturday 20th April 2019 – Bob and Chris Cameron

20/03/2019 By

Yandina Community Garden Members are invited by Permaculture Noosa to attend a stunning Open Garden at the Eumundi property of Bob and Chris Cameron.

Be sure to join us for this tour through Bob and Chris Cameron’s FANTASTIC Permaculture Garden.

When: Saturday 20^th April
Where: 57 Don Napier Drive, Eumundi
Time: 10-12 noon
Bring: A plate to share for a great social sharing after the tour
Cost: $5 YCG Members, ($2 for Permaculture Noosa Members)

Note: You MUST be a member of Permaculture Noosa, or Yandina Community Gardens to attend. (This event is NOT open to the general public.)

Any questions call Dee Humphreys 049 775 4486 (PN Open Garden Coordinator)

Background Information

This amazing 17-acre property that backs on to the North Maroochy River was once just grassy paddocks with a few animals grazing on it. Bob and Chris Cameron have transformed these paddocks into a nature lover’s paradise with farm forestry on contour and dams stocked with fish.

Over the years gardeners have made their mark on this property, planting a variety of edibles into the forestry system. Two years ago a large 1500 sq metre fenced vegetable garden was created to grow food to give to the staff of Rockcote (Bob and Chris’s earth-friendly paint and render production factory at Yandina). Here 55 staff can choose to have a free weekly food box from whatever is growing (seasonally) on the farm.

All greens and fruit is grown with enriched compost made on site. Permaculture plants are grown along with annuals and Permaculture practices are used on every inch of the farm. Every seedling is grown from organic seeds, plus some of our own seed collected from the previous year’s crops.

All animals are used as tools to prepare degraded paddocks and slowly bring them back to optimum use. Pigs are cell grazed to remove unwanted herbs and noxious plants and grasses such as Blady grass. Laying chickens not only produce great eggs but are also cell grazed across paddocks to manure and remove unwanted pests such as ticks and grasshoppers. Ducks are cell grazed to manure paddocks. There are pasture fed meat chickens that get a short but loved life on the farm producing a great roasting chicken for staff to enjoy.

The tour will demonstrate various facets of Permaculture and Holistic farming practices and hopefully give you ideas on what can be achieved on your property, large or small. This is one property on the calendar NOT to miss!