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 20th 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!
“But don’t’ worry if you don’t have plants to swap” says, Lissa Evans, one of our valued volunteers, “we have arranged a variety of free workshops including how to keep chickens in your own back yard, building and using wicking beds and the best way to utilise worm farms and towers in your garden. Our Nursery will also be open for sales. It’s going to be a great family morning out with kids activities, raffle prizes, food and drinks, and delicious coffee from Mambo Coffee Roasters.”
