41 Farrell street, Yandina
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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
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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
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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.
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!
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Why a Plant Swap? Plant swaps are a fun way to get rid of any extra plants you may have by swapping them for plants you want.
Following on from the great success of the Sunshine Coast Plant Swap at Steps Nursery in Caloundra, local online gardening group, All Things Garden have teamed up with the Yandina Community Gardens to provide the Yandina Community Gardens Plant Swap and Sale, Saturday, 2nd March from 8am-1pm. Bring your plants and swap them. It is that simple. Established vegetable seedlings, herbs, and garden plants accepted.
“Previous events have been so well received by the local gardening community” stated Sandra Cathcart from All Things Garden. “We were asked to hold an event further north and Yandina Community Gardens kindly offered to host” she explained.
It’s more than just a plant swap though, it’s about raising awareness of the fantastic Community Gardens on the Coast. Yandina Community Gardens is a volunteer-run organisation that promotes environmentally sustainable, affordable and healthy living based on permaculture principles. We are hoping to build an Outdoor Education Centre so that more visitors can learn the benefits of growing their own food and the health benefits associated with eating foods that come from a chemical free and safe environment. As a volunteer organisation, vital funding is required to achieve our goal.
“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.”
Come and join us and support the development of our beautiful Gardens.