Yandina Community Gardens

41 Farrell street, Yandina

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Take Advantage Of Our Affiliate Partnership With The Permaculture Education Institute(PEI)

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YCG is now an affiliate partner with the Permaculture Education Institute(PEI). This learning centre created by Morag Gamble one of the foremost Permaculture educators in the world gives you access to an online Permaculture design certificate (PDC) and Permaculture teachers certificate. By making your booking through us you are contributing financially to the gardens at no additional cost to you.permaculture_education_institute

Did you know the call for permaculture-skilled people is growing around the world in a whole range of contexts – and it’s only going to get bigger? The world definitely needs people who can design permaculture systems and be great communicators and teachers too.

Imagine being able to facilitate, create and implement regenerative edible landscape designs for individuals and communities – urban and rural, and teach others how to do the same. It is a great way of life and such a fabulous feeling to be of positive service to people and the planet. Every day, you know your efforts are not only enhancing people’s health and lifestyles, but you are contributing to planetary health too.

To book or learn more click here

Volunteers Needed To Support The Fun With Kids Team

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grandparents-grandkikdsIn 2019 we are planning on holding more activities for Children of all ages. We are looking for interested adults who would like to be part of the planning and assist in running these activities with our coordinators.  Children love to explore our beautiful gardens, plants, worms, bees, insects, and chickens and we love to share it all with them. If you’d like to be part of the Fun with Kids team, please contact us on info@yandinacommunitygardens.org.au

Flourishing Future For Yandina Community Gardens

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What is our focus?

Earlier this year the YCG Management Committee completed a review of our strategic plan.  The process provided an opportunity for our organisation to reflect on our vision and purpose and systematically plan for our future.  There was much passionate discussion had during this process as our committed and visionary volunteer management team joined hearts and minds to commit to a flourishing future for Yandina Community Gardens.

A summary of our plan is included in Table 1. A copy is available in the Bluehouse.

Table 1 – Summary of Strategic Plan

Our vision is to be a leading knowledge and demonstration hub for sustainable living utilising the philosophies and principles of permaculture.  Towards achieving this goal, we have defined a number of key projects to achieve over the next 12 months.  We have already achieved a couple of these, including:

  • Increase in the number of workshops,
  • Development of factsheets (available on our website),
  • Implementation of a volunteer induction program; and
  • Conducted a review of the garden design.

The processes with the shop, nursery, house, and garden have also been reviewed and improved.

The garden design review was facilitated by Morag Gamble over a series of six workshops at the gardens from July through September.  We had 30 participants and Morag stepped us through a process much like a mini Permaculture Design Certificate course.  The end product – a new permaculture site design – is finalised and available to view in the Bluehouse.

The central element within this design is the development of an outdoor/indoor education centre on the currently underutilised bitumen space next to the carpark. This supports our key focus of increasing our reach and scope of our education and training workshops. Our current space within the Bluehouse is limited to 40 participants and most of our workshops are sold out.  The newly built space will encompass a shop, commercial kitchen / café space, toilets and seating for approximately 150 people.  We also plan to develop an art/creativity hub and enhanced spaces for children throughout our site.

We have exciting plans for our future here at the gardens and we ask all of you to continue your support and join us to stand strong as guardians of a more sustainable earth.   

Colleen Bichel

President

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Permaculture People

Elizabeth Fekonia - Permaculture Real Food
Anne Gibson - The Micro Gardener
Morag Gamble - Our Permaculture Life
Dee Humphreys - Eatin Garden Edible Garden Tours

Acknowledgement of country

Yandina Community Gardens acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Owners of the land, the Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) people, past and present and emerging. We recognise and wish to learn from their spiritual and cultural connection to the land.