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This Sunday 6 October, YCG Members are invited to an Open Garden tour hosted by Permaculture Noosa

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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)

*When: Sunday 6th October

*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.

Notice of Yandina Community Gardens Inc. Annual General Meeting – 28 August 2019 @ 7 pm

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Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the Yandina Community Gardens (YCG) is coming up. All financial members, are invited to attend this meeting.

Date: 28 August 2019

Time: 7 pm

Where: Blue House, 41 Farrell Street, Yandina

Meal: Soup and curry will be served at 6:30 pm before the meeting

All positions on the committee become vacant at the AGM. We are seeking a new President (click here for more information), treasurer (click here for more information) and secretary (click here for more information). We are also always looking for motivated and passionate general committee members (click here for more information). Please consider joining the committee. We only meet every 6 weeks or so (during the day) so if you’re looking to get involved in promoting a sustainable lifestyle on the Sunshine Coast we would love you to complete a nomination form prior to the AGM. Click here for a form

Please send the completed form to Bente at info@yandinacommunitygardens.com.au

Members are reminded that they must be financial members on the day of the meeting in order to be eligible to cast a vote – i.e., membership fees for the 2019/2020 year must be paid prior to 27th of August 2019.

All Management Committee members are expected to be ACTIVE committee members who are willing to contribute beyond attending meetings as well as being active members of our YCG community alongside our Members and Volunteers. Click here for more information on our strategy

If you have any questions please contact Bente Hansen (Secretary) at the Blue House during opening hours, via email (info@yandinacommunitygardens.com.au) or phone 5446 7373.

Permaculture Shines At The Queensland Garden Show

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The Queensland Garden Expo celebrated it’s 35 year and YCG was there to showcase what can be achieved with Permaculture. This year was a little different as YCG, Northey Street City Farm and Permaculture Noosa teamed up to develop two of the show gardens in the Giant Kitchen Area. We also shared a stall space signifying that much more can be achieved when we work together in a community of like-minded people. We would like to thank everyone who helped set the gardens up in the lead up to the show and those who volunteered at our stall during the show time. Our organisations would not exist without the generous time given by our volunteers.

 

Congratulations To Our Sister Organisation, Permaculture Noosa on 25 Years

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Congratulations to our sister organisation Permaculture Noosa with their 25 year birthday celebration and festival at their Garden at Cooroy. The festival showcased some excellent speakers such as Morag Gamble, Geoff Lawton and Leonie Shannahan, just to mention a few. There were interesting and informative stalls and delicious food making it an excellent family day out.

Open Garden Invitation

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Yandina Community Garden Members are invited by Permaculture Noosa to attend a stunning Open Garden at the Traveston property of Mel Hobbins

OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ….. SO BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALONG!

Come to see for yourself how Mel has achieved a SUPER PRODUCTIVE food garden.

When: Sunday 23rd June 2019

Time: 1-3pm

Entry: $5 YCG Members and general public, ($2 Permaculture Noosa Members)

Where: 1869 Noosa Road, Traveston (near Cooran)

Directions: Travelling from Cooran on the Traveston Road, turn right at the Traveston Village sign into Howe Road, (which passes under the railway line). At the junction with Noosa Road, turn Left…. It is the second property, third driveway on the right.    

Please carpool as there is NO on road parking (all parking on site)

Bring: A plate to share if you can, or just join us

Host: Mel Hobbins

Any questions call Dee Humphreys (Open Garden Coordinator) 0497754486

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Open garden at Traveston property

This Open Garden will feature many of the Cool Season Veggies and “successional sowing” covered in Mel’s presentation at the Permaculture Noosa Club Night in February.

Mel and Estelle moved to this 30 acre property 13 years ago, (when Mel had just arrived from the UK).

The Orchard and Veggie areas occupy approximately 4 acres and the hardwood plantation and rainforest plantings a further 6 acres. More than 3 000 trees have been planted so far. The remainder/bulk of the property is given over to grazing for Estelle’s horses.

A wide range of cool season and tropical veggies are grown in both traditional beds and food forest type plantings.

The wide variety of fruit and nut trees now number well over 120 and include citrus that were budded at Mel’s grafting workshop in 2016. There will be many of the 30 plus citrus varieties available for tasting.

The huge amount of mulch required is produced on site comprising hay collected from paddocks or from the extensive plantings of East Indian Lemongrass, grown specifically for this purpose.

Composting and general soil improvement are an ongoing activity on the property.

The land was originally part of a 200 acre Grazing and Fruit Farm which was sub-divided some 30 years ago and overlooks Woondum National Park and is in the upper catchment of Dingo Creek, which is part of the Six Mile/Mary River system.

With the seasonal creeks currently flowing, a walk, after the main tour, through Mel’s developing Rainforest would be a magical experience.

After the tour, join us for tea, coffee and shared delights. Take this opportunity to enjoy the surrounds, ask more questions and socialise with newfound friends.

DON’T MISS THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM MEL!

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