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Saturday, 26 October 2019, 10-12 noon, Members event, Open Garden of Morag Gamble at Crystal Waters

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Yandina Community Gardens Members have been invited by Permaculture Noosa to join this us for an informative tour through Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond’s permaculture garden.

Morag is an international ambassador for Permaculture and teaches permaculture on a range of levels, making a difference across our planet.

Come and spend some time learning about the Crystal Waters Community, followed by a knowledge sharing Garden Tour with Morag.

*When: Saturday 26th October
*Where: 50 Crystal Waters, Conondale (Crystal Waters Permaculture Village)
*Where to meet: Park and meet at the Crystal Waters Village Green at 9:45am
*Cost: $2 for Permaculture Noosa, $5 YCG Members and $5 Gympie Permaculture Members.
*Time: Please arrive at 9:45 to sign in/register with Dee. If you bring a shared plate, hand it to Dee at registration, and be ready for a 10am tour start.

At 10am Morag will walk you from the Crystal Waters Village Green, giving an introduction to Crystal Waters Permaculture Village along the way, and finally ending up, up the hill in her permaculture garden.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be some walking involved so please bring your own water bottle, hat and walking shoes (sneakers). This tour is not wheelchair friendly.

If you choose to arrive early, the Crystal Waters bakery and Cafe is open from 8am. Delicious organic sourdough bread and treats, plus great coffee is available.

*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. (As mentioned above, you will be walking from the Village Green to Morag’s garden, so Dee will take your ‘shared plate’ contributions at the Village Green at 9:45am Sign in/Registration and will drive them all up to the house once the tour is underway.)

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 Noosa Permaculture, follow the link on our Permaculture Noosa website.

Background Information:

Morag is a permaculture educator who has taught around the world for 25 years. She is a global permaculture ambassador and global ecovillage network ambassador. This is her home & garden she shares with her husband and three kids.

Even though her family has been away for over 6 months this year including volunteering in Uganda and Kenya and teaching in the UK, their garden is still abundant and resilient (although not in its most beautiful state). Morag will share her simple approach to low-maintenance and drought hardy gardening – a garden that supports her busy life of running the Permaculture Education Institute

(https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org), creating free permaculture information through the Our Permaculture Life blog https://ourpermaculturelife.com and Youtube: https:youtube.com/c/moraggambleourpermaculturelife (both with over 2 million views each), and leading a permaculture charity, the Ethos Foundation (https://ethosfoundation.org.au).

Morag has often held permaculture workshops and school camps in her garden and activities for young people too. She also homeschools one of her children – her two eldest completed their PDC in East Africa on a course she was mentoring.

What you will see and learn about:

Permaculture applied at a village scale design
Social Permaculture/invisible structures
Permaculture Home and Garden
Drought-hardy, low-maintenance garden
Robust perennials
Terracing
Keyhole water harvesting pathways
No-dig gardening
Worm towers
Owner-built home
Reedbed grey water system

Crystal Waters (https://crystalwaters.org.au) is a United Nations World Habitat Award winning ecovillage and Morag’s Garden was awarded a Glossies Edible Landscape Award.
You can see more about Morag’s garden and approach in her blog and youtube channel, and learn more about her online permaculture education programs here:
Permaculture Education Institute – Permaculture Educators’ Program: https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org
The Incredible Edible Garden (permaculture gardening course)

The Incredible Edible Garden

If you require further information – Contact Permaculture Noosa Open Garden Coordinator, Dee Humphreys on 0497754486 or deeianh@gmail.com

BE SURE TO JOIN US FOR THIS OPEN GARDEN OPPORTUNITY AT CRYSTAL WATERS!!!!

 

 

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!

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

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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.

  • 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!

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